Stage 3 Results
1 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Columbia-HTC - 4:41:01
2 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil
3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank
4 André Greipel (Ger) Columbia-HTC
5 William Bonnet (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
6 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step
7 Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam
8 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step
9 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Saxo Bank
10 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto

General classification after stage 3
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Saxo Bank - 9:29:33
2 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Columbia-HTC - 0:00:06
3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Milram - 0:00:08
4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - 0:00:09
5 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream - 0:00:12
6 Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil - 0:00:14
7 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank - 0:00:16
8 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas
9 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas - 0:00:17
10 David Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia - 0:00:18
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Astana’s Alberto Contador of Spain picked up his second Tour de France win today as Mark Cavendish the Brit from Team Columbia - HTC crushed the sprint to win his 6th stage of the tour.

Lance Armstrong who announced he will be riding for new American team, RadioShack next year finished on the podium as well in third place.

Stage 21 Results
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC - 4:02:18
2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC
3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
4 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram
5 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux
6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team
7 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
8 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC
9 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas
10 William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom

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Mark Cavendish of Team Highroad - HTC sprinted to his fifth stage win at this years tour, edging out Thor Hushovd and Gerald Ciolek. This stage win breaks the British record of 8 total tour stage wins, with Cavendish’s ninth career win.

Alberto Contador remains in the Maillot Jaune leading into the mountain top finish at Mont Ventoux.

Stage 19 Results
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC - 3:50:35
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team
3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram
4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto
5 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
6 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step
7 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
8 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux
10 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream

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Mark Cavendish strengthened his grip on the Tour de France sprints when he won the 11th stage on Wednesday to equal Barry Hoban’s British record of eight victories in the world’s greatest race.

The Isle of Man rider outsprinted American Tyler Farrar and Yauheni Hutarovich of Belarus to win his fourth stage at this years tour.

Rinaldo Nocentini remains in yellow, 6 seconds ahead of Alberto Contador and 8 seconds ahead of Lance Armstrong.

Stage 11 Results
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC - 4:17:55
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
3 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux
4 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team
6 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
7 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram
8 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
9 William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom
10 Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha

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