July 18th, 2008 by 
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Mark Cavendish thought that 3 was not quite enough and sprinted to another stage win in Nimes to make it 4. It looked like the Team Columbia rider was not going to make the bunch sprint when he was blocked with 700m to go, but it was only momentary and Cavendish was able to make a clear sprint to the line to beat out Robbie McEwen, Romain Feillu, Heinrich Haussler, and Oscar Gomez.
Cadel Evans finished with the peloton and will remain in yellow once again.
Stage 13 Results
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - 4.25.42
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto
3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel
4 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
5 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
7 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram
9 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30
10 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux
General classification after stage 13
1 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto - 54.48.47
2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank - 0.01
3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 - 0.38
4 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner - 0.46
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank - 0.57
6 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank - 1.28
7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - 1.56
8 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale - 2.32
9 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi - 3.51
10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas - 4.18
Jersey Standings:
Cadel Evans
Oscar Freire
Sebastian Lang
Vinvenzo Nibali
Links to news sites…
“‘Cav’ makes it four as Evans keeps yellow
NIMES, France (AFP) — Britain’s Mark Cavendish claimed his fourth victory on the Tour de France here Friday after dominating another bunch sprint at the end of the 182.5km 13th stage from Narbonne to Nimes.
Australian Cadel Evans retained the race leader’s yellow jersey ahead of Saturday’s 14th stage from here to Dignes-les-Bains at the foot of the Alps.” Read more from the AFP…
“Cavendish wins stage of doping-tainted Tour
By JAMEY KEATEN
NIMES, France (AP) — In a race thrown into turmoil by drugs, Britain’s Mark Cavendish won a stage for the fourth time and Australia’s Cadel Evans kept the yellow jersey Friday as the Tour de France tried to recover from another scandal.
This was the second straight stage victory for Cavendish. Leading a group sprint, the Team Columbia rider beat Australia’s Robbie McEwen by nearly two bike lengths in the hot and windy ride, with France’s Romain Feillu third.” Read more from The Associated Press…
“Columbia’s Cavendish takes his fourth Tour stage win
By VeloNews.com
Team Columbia’s Mark Cavendish won his fourth stage of this year’s Tour de France, sprinting into Nimes ahead of Silence Lotto’s Robbie McEwen.
McEwen took a brief respite from protecting team leader Cadel Evans’ overall lead to contest the sprint, but was little match for Cavendish’s finishing kick.” Read more from VeloNews.com…
“Evans retains yellow after another bunch sprint
By Shane Stokes and Bjorn Haake
Galloping head down with his trademark aerodynamic style, Mark Cavendish continued his domination of the Tour de France sprints when he thundered to his fourth stage win of this year’s race. The Columbia rider was momentarily blocked inside the final 700 metres of the stage but then got a clear run to the line in Nîmes, beating Robbie McEwen (Silence Lotto), Romain Feillu (Agritubel), Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner) and Oscar Freire (Rabobank) in the mass bunch gallop.” Read more from CyclingNews.com…
Photos by CorVos
