Tour De France 2012 - Stage 2 - Looking After Business...

I have run out of words to explain the joy a Mark Cavendish win brings... His first stage win at this year's Tour de France, a terrific sprint in which he outgunned his former teammate, Andre Griepel, with another former teammate, Matt Goss, behind him in 3rd place, proved that Mark's previous victories were not just down to the "High Road Train", today's victory being achieved with little assistance from Sky teammates.... In the end, half a wheel length was enough and the post race interview with Andre Griepel, on ITV4, showed how much Griepel was disappointed by being beaten by his erstwhile teammate.

Time will tell if Sky can bring home both yellow and green jerseys but on today's evidence, it is not an impossibility....



This takes Mark Cavendish onto 21 TdF stage victories... - next stop, 22 victories to draw level with Lance Armstrong and Andre Darrigade....

This is how Cycling Weekly reported today, Velo News and the Isle of Man News.