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Tour de France Stage 5 results, standings: Mark Cavendish makes history

British sprinter Mark Cavendish broke the record for the most Tour de France stage wins in history with his sprint finish victory during Stage 5 of what is set to be his last ride in the prestigious race. 

Cavendish, 39, has now won a record-setting 35 Tour de France stages, cementing his status as the best sprinter in the history of the competition's 111 editions. He previously jointly held the record of 34 stage victories with Belgian cycling legend Eddy Merckx. 

After his record-breaking triumph in Saint Vulbas on Wednesday, Cavendish said his and his team’s goal for the 2024 Tour de France was to win at least one stage, even though doing so would be “a big gamble.”

“You have to go all in and we’ve done it,” Cavendish said . “We worked exactly what we wanted to do.” 

Cavendish won the first of his Tour stages in 2008 but has struggled since 2021 to add to his impressive tally — until today. 

This victory served as the ultimate last-chance comeback for Cavendish following a slew of disappointing circumstances surrounding the Tour. The Brit was set to retire at the end of last season but returned for a final Tour de France after he crashed out of last year’s race during its eighth stage. This year, Cavendish got off to a rocky start as he appeared to struggle with heat-related issues in the early stages of the race. 

The top 10 contenders for the yellow jersey remain unchanged after Stage 5 with Slovenian Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates still occupying the top spot after his dominant Stage 4 win on Tuesday.  

Biniam Girmay, who made history as the first Eritrean and Black rider to win a Tour de France stage on Monday, has moved up to the top spot in the contest for the green jersey (points classification) as he successfully rocked up sprinting points along today's flat 110-mile route.

Here's a full look at the 2024 Tour de France standings after five days of riding.

Tour de France Stage 5 results

TOUR DE FRANCE: Recap, results and standings after Stage 4

Tour de France general classification standings after Stage 5

Tour de france jersey standings after stage 5.

• Yellow ( general classification ) : Tadej Pogacar
• Green ( points classification ):  Biniam Girmay
• Polka dot ( mountains classification ):  Jonas Abrahamsen
• White (young rider classification ):  Remco Evenepoel
• Yellow numbers ( teams classification) :  UAE Team Emirates
• Golden numbers ( combativity award ):  Clément Russo

Tour de France Stage 6: How to watch, schedule, distance

Date : Thursday, July 4, 2024

Location : Mâcon to Dijon (France)

Distance : 101.6 miles (163.5 kilometers)

Type : Flat stage

Streaming: Peacock, FuboTV

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Jonas Vingegaard keeps big lead as Tour de France heads into final stages

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Another Danish rider took the limelight at the Tour de France on Thursday as Kasper Asgreen joined an early breakaway and then held on to win the 18th stage in a sprint finish.

His countryman Jonas Vingegaard took it easy this time, sitting comfortably in the main pack as he protected his huge overall lead. The defending champion leads two-time Tour winner Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia by 7 minutes, 35 seconds and Britain’s Adam Yates by 10:45 with Sunday’s finale in Paris getting closer.

But this was Asgreen’s day and he spread his arms after beating Dutchman Pascal Eenkhoorn and Norwegian Jonas Abrahamsen in their dash to the line.

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“Obviously the situation of our breakaway was not ideal. I would have preferred to break with seven or eight riders. It’s also one of the final stages of the Tour after really hard weeks,” Asgreen said. “I didn’t rule out the possibility of winning. My breakaway companions were just excellent out there. We all deserved to win because of how much work we put into the break.”

They were all given the same time of 4 hours, 6 minutes, 48 seconds after holding off a large group of sprinters behind them who left it too late. Star sprinter Jasper Philipsen missed out on another stage win and finished fourth.

After Vingegaard took full control of the race with some jaw-droppingly fast riding to crush Pogacar in the Alps, Thursday’s stage offered respite to the main contenders on a flat 114.6-mile route from Moûtiers to Bourg-en-Bresse.

Belgian rider Victor Campenaerts joined Asgreen and Abrahamsen to form an early breakaway.

They worked well together and after the first hour had opened up a lead of around one minute. The gap remained the same, give or take a few seconds either way, with under 62 miles left.

But the peloton, after rolling along in the sunshine at a mercifully reduced pace compared to previous days, then eventually stepped it up, with Quentin Pacher and Fred Wright setting a higher tempo.

Eenkhoorn was the next to attack and he was the only one to join the trio to make it a four-man group.

The peloton left it too late, and they just held on as Asgreen raised his arms at the line. The huge effort took its toll as he dismounted and sat on the tarmac to get his breath back, before being congratulated by a Soudal Quick-Step teammate.

“It means so much with the period I had this year since I crashed at Tour de Suisse,” Asgreen said. “I’ve come a long way, and to cap it off with a victory like this is amazing.”

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Vingegaard closer to Tour victory after sensational time trial extends lead to nearly 2 minutes

Stage winner and overall leader Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard reacts after the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial over 22.5 kilometers (14 miles) with start in Passy and finish in Combloux, France, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (Anne-Christine Poujoulat/Pool Photo via AP)

Stage winner and overall leader Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard strains during the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial over 22.5 kilometers (14 miles) with start in Passy and finish in Combloux, France, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Stage winner and overall leader Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard rides towards the finish line of the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial over 22.5 kilometers (14 miles) with start in Passy and finish in Combloux, France, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the best young rider’s white jersey, strains during the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial over 22.5 kilometers (14 miles) with start in Passy and finish in Combloux, France, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the best young rider’s white jersey, lost time on his main rival Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar during the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial over 22.5 kilometers (14 miles) with start in Passy and finish in Combloux, France, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the best young rider’s white jersey, cools off after the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial over 22.5 kilometers (14 miles) with start in Passy and finish in Combloux, France, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (Anne-Christine Poujoulat/Pool Photo via AP)

Stage winner and overall leader Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard climbs during the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial over 22.5 kilometers (14 miles) with start in Passy and finish in Combloux, France, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Stage winner and overall leader Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard rides during the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial over 22.5 kilometers (14 miles) with start in Passy and finish in Combloux, France, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Stage winner and overall leader Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard celebrates on the podium after the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial over 22.5 kilometers (14 miles) with start in Passy and finish in Combloux, France, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the best young rider’s white jersey, reacts on the podium after the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial over 22.5 kilometers (14 miles) with start in Passy and finish in Combloux, France, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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COMBLOUX, France (AP) — Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard may have time-trialed his way to a second straight Tour de France victory.

A sensational time trial from Vingegaard on Tuesday saw the overall leader extend his advantage over two-time winner Tadej Pogačar to nearly two minutes with just five stages remaining — including Sunday’s largely ceremonial, final procession to Paris.

“No, there’s still a lot of hard stages to come so we have to keep fighting the next days,” Vingegaard said when asked if the race had already been decided. “And yeah, we’re looking forward to it.

“I’m really, really happy with the victory today and really proud of it. It’s my first time trial victory in the Tour de France. So, yeah, I’m really proud.”

Vingegaard, who rides for the Jumbo-Visma team, started the day only 10 seconds ahead of Pogačar after little could separate the duo in a fascinating duel over the last two weeks.

However, when it came down to a direct head-to-head battle, Vingegaard was in a class of his own.

The Danish cyclist finished the 22.4-kilometer (14-mile) hilly route from Passy to Combloux 1 minute, 38 seconds ahead of Pogačar. Wout van Aert was third at the end of the 16th stage, 2:51 behind Vingegaard.

The 26-year-old Vingegaard now leads Pogačar by 1:48 overall and it will take something equally sensational from the Slovenian cyclist to wrest the yellow jersey from his rival. Adam Yates moved into third overall, almost nine minutes behind Vingegaard.

Riders face a mammoth mountain stage, the hardest of the race, on Wednesday. The last of four climbs of the 17th stage is a 28.4-kilometer (17.6-mile) slog up Col de la Loze, before sweeping downhill to the Courchevel ski station which hosts World Cup slalom races.

Tuesday’s time trial had been seen as a potential tiebreaker but few could have imagined such a large gap.

“I think today I even surprised myself with the time trial I did. I didn’t expect to do so well,” Vingegaard said.

Pogačar himself put in an impressive performance and flew through the first time check 26 seconds up on the rest of the field. However, Vingegaard — who had rolled down the ramp last — was 16 seconds faster than Pogačar at that point, after just 7.1 kilometers, and had extended that to 30 seconds after 12 kilometers of racing.

Pogačar opted to change from his time-trial bike to a lightweight road bike at the foot of the second-category climb, with 5.3 kilometers remaining, and that helped him on the ascent. But he was unable to match an extraordinary ride from Vingegaard, who could almost see his rival on the approach to the finish line, such was his time gain.

Van Aert took his cap off to his teammate and smiled at the camera.

“It’s hard to understand what happened because it was extraordinary,” Van Aert said. “But we’ve seen it throughout the whole Tour — those two are just so much stronger than the rest. In the end, I’m happy to make it into the top three.

“It’s a positive step forwards to secure yellow. We’re looking really good ... The stages in the next few days will be tough and crucial. Now we need to recover and make sure we’re ready for tomorrow.”

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What to Know About This Year’s Tour de France (Which Begins in Italy)

Two previous winners are the leading contenders to win cycling’s most famous race, which, in a rarity, does not end in Paris.

By Victor Mather

For three weeks starting Saturday, the world’s best cyclists will do battle in the Tour de France, racing through valleys, hills and high mountains. Though 176 riders will start, most eyes will be on a pair of two-time winners who seek title No. 3.

After more than 2,000 miles and dozens of punishing climbs, will the winner be Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark, who took the last two Tours de France but was hurt in a crash this year? Or Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia, the 2020 and 2021 winner ? Or will an unexpected contender jump up and surprise them?

And, wait: Is it really the Tour de France if the race doesn’t finish on the Champs-Élysées? Here’s a primer to read before the race gets underway.

Where will they race?

For the first time, the race will start in Italy , with the opening stage beginning in Florence and winding through the Apennine Mountains to Rimini, a city on the Adriatic coast. It will be more difficult than most opening stages, with several uphill climbs.

After a few days in Italy, the race will enter France, then go counterclockwise around the country, passing through the Alps, the Massif Central, the Pyrenees and then the Alps again.

Who are the favorites?

Vingegaard won last year’s event by an emphatic seven and a half minutes. But after a good start to the 2024 cycling season, he crashed badly in the Tour of the Basque Country in April and spent 12 days in the hospital with a broken collarbone. He is expected to ride in the Tour de France, but there is uncertainty as to what kind of shape he will be in.

As a result, Pogacar, who has been in fine form, is the favorite to win and regain his crown.

Pogacar rode in the Giro d’Italia, or Tour of Italy, in May. Unlike riders in that race who hold back to preserve their strength for the Tour de France, he gave it his all, winning by almost 10 minutes. If Pogacar claims the Tour as well, he will be the first cyclist since Marco Pantani, in 1998, to win the Giro and the Tour in the same season.

After the big two, other possible contenders include Primoz Roglic of Slovenia, the 2023 Giro winner, and Remco Evenepoel of Belgium, who won the 2022 Tour of Spain.

Though an individual wins the Tour, his team can help a lot, pacing him in the mountains and blocking attacks from rivals. Last year’s leading team, Jumbo-Visma (now Visma–Lease a Bike) has broken up; Vingegaard is still its leader, but Roglic left to join Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe. UAE Team Emirates will support Pogacar with a squad that includes Adam Yates of Britain, a rider with the talent to win the Tour himself; he placed third last year.

Tell me the days that really matter.

The first stage to focus on is July 2, when the riders travel from Italy to France. It includes a climb up the Galibier, one of the Tour’s toughest mountains, and one that still has snow on the side of the roads.

In the midst of a week of flat stages that won’t change the leaderboard much, there is a time trial on July 5 in Burgundy wine country. The riders will race alone against the clock, with no help from teammates, which is why a time trial is known as “the race of truth.”

The real action comes at the end, with five mountain stages. The July 13 stage is particularly notable; it includes a climb up the Tourmalet in the Pyrenees and ends with an uphill — or more accurately, up-mountain — finish that is sure to winnow out any pretenders. Also make note of July 14, 17, 19 and 20 as four more brutal mountain stages where the Tour is likely to be won, or lost.

But even the flat stages, which are usually won by sprinters and seldom affect the overall standings, may have some extra interest this year. The great sprinter Mark Cavendish, 39, has 34 career stage victories and needs one more to break the record he shares with Eddy Merckx, the dominant rider of the 1960s and ’70s.

What’s different this year?

The day after that last mountain stage, the race will end, but not with the traditional ceremonial cruise down the Champs-Élysées in Paris. Instead, the field will hold a time trial to finish the Tour for the first time since 1989. If the race is close, the winner could be decided on that final day, as it was in 1989. That year, the American Greg LeMond snatched the Tour from Laurent Fignon of France in a time trial by a mere eight seconds, still the closest margin in history.

To avoid the Paris Olympics, which open five days later, the time trial will run from Monaco to Nice. It is the first time since 1974 the race has not ended on the Champs-Élysées and the first time ever it has not ended in Paris or its environs.

Remind me what the jerseys mean.

In each stage, whoever is the overall leader wears the yellow jersey to make him easier to spot for TV viewers and the thousands of fans along the route.

But there are other jerseys, too. Finishing near the front in individual stages, especially flat ones, earns points toward the green jersey for best sprinter. Last year’s winner of this jersey was Jasper Philipsen.

The first riders to reach the top of the race’s many mountains earn points toward the garish polka-dot jersey for best climber. The top contenders for yellow are also favored to win this jersey, as is Giulio Ciccone of Italy, who won last year.

Are there any Americans racing?

The days of American favorites like LeMond and Lance Armstrong are over for the time being. Moreover, Sepp Kuss, the American who won the 2023 Tour of Spain, is out because of a Covid-19 infection.

Matteo Jorgenson, 24, on the Visma team, is the top-ranked American. He won this year’s weeklong Paris-Nice race, and some think he can contend for the tour’s title in the future, or maybe, if all goes well, this year.

How can I watch?

Stages generally start around 6 or 7 a.m. Eastern time and last four to five hours. In the United States, Peacock will stream every stage live. Some stages will be shown on NBC and USA as well.

Other broadcasters include ITV and Eurosport (United Kingdom), SBS (Australia), FloBikes (Canada), France Televisions (France), ARD (Germany) and J Sports (Japan).

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The current GC standings at the Tour de France 2024

Despite no end of attacks, stage 9 didn't disrupt the order at the very top of the race

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The climatic stage of the first week of the Tour de France was no disappointment after its billing as a race-within-a-race replete with drama and chaos, and the GC battle was no exception.

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) unleashed an aggressive attack with just under 25km remaining, distancing all the major contenders with only Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) able to hold pace. 

However, with Matteo Jorgenson hanging onto the Slovenian and a number of Visma riders in the chase close behind, the move proved too expensive for Pogačar, and he drifted back into the group of favourites. That played to the favour of Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quickstep) and Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) who at times found themselves at the back of a strung-out group of favourites.

While each successive sector gave way to an attack from Pogačar or a rival contender, no one was able to break the elastic with the GC favourites, and so despite attack after attack, there was no disruption to the order at the very top of the race.

Tadej Pogačar remains on top with 33 seconds over Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quickstep) who also leads the best young rider classification.

Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard is third overall at 1:15 in arrears, and Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) is a further 21 seconds back.

Separated by one second, the UAE Team Emirates duo of Juan Ayuso and Joao Almeida are in fifth and sixth place respectively, at 2:16. Aysuo is second in the best young rider classification, 1:43 behind Evenepoel.

Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers) is in seventh place, at a margin of 2:31 to the yellow jersey, and Mikel Landa (Soudal-Quickstep) is in eighth at 3:35.

Third on the stage from the breakaway which finished over a minute from the peloton, Derek Gee (Israel-PremierTech) jumped five spots to ninth overall, at 4:02 in arrears, and one second ahead of Jorgenson.

Aleksandr Vlasov (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) dropped to 11th overall. 

The GC contenders will now enjoy a day of rest on Monday ahead of the second week of the Tour, where stage 11 - with the 211km and 4,350m of climbing - likely to be the next major test for the yellow jersey contenders.

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Here's a rundown of all the ongoing competitions at the Tour de France.  Click here for a more comprehensive explainer , including minor competitions such as the intermediate sprints prize and the fighting spirit prize. Speaking of prizes,  click here to find out how much the riders can win during the Tour de France .

Yellow Jersey/Maillot Jaune  – The yellow jersey is worn by the overall race leader on the general classification who has completed the stages so far in the lowest accumulated time.

Green Jersey  – The green jersey is the points classification. Riders accrue points at one of the two intermediate sprints during stages and also at stage finishes, and the man with the most points leads the ranking.

Polka Dot Jersey  – The red and white polka dot jersey is the mountain classification. Points are handed out to the first riders over certain hills and climbs during the Tour de France, with the hardest mountains giving the most points. Once again, the man with the most points leads the ranking.

White jersey  – The white jersey is the best young rider classification. It works the same way as the yellow jersey, but only riders aged 25 or under are eligible to win.

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2024 Tour de France: Results from Stage 9

SEE DAILY RESULTS AND OVERALL STANDINGS OF THE FRENCH GRAND TOUR.

Stage 8 Results

Stage 7 results, stage 6 results, stage 5 results, stage 4 results, stage 3 results, stage 2 results, stage 1 results.

Here are the results from each stage of the Tour de France.

Stage 9 Results

Stage 9 - top 10 results.

• Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies)
• Tom Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Derek Gee (Premiere Tech)
• Alex Aranburu (Astana Qazaqstan)
• Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Qazaqstan)
• Javier Romo (Movistar)
• Jasper Stuyvan (Lidl-Trek)
• Biniam Girmay (Intermaché Wanty)
• Michael Matthews (Jayco Alula)

Yellow Jersey Standings After Stage 9

• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)
• Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike)

Primož Roglič (Red Bull Bora-hansgrohe)

• Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates)
• João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates)
• Carlos Rodríguez (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Mikel Landa (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike)

Stage 8 - Top 10 Results

• Biniam Girmay (Intermarché–Wanty)
• Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Arnaud De Lie (Lotto–Dstny)
• Pascal Ackermann (Israel–Premier Tech)
• Marijn van den Berg (EF Education - EasyPost)
• Ryan Gibbons (Lidl-Trek)
• Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious)
• Alexander Aranburu (Movistar Team)

Yellow Jersey Standings After Stage 8

• Alexander Vlasov (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)

Stage 7 - Top 10 Results

• Victor Campenaerts (Lotto Dstny)
• Kévin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
• Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ)

Yellow Jersey Standings After Stage 7

Stage 6 - top 10 results.

• Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-Alula)
• Biniam Girmay (Intermaché-Wanty)
• Fernando Gavoria (Movistar)
• Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious)
• Arnaud De Lie (Lotto Dstny)
• Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike)
• Arnaud Démare (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
• Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X Mobility)
• Pascal Ackermann (Premiere Tech)

Yellow Jersey Standings After Stage 6

• Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek)
• Egan Bernal (INEOS Grenadiers)

Stage 5 - Top 10 Results

• Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan)
• Arnaud de Lie (Lotto Dstny)
• Fabio Jakobsen (dsm-firmenich Post-NL)
• Arnaud Demare (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
• Gerben Thijssen (Intermaché-Wanty)
• Marijn van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost)

Yellow Jersey Standings After Stage 5

Stage 4 - top 10 results.

• Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious)

Yellow Jersey Standings After Stage 4

• Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates)

Stage 3 - Top 10 Results

• Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) 05:26:48
• Fernando Gaviria (Movistar)
• Arnaud De Lie (Lotto-Dstny)
• Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek)
• Fabio Jakobsen (DSM-Firmenich-PostNL)
• Davide Ballerini (Astana-Qazaqstan)
• Sam Bennett (Decathlon-AG2R)
• Bryan Coquard (Cofidis)

Yellow Jersey Standings After Stage 3

• Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) 15:21:41
• Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep)
• Romain Bardet (DSM-Firmenich-PostNL) 0:00:06
• Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) 0:00:21
• Guillaume Martin (Cofidis)
• Jai Hindley (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe)
• Aleksandr Vlasov (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe)

Stage 2 - Top 10 Results

• Kevin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels): 4:43:42
• Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility): +:36
• Quentin Pacher (Groupama-FDJ): +:49
• Cristian Rodríguez (Arkéa-B&B Hotels): +:49
• Harold Tejada (Astana Qazaqstan): +:49
• Nelson Oliveira (Movistar Team): +:50
• Axel Laurance (Alpecin - Deceuninck): +1:12
• Mike Teunissen (Intermarché–Wanty): +1:33
• Hugo Houle (Premier Tech): +1:36
• Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost): +2:21

Yellow Jersey Standings After Stage 2

• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): 9:53:30
• Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step): +:00
• Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike): +:00
• Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost): +:00
• Romain Bardet (dsm–firmenich PostNL): +:06

Stage 1 - Top 10 Results

• Romain Bardet (dsm–firmenich PostNL): 5:07:22
• Frank Van Den Broek (dsm–firmenich PostNL): -:00
• Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike): -:05
• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): -:05
• Maxim Van Gils (Lotto-Dstny): -:05
• Alex Aranburu (Movistar): -:05
• Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek): -:05
• Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick-Step): -:05
• Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious): -:05
• Alberto Bettiol (EF Education–EasyPost): -:05

Yellow Jersey Standings After Stage 1

• Romain Bardet (Team dsm–firmenich PostNL): 5:07:12
• Frank van den Broek (Team dsm–firmenich PostNL): -:04
• Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike): -:11
• Tadej Pogačar (Team UAE Emirates): -:15
• Maxim Van Gils (Lotto Dstny): -:15

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Mark Cavendish cements legendary status as cycling's most successful sprinter at the Tour de France

Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan) rode into the history books on stage 5 of the 2024 Tour de France , claiming a record-breaking 35th stage win at the French Grand Tour.

Cavendish crashed out of the Tour last year, breaking his collarbone, but he opted to prolong his career for another year.

Previously tied with Eddy Merckx on 34 stage wins at the Tour de France, Cavendish’s first stage victory at the Tour came in 2008 in Chateauroux , racing for Team Columbia. In that sprint, he crossed the line ahead of Spain's Oscar Freire and Erik Zabel. 

He took another three stages that July, finally reaching a total of 34 Tour de France stage wins in 2021. A two-year gap then followed before the 39-year-old could add the record-breaking total of 35 in 2024, where he beat Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) into second while Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X Mobility) finished third in Saint Vulbas.

Cavendish said after the stage victory, "I'm a little bit in disbelief. Astana put a big gamble on this year to make sure we're good at the Tour de France. My boss has done it. It was a big gamble trying to come in and win at least one stage. It was a big gamble for my boss, Alexander Vinokourov.

"It shows the next bike riders what the Tour de France is, know you have to go all in. We've done it. We worked exactly how we wanted - how we built the team, what we've done with the equipment, every detail has been put specifically towards today.

"You see what it means - we're not going to be top of the UCI rankings or anything but it shows how big the Tour de France is."

Cavendish has claimed three victories this season, the first in the ColombiaTour in February, and and he went on to take a stage in the Tour of Hungary in May. His last race was the Tour de Suisse in June where there were virtually no opportunities for the sprinters, but which honed his climbing form to get through the first stages of the 2024 Tour.

Cavendish career has all but come to a close on two occasions, first in 2020 when after failing to make the Tour selection for two years running and he was still looking for a team late in the season. Finally a previous squad from his career, QuickStep, offered him a spot for 2021, albeit for the minimum wage for professionals and with Cavendish having to bring his own sponsor to the squad.

The Briton rewarded the Belgian team's faith with four Tour de France stage wins in 2021. However, the team failed to extended his contract after 2022 despite his winning a stage in the Giro, and his not racing another Tour that summer. Plans to race for a projected French squad in 2023 fell apart when the team failed to form, only for Astana Qazaqstan to come to his rescue that December.

Cavendish claimed a Giro d’Italia stage win in 2023, racing to victory on the last day in Rome, but his participation in the Tour was wrecked by a first week crash and he then announced he would postpone his retirement for another year.

With more time in hand for 2024 than after his last-minute signing in 2023, Astana then signed a considerable number of backup riders, including legendary leadout man Michael Morkov, and reinforced their training staff, all with the aim of guiding Cavendish to win number 35 in the Tour de France.

The Briton now has 55 Grand Tour stage wins in his palmares, 35 in the Tour, 17 in the Giro d'Italia and three in the Vuelta a Espana. Another six opportunities are possible in this year’s Tour, starting with stage 6 on Thursday.

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Eritrea’s Girmay wins his second stage on this Tour de France

Eritrea's Biniam Girmay, wearing the best sprinter's green jersey, crosses the finish line ahead of second place Belgium's Jasper Philipsen, left, third place Belgium's Arnaud de Lie, second left, and Germny's Pascal Ackermann, center right, to win the eighth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 183.4 kilometers (114 miles) with start in Semur-en-Auxois and finish in Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, France, Saturday, July 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

COLOMBEY-LES-DEUX-EGLISES, France — Eritrea’s Biniam Girmay won a second stage at the Tour de France on Saturday when he edged a closing sprint to cement his status as the race’s fastest man.

Two-time Tour champion Tadej Pogacar kept the yellow jersey.

Girmay, who became the first Black rider to win a Tour stage this week, timed his effort perfectly at the end of the long stretch of road leading to the finish of Stage 8.

“To win one stage is already unbelievable, and winning a second stage while wearing the green jersey even more so,” Girmay said.

The tough false flat finish suited his style, and he made the most of it to beat Jasper Philipsen and Arnaud De Lie, extending his lead at the top of the rankings for the best sprinter’s green jersey.

“Today’s finish was perfect for me and I was super confident,” Girmay said. “I guess also then, the Tour de France being one of the hardest races in the world, once you win a stage you become aware that you are amongst the very best and that spurs you on.”

Stage winner Eritrea's Biniam Girmay, wearing the best sprinter's green jersey, right, celebrates with teammates after the eighth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 183.4 kilometers (114 miles) with start in Semur-en-Auxois and finish in Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, France, Saturday, July 6, 2024. (Dario Belingheri/Pool Photo via AP)

Eritrea's Biniam Girmay, wearing the best sprinter's green jersey, third from left, sprints to the finish line to win ahead of second place Belgium's Jasper Philipsen, far left, and third place Belgium's Arnaud de Lie, second left, during the eighth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 183.4 kilometers (114 miles) with start in Semur-en-Auxois and finish in Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, France, Saturday, July 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

The stage finished in Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, the home and final resting place of the late Charles de Gaulle. The former French President launched the French Resistance from a base in London and along with the Allies liberated France from the Nazis in 1944.

There was no major change in the general classification. Pogacar kept a 33-second lead over Remco Evenepoel, and two-time defending champion Jonas Vingegaard was in third place, lagging 1:15 behind.

The stage started with a high-octane pace as three riders — Neilson Powless, Stefan Bissegger, Jonas Abrahamsen — immediately jumped out of the peloton to open a 30-second gap at the front.

Despite having two men in the breakaway, EF Education-EasyPost riders later attacked from the main pack on hilly, wet roads and a group including Mark Cavendish got dropped.

Chasing points in the best climber’s classification, Abrahamsen went solo to the top of the Cote de Vitteaux and added more points on the slopes of the Cote de Verrey-sous-Salmaise and the following hills to further cement his polka dot jersey.

Helped by his teammates, Cavendish later merged with the yellow jersey group while Bissegger and Powless sat up. Meanwhile, Abrahamsen kept pushing hard on the pedals to increase his lead.

The pace of the peloton picked up in the second half of the stage and Abrahamsen’s long solo effort was brought to an end by the chase about 15 kilometers (nine miles) from the finish before sprinters took center stage.

There’s a tough stage on Sunday that takes the riders on a nearly 200-kilometre (124-mile) trek through the dust of the gravel roads near the Champagne city of Troyes. There will be 14 sections of so-called white roads — including six in the stage finale — that have become a trademark of Italy’s Strade Bianche.

Girmay also made history in Italy two years ago when he won a stage at the Giro d’Italia to become the first Black African to take a victory in a Grand Tour. But Girmay’s Giro victory was marred when he was rushed to a hospital after getting hit in the left eye by a prosecco cork he popped open during the podium celebration — forcing him to abandon the race.

Also in 2022, Girmay became the first rider from a sub-Saharan country to win a single-day classic at the Gent-Wevelgem race.

Riders from only one other African country — South Africa — have won Tour stages: Robert Hunter (2007) and Daryl Impey (2019). Four-time Tour champion Chris Froome was born and raised in Kenya but represented Britain.

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