The Manx Missile, Mark Cavendish, who scored his 19th Tour de France stage win overnight, is now well on the way to overhauling Eddie Merckx's long-standing record, writes KYLE SHELDON.
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Cadel Evans powered past defending champion Alberto Contador to claim victory in Stage 4 but was unable to overtake Thor Hushovd for the overall lead in the Tour, reports THE GUARDIAN.
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Norway's Edvald Boasson Hagen powered to victory in the longest stage of the Tour de France overnight - but Australia's Cadel Evans remains firmly in contention, writes the DAILY TELEGRAPH.
Lance Armstrong's reputation will be determined not by cycling's liars and drug cheats, but by the evidence to a federal investigation of his former teammate, 'gentle' George Hincapie, writes KYLE SHELDON.
The Tour de France is done and dusted for another year and for BRIDIE O'DONNELL, the enduring memory will be Fabian Cancellara's time trial on Saturday.
As sure as night follows day, Mark Cavendish was going to win another stage of the Tour de France now that the riders are back on flat parts of the course.
PHIL WROCHNA writes that Lance Armstrong couldn't quite pull of the big move he had been threatening during stage 16 of the Tour de France.
PHIL WROCHNA writes that Stage 15 of the Tour offered a timely reminder that for all the brilliance of the riders, they are only as good as the equipment they have to work with.
Save for his gaudy brown shorts, Christophe Riblon deserves the plaudits for winning a great day's racing in the Pyrenees, writes PHIL WROCHNA.
Bradley Wiggins was a black book special ahead of the Tour de France, BRIDIE O'DONNELL looks at why the past fortnight has been such a struggle.
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