Sprinters, beware. The fastest man in the world has rejoined the Tour, and he will be hungry for stage wins.
After a very disappointing first several stages, HTC-Columbia’s Mark Cavendish has found his form, blazing away from the field in the final meters of Stage Five of the 2010 Tour de France.
Cavendish, delivered expertly to the front by Mark Renshaw, proved to all his critics that he has not lost his edge, has not slowed down. In fact, Mark Cavendish is as fast as ever, and now that he has won a stage … sprinters, look out. The missile has launched.
“It means everything, you know,” Cavendish told LeTour.fr. “Obviously it’s hard this year .We set everything around the Tour de France. We came to the Tour and things really haven’t gone our way the first few days, but that was bad luck.
Cavendish Back on Top in 2010 Tour de France Stage Five
Mark Cavendish has found his form, blazing away from the field in Stage Five of the 2010 Tour de France.

Mark Cavendish (C) celebrates on the finish line after winning Stage Five of the 2010 Tour de France. Pascal Pavani/AFP/Getty Images
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