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It's hard to believe it has been four years si🎶nce Thor Hushovd won his ꦕfirst and, to date, only green jersey.

The Norwegian is well on his way to doing it yet again this year. His traditional rival in the points classification, Robbie McEwen, isn't racing this year and last year's winner, Osca𒈔r Freire, hasn't shown anywhere near the same form.

But if Hushovd can hold on to the jersey all the way to Paris, he will have done so in front of Mark Cavendish. The latter may have blitzed four stages so far, but Hushovd has a st🌊age win of his own and a points tally that demonstrate💮s his consistency.

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