Cavendish takes a 'close' victory. (Image credit: Elmar Krings)
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The crowd was out in force. (Image credit: Elmar Krings)
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A close up. (Image credit: Elmar Krings)
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Hoogerland (r) still has scars from his horrific Touꦐr de France crash. (Image credit: Elmar Krings)
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Laurens T♔en Dam (Rabobank) sport🌄ing a beard to cover the facial injuries he sustained at the Tour. (Image credit: Elmar Krings)
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Life is𒆙 pretty go🎃od for Mark Cavendish at the moment. (Image credit: Elmar Krings)
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A glass of beer for the podium. (Image credit: Elmar Krings)
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B🌟efore the race the Schlecks get a photo with ಌthe podium girls. (Image credit: Elmar Krings)
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The𒐪 sprint is on - not too hard to predict the winner. (Image credit: Elmar Krings)
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🎶Cavendish puts on a straight face in the company of the podium girls. (Image credit: Elmar Krings)
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Ready to go Frank? (Image credit: Elmar Krings)
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Frank Schleck answers some 🎶questions ඣabout the Tour before the race. (Image credit: Elmar Krings)
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Cavendish presented prior to the race. (Image credit: Elmar Krings)
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Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek) takes a corner. (Image credit: Elmar Krings)
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Cavendish was the centre of plenty of attention. (Image credit: Elmar Krings)
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The Wahoo Fitness R🍰FLKT works with the company's own app but also Abvio's powerful Cyclem♏eter. (Image credit: Elmar Krings)
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The racing continued into the evening. (Image credit: Elmar Krings)
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Cavendish gets some kisses. (Image credit: Elmar Krings)
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The breaꦉk mid'way through the ra💞ce with Cavendish in the lead. (Image credit: Elmar Krings)
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Cavendish on the podium. (Image credit: Elmar Krings)
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Riders get ready to set off. (Image credit: Elmar Krings)
Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) added the Profronde van Stiphout to his name on Tuesday. The Briti𓂃sh super sprinter was too fast for Luxembourg's Andy and Frank Schleck who had to settle for the minor positions.
In his latest column, De Gendt looks back on a stage when Chris Froome had to run up the Ventoux to stay in the yellow jersey, how he sprinted for victory even though he wasn't 100% sure he was at the finish, and the best tactics for racing it today