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Cavendish wins Stage 18

Updated on: 21 July,2012 08:25 AM IST  | 
AFP |

British sprint king Mark Cavendish produced a stunning finish to claim victory on the 18th stage of the Tour de France, a 226 km ride between Blagnac and Brive-La-Gaillarde yesterday.

Cavendish wins Stage 18

Sky teammate and compatriot Bradley Wiggins came over the finish line seconds later with his 2min 05sec overall lead on British teammate Chris Froome intact.



Mark Cavendish celebrates onu00a0the finish line yesterday. Pic AFP


Italian Vincenzo Nibali is still third overall at 2:41. Wiggins, who is set to become Britain’s first winner of the world’s biggest bike race on Sunday, played a starring role for his Sky teammate Cavendish in what was a technical but thrilling finale into Brive.u00a0


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