Jerome Pineau News

While some of the overall contenders for the 2010 Tour de France may look with fear upon the route's early stages in Belgium and Northern France, the Quick Step team and Classics specialist Tom Boonen will certainly be aiming for victory on familiar terrain.

Mark Cavendish set a new British record for stage wins on the Tour de France when he sprinted to his fifth win of this year's race on the 19th stage.

Mark Cavendish won the 19th stage of the Tour de France on Friday, the first to win five stages in a single Tour since Lance Armstrong in 2004.

A virtual round of applause to you and honourary mentions to Jaroslaw Beben, Sander de Bruin, Kees Matze and Jim Davis.

JohninJapan on 606: "Just wondering if the the 'obstruction on the route' at 1220 was the combined egos of Messrs Cavendish and Armstrong? Mind you, such an obstacle would probably have forced the race to detour into Belgium." 1321: Hmmm.

Current Race situation -9 man breakaway group of Egoi Martinez , Christophe Riblon , Jose Ivan Gutierrez , Rinaldo Nocentini , Aleksandr Kuschynski , Christophe Kern , Jerome Pineau , Brice Feillu and Johannes Frohlinger 116km - 50km to go - Peloton at 12'11 Reporting by Chris Graetz 1544 CEST - Astana are still on the front of the peloton but the ...

Agritubela TMs Brice Feillu attacked his daylong breakaway companions to a stage win atop the hors catA©gorie Andorre Arcalis, as Astanaa TMs Alberto Contador rocketed away from the main group to put time into his rivals for the overall.

"Hmm, maybe my tip for today - David Moncoutie - wasn't so good after all. A list of 21 riders injured yesterday has appeared and he was among them" 1200: Just a reminder that you will be able to listen to the climax of today's exciting mountain-top finish via our live stream from 5 Live which starts at 1415 BST .

Lance Armstrong jumped from 10th to third place at the Tour de France on Monday, positioning himself for a shot at the yellow jersey after evading trouble on a windy ride along the Mediterranean.