The Tour de France: Stage Ten

After a rest day came a day for the sprinter's and so, of course, the focus turned to the usual suspects - Cavendish, Greipel, Sagan and Kittel, and the rest. As the sprint wound up, Cavendish brushed against Tom Veelers, Kittel's leadout man, and Veelers came down. Cavendish said that it was just because the road was bearing left and, indeed, when the commissaires looked at footage from the end of the stage they decided that no one was at fault and so Cavendish was not penalised. Even though Veelers was brought down, there was better news for his team-mate, Kittel, who managed to sprint across the line first, ahead of Greipel, Cavendish and Sagan. Luckily for Cavendish and the other sprinters there will be a number of other opportunities to sprint their way to victory this week, though tomorrow's focus is the individual time trial, which is really a day for the time trial specialists and GC contenders.