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Britain's Mark Cavendish of team HTC-Columbia sprints to the finish of the 187km course in stage 5 of the Tour de France on July 8, in Montargis, France. The iconic bicycle race will include a total of 20 stages and will cover 3,642km before concluding in Paris on July 25.

A fourth of the way through

Mark Cavendish won the fifth stage of the twenty-stage Tour de France, but Fabian Cancellara keeps the yellow jersey. America's own Lance Armstrong is still in 30th place. Read the article here.

Or take a look at the "Le Tour 2010" slideshow that will follow the tour from beginning to end.

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