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Cavendish equals tour record

Author: Rose Young
Date: 17/07/2009

Mark Cavendish equalled a British record of eight Tour de France stage wins after sprinting to victory on the road from Vatan to St Fargeau.

The Manx sprinter earned his fourth stage win of this year's race to move level with Barry Hoban's British record on a day of celebration.

Cavendish's win in stage 11 also saw him reclaim the green jersey in the points competition from Thor Hushovd.

The stage had been dominated by a lengthy breakaway from Belgian rider Johan Van Summeren and Marcin Sapa of Poland.

But after the peloton hauled back the duo with just a handful of kilometres left, Cavendish's Columbia team set him up perfectly for the tricky uphill finish and he beat Tyler Farrar to the line.

Italy's Rinaldo Nocentini retained the leader's yellow jersey after finishing in the main group alongside most of his closest challengers in the general classification.

Online betting favourite Alberto Contador and Astana team-mate Lance Armstrong remain just a few seconds adrift of the leader.

Worcestershire are off and running in the Pro40 competition following a 12-run victory over Yorkshire in their Division One clash at New Road.

Elsewhere, Durham reached 257-5 on day one of their County Championship encounter with Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.

Also in Division One, Sussex are 330-7 against Hampshire at Arundel, while there was no play between Warwickshire and Lancashire at a damp Edgbaston.

In Division Two, Derbyshire beat Gloucestershire by 185 runs at Cheltenham.

Gloucestershire were bowled out for 300 in their second innings despite a century from James Franklin as their first innings score of just 164 came back to haunt them.

Glamorgan are 295-8 at close of play on day one of their meeting with Kent in Cardiff.

Meanwhile, Essex reached 317-7 at stumps on day one of their clash with Surrey at Guildford.

Liverpool were held to a goalless draw by Swiss side St Gallen in their first pre-season friendly.

Rafael Benitez named a strong side in which new £17million defender Glen Johnson was handed a debut, but the Reds were unable to find the net.

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Elsewhere, there were wins for fellow Premier League sides Tottenham and Fulham.

Spurs eased to a 3-0 win away at Exeter City following goals from Jamie O'Hara, Aaron Lennon and Darren Bent.

Fulham thrashed Perth Glory 5-0 as they brought the curtain down on their tour to Australia in devastating fashion. Erik Nevland claimed a hat-trick in the easy win.

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