Cycling: Mark Cavendish bids to stay in hunt
Mark CAVENDISH will again try to avoid a calamitous end to his Tour de France on today's final Alpine day and keep his hopes alive of a first green jersey.
As the overall favourites seek decisive time gains on the 109.5-kilometre stage from Mondane Valfrejus to Alpe-d'Huez, Cavendish will aim to continue his points classification fight.
The HTC-Highroad sprinter takes a 15-point lead in the race for the maillot vert into the 19th stage after being one of 88 riders to miss the time cut yesterday.
Andy Schleck (Leopard Trek) won the 200.5-kilometre 18th stage.
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) takes a 15-second overall lead into today's stage after a resilient performance behind Andy Schleck, who moved up to second with yesterday's win. Frank Schleck is third overall.
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