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Tour of Britain - 2.1
Great Britain, September 9-15, 2007
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Prologue - September 9: Crystal Palace Part (ITT), 2.5 km
Cavendish powers to prologue win
Toothsome Manxman overcomes oral surgery to gain ninth season win
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T-Mobile's British sprint sensation Mark Cavendish won the opening prologue time trial of the 2007 Tour of Britain at Crystal Palace with a mad dash around the 2.5km course which saw him finish over a second ahead of the next closest rider, Nikolai Trusov (Tinkoff). The win puts Cavendish's total victories in his debut season as a professional to nine, and more importantly makes him the first Briton to wear the yellow jerseys at this Tour since it was revived in 2004.
Having undergone surgery to remove a painful wisdom tooth last week, there were mixed expectations for the British sprinter who is not known as a time trial specialist, but his background as track racer clearly paid dividends on the short Crystal Palace course. "I was surprised with the result but it's not a complete shock to me that I did well given my background on the track," Cavendish declared after the stage. "I didn't actually think it had been too good when I crossed the finish line. I didn't go as well as I had hoped in the first half of the race but I was flying coming into the finish. I am really proud to be wearing the yellow tomorrow and to get it a day earlier than I had hoped is a nice surprise."
With such a short course, the time gaps were understandably slim, with only six seconds separating the top ten finishers. Tinkoff Credit Systems placed two riders in the top ten, as did T-Mobile, and the Barloworld team has sprinter Robbie Hunter just 6.6 seconds from the lead, giving Cavendish something to fret about. "The win only puts more pressure on me," Cavendish admitted. "Tomorrow should be a bunch sprint, but I haven't done any longer stages since my operation so we'll have to see how it goes."
The Tour of Britain continues tomorrow with the first of six full stages from Reading to Southampton (139km). The race then continues around the UK, on to Somerset, West Midlands, Yorkshire, the Northwest, before finally finishing in Scotland on Saturday 15th September.
Photography
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- Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) speeds down the finishing straight
- Mark Cavendish was happy to win a stage after doubting his condition
- Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) showed his pedigree from track racing with a very fast time trial
- Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) heads down the ramp and off to victory
- Powering away from the start Cavendish demonstrates good form
- Cavendish became the first Briton to wear yellow since the race's revival
- In the start house Cavendish prepares to start his prologue
- Strong arms, strong legs a good prologue start requires every muscle
- Cavendish picked up mountain points by being fastest to the first KOM
- Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) is the overall leader after the prologue
- Daniel Lloyd (DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed).
- Zakkari Dempster (South Australia.com-AIS) rode well to finish 4th.
- Ed Clancy (Great Britain).
- Emilien Berges (Agritubel) come home in 10th.
- Frantisek Rabon (T- Mobile).
- Gordon McCauley (Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles).
- McCauley came in 65th.
- Martin Pedersen (Team CSC).
- Nico Mattan (DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed).
- Paul Manning (Great Britain).
- One of the Recycling.co.uk riders takes off from the starthouse.
- Tony Gibb (Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles).
- An Agritubel rider gritting his teeth for ths short 2.5km prologue.
- Agritubel rider leaving the start house.
- The Danish TT champ Lars Bak deided against using aero bars.
- Evan Oliphant as he rolled out of the start house.
- Frantisek Rabon rode well to finish 6th.
- Geraint Thomas came in 7th.
- James Millard (Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles).
- Rob Partridge as he crossed the finish.
- Roger Hammond.
- Russell Hampton looks focused.
- Salvatore Commesso.
- A T-mobile fan.
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
Images by Rick Wilson
- Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) is all smiles while warming up on the famous old racing circuit at Crystal Palace.
- A tense but ready Mark Cavendish awaits his countdown.
- A picture of focus and professionalism, Britain's new hero Mark Cavendish.
- On his way to the yellow jersey. Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) leaves the start ramp.
- Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) enjoys the winner's spoils!
- The smile says it for Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) on the podium.
- Thanks to the small climb, Mark Cavendish also takes the first climber's jersey too.
- Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) proudly wears the yellow jersey of his home Tour.
- A very happy Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) is interviewed for national TV.
- Prologue winner Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) also won many new fans yesterday.
Results
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 2.27.6 (61.2 km/h) 2 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.01.2 3 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.03.6 4 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 0.03.9 5 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 0.04.3 6 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T- Mobile 0.04.4 7 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 0.04.6 8 Ed Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 0.05.8 9 Cristopher Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 0.05.9 10 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 0.06.3 11 Robbie Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 0.06.6 12 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 0.07.2 13 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.07.3 14 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira 0.07.4 15 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 0.07.5 16 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain 0.07.6 17 Coen Vermelfoort (Ned) Rabobank 18 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.07.8 19 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 20 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 21 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira 22 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 0.08.1 23 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 0.08.3 24 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 0.08.4 25 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.08.8 26 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 0.09.0 27 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Great Britain 0.09.2 28 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 29 Manuel Lloret Zaragozi (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 0.09.4 30 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.09.6 31 John Bellis (GBr) Great Britain 32 Servais Knaven (Ned) T- Mobile 0.09.7 33 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.09.8 34 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 0.10.1 35 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira 36 Tony Gibb (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 0.10.4 37 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 0.10.7 38 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank 0.10.8 39 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 0.11.3 40 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 0.11.6 41 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank 0.11.8 42 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 0.12.0 43 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T- Mobile 0.12.1 44 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Duja Tavira 45 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 0.12.2 46 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 0.12.4 47 Russell Hampton (GBr) Great Britain 0.12.5 48 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 49 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile 0.12.6 50 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank 0.12.7 51 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld 0.12.9 52 Ian Stannard (GBr) T- Mobile 0.13.0 53 Jose Adrian Bonilla Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias 0.13.2 54 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank 55 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.13.3 56 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 0.13.6 57 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 58 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 59 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 0.13.7 60 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 0.14.0 61 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 62 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.14.4 63 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 64 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 65 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 0.14.8 66 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.15.2 67 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.15.3 68 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 0.15.5 69 Christopher Froome (Ken) Team Konica Minolta 70 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 0.15.6 71 Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 0.15.8 72 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance 0.16.1 73 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.16.2 74 Giosue' Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld 0.16.3 75 Cedrid Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 0.16.4 76 Hamish Haynes (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 0.17.1 77 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.17.6 78 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 0.17.7 79 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja Tavira 0.18.7 80 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Duja Tavira 0.19.0 81 Michael Wolf (USA) Navigators Insurance 0.19.4 82 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 0.19.7 83 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 0.19.9 84 Roel Vanmuysen (Bel) Navigators Insurance 0.20.5 85 Tom Diggle (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 0.20.6 86 Bernie Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 0.20.7 87 Travis Allen (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 0.21.3 88 Mikel Artetxte Gezeuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 89 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 0.21.9 90 Rodney Green (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 0.22.2 91 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.22.9 92 Bert De Backer (Bel) Navigators Insurance 0.24.0 93 David Rodriguez (USA) Navigators Insurance 94 Matt Cooke (USA) Navigators Insurance 0.24.4 95 Simon Holt (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 0.24.7 96 Adam Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 0.27.4 97 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 0.27.5 98 Jay Thompson (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 0.27.8 99 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 0.29.2 100 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.46.7 101 James McCallum (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 0.55.9 Mountains KOM Cat 3: at 1.6km 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 4 pts 2 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira 3 3 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T- Mobile 2 4 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 General classification after stage 1 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 2.27 2 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.01 3 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.04 4 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 5 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 6 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T- Mobile 0.05 7 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 8 Ed Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 0.06 9 Cristopher Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 10 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 11 Robbie Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 0.07 12 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 13 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 14 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira 15 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 0.08 16 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain 17 Coen Vermelfoort (Ned) Rabobank 18 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 19 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 20 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 21 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira 22 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 23 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 24 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 0.09 25 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 26 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 27 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Great Britain 28 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 29 Manuel Lloret Zaragozi (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 0.10 30 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 31 John Bellis (GBr) Great Britain 32 Servais Knaven (Ned) T- Mobile 33 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 34 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 35 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira 36 Tony Gibb (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 0.11 37 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 38 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank 39 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 40 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 0.12 41 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank 42 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 43 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T- Mobile 44 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Duja Tavira 45 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 46 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 47 Russell Hampton (GBr) Great Britain 0.13 48 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 49 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile 50 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank 51 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld 52 Ian Stannard (GBr) T- Mobile 53 Jose Adrian Bonilla Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias 54 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank 55 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 56 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 0.14 57 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 57 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 59 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 60 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 61 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 62 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 62 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 64 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 0.15 65 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 66 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 67 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 68 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 0.16 68 Christopher Froome (Ken) Team Konica Minolta 70 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 71 Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 72 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance 73 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 74 Giosue' Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld 75 Cedrid Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 76 Hamish Haynes (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 0.17 77 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.18 78 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 79 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja Tavira 0.19 80 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Duja Tavira 81 Michael Wolf (USA) Navigators Insurance 0.20 82 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 83 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 84 Roel Vanmuysen (Bel) Navigators Insurance 0.21 85 Tom Diggle (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 86 Bernie Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 87 Travis Allen (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 87 Mikel Artetxte Gezeuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 89 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 0.22 90 Rodney Green (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 91 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.23 92 Bert De Backer (Bel) Navigators Insurance 0.24 93 David Rodriguez (USA) Navigators Insurance 94 Matt Cooke (USA) Navigators Insurance 95 Simon Holt (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 0.25 96 Adam Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 0.27 97 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 0.28 98 Jay Thompson (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 99 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 0.29 100 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.47 101 James McCallum (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 0.56 Mountains classification 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 4 pts 2 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira 3 3 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T- Mobile 2 4 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Team classification 1 Tinkoff Credit Systems 7.33 2 T- Mobile 0.03 3 South Australia.com-AIS 0.09 4 Great Britain 0.10 5 Agritubel 0.11 6 CSC 0.12 7 Barloworld 0.13 8 Duja Tavira 9 Rabobank 0.14 10 Skil-Shimano 0.15 11 Fuerteventura-Canarias 0.21 12 DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 0.22 13 Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 0.26 14 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 0.30 15 Recycling.co.uk 0.35 16 Team Konica Minolta 0.39 17 Navigators Insurance 0.45
