2009 Tour de France, Stage 3: Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia-HTC) wins a second consecutive stage after his team took advantage of strong winds to blow apart the peloton on a dramatic day that left top contenders for overall victory, including Alberto Contador and Cadel Evans, in a chase group that would lose 41 seconds. Lance Armstrong, ever vigilant, was near the front when the split took place and moved up to third place overall, just ahead of teammate Contador.
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2009 Tour de France: Stage winner Cavendish in green and Cancellara still in yellow had plenty to celebrate.
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Flashback: 2003 Tour de France 69km Team Time Trial: July 9, 2003. Cycling's Team Time Trial is one of the most spectacular events in all of sports. Speed, strength, endurance, coordination. In the above photo, Lance Armstrong (right) has pulled off the front as USPS reaches the final intermediate time check point at Eclaron (kilometer 59). At 18km, USPS had only the 7th best time. At 44.5km, they'd moved up to second best time. With teammate Victor Hugo Pena highest in the G.C., Armstrong yells at him, "Do you want to be in yellow tonight or not?" Here, they record the best time and go on to win the Centenary Tour de France TTT, the first time a Lance Armstrong team has won this event.
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- Tour de France Stage 4 Team Time Trial at Montpellier starts when the first team (Caisse d'Epargne) departs at 14:30 CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern). Tour de France live coverage on Versus is scheduled to begin at 8:30am U.S. Eastern. Live coverage on Eurosport should also get underway by that time (14:30 CET). Tour de France Stage 4 Team Time Trial Profile
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