Cavendish wins another stage
2008-07-18 17:51
Nimes - Britain's Mark Cavendish has won his fourth stage in this year's Tour de France.
Cadel Evans retained the yellow jersey by finishing in the main pack at the end of the 182km 13th stage from Narbonne to Nimes.
The 31-year-old Australian has a one-second lead over Frank Schleck of Luxembourg and is 38 seconds ahead of US rider Christian Vande Velde in third.
Earlier Friday, the Saunier Duval team fired Italian rider Riccardo Ricco, winner of the sixth and ninth stages.
He was removed from the race on Thursday after testing positive for an advanced version of banned blood booster EPO. Ricco was the third rider to test positive for EPO with the race reeling from a string of doping scandals.
- AP