Cavendish: Took his fifth win of this year's Tour and his 20th in total
Mark Cavendish secured the green points jersey after winning the final stage of the Tour de France while Cadel Evans sealed overall victory.
The 26-year-old became the first ever rider to take three successive wins on the Champs-Elysees and the first Brit to clinch the green jersey.
Cavendish?s HTC-Highroad team came to the fore to the final lap and put their lead-out train into motion to deliver their sprinter to the line for the biggest victory of his career.
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) and Andre Greipel (Omega Pharma-Lotto) rounded out the podium place on the stage, while Cadel Evans finished safely in the bunch to clinch the yellow jersey and the first ever success for an Australian in the event.
The 34-year-old landed the hammer blow on the penultimate stage time trial and took a comfortable victory by one minute and 34 seconds over Andy Schleck (Leopard Trek) with brother and team-mate Frank Schleck third.
Crowning glory
Evans? BMC team led the peloton onto the finishing circuit for the first time after a ceremonial run-in from the suburb of Creteil.
It did not take long for the action to kick off as attacks began, a six-man group including Team Sky?s Ben Swift moving clear just ahead of the day?s pivotal intermediate sprint.
HTC-Highroad controlled the bunch on behalf of Cavendish and the Manxman took the maximum remaining points on the line to extend his lead ahead of the finale.
Fellow breakaway member Lars Bak (HTC-Highroad) broke clear in the final five kilometres in an interesting turn of events.
Source: http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12040_7059677,00.html
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