Cavendish wins Tour de France Stage 15

Britain's Mark Cavendish secured his 19th career win on the Tour de France yesterday when he won the 15th stage over 193 km ride from Limoux to Montpellier.

France's Thomas Voeckler, of the Europcar team, remained in the yellow jersey on a day that gave the overall contenders a chance to forget the mountains ahead of three days in the Alps beginning Wednesday.


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Voeckler maintained his 1min 49sec lead on Luxembourg's Frank Schleck, with Australian Cadel Evans in third at 2:06.

Andy Schleck, the runner-up the past two years, is fourth at 2:15 while three-time and reigning champion Alberto Contador of Spain is seventh at 4:00.

Cavendish meanwhile took his fourth stage win of this year's race, in the process reinforcing his grip on the green jersey for the points competition.