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10.09.2007/ T-Mobile's Mark Cavendish from the Isle of Man claimed victory on Stage One of The Tour of Britain today, (10 September), in Southampton, Hampshire. Cavendish outsprinted Steven Caethoven and J. J. Haedo.

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Mark Cavendish made it nine wins this season after taking the prologue (picture: Cyclingheroes)

Cavendish took an early advantage on the stage winning the Hotspot Sprint at Pamber Heath. From there a breakaway of two riders formed with Mikel Artexe (Team Fuertventura-Canarias) and Piet Rooijakkers (Skil Shimano) leading the race for over 50 miles before finally being reeled in by the main peloton as they entered the streets of Southampton. As the riders entered the final kilometres it was the T-Mobile team that set a blistering pace, setting up Mark Cavendish perfectly to unleash his explosive final sprint to take a second consecutive win.

Continuing his dominance of the event, Cavendish now holds the lead in both the Yellow and Green Jersey competitions, leading the race on both overall time and points. Team mate, Frantisek Rabon currently leads the E.ON King of the Mountains competition, demonstrating the strength in depth that T-Mobile has brought to this event.

With these results, T-Mobile currently head up the team placing, with an overall time of 9h23’18”.

In the sprints competition, the earlier breakaway effort of Piet Rooijakers from Team Skil-Shimano enabled him to secure the sprints competition having collected a total of 10 points today.

Stage winner, Cavendish said: "The team worked really hard today for the stage win, with quite windy conditions out on the road but we got the win and I am delighted to be going into tomorrow’s race wearing the yellow jersey again."

This latest win also takes Cavendish's season tally to ten: "It’s fantastic because I am into double figures now, and I am just one win short of my target of 11 season wins."

Experienced team mate and fellow Brit Roger Hammond placing fourth after leading-out Cavendish in the finale: "Roger did a perfect job in the sprint, leading me out to the last 200m," said Cavendish. "That was even further than I needed, so I couldn't lose then!"

After a break did get away, the magenta team had to continue their driving at the front, though they were joined in the chase for the final 30kms by two Agritubel riders and a rider each from Barloworld and CSC: "The other teams helped, but not earlier on and not as much as we would have liked,” said Cavendish. “So that really left T-Mobile with a lot to do, but we timed it well and we celebrate this win as a team.”

On young team mate and fellow Brit Ian Stannard Cavendish had sympathy and respect: "I could see Ian up at he front pulling hard when it was really windy. He did a great job but paid for it in the end through tiredness. He will definitely be first on the massage table tonight!"

Czech T-Mobile rider Frantisek Rabon is also showing top form in Britain, by following up a fine sixth place in the prologue with a strong performance today that takes him into the lead in the King of the Mountain competition. ". It is my first time to wear a jersey at a tour so I am delighted. It wasn’t the plan at the start of the stage but the legs felt good and I placed third and first on the KOM climbs."

On helping his team mate Cavendish Rabon commented: "With Mark in the team we have to work hard to control races and set up a sprint, but it is always worth it because you know he is always capable of winning. So it is great to work for Mark."

The race continues Tuesday with a lumpy 169km stage through Somerset – the toughest in this year’s Tour of Britain. Gaps are expected when the race goes into the unforgiving territory of Exmoor.

Cavendish knows what to expect: "Fourteen seconds is not such a big lead on a tough stage like tomorrow and it will be very hard to defend yellow. I am quite scared of it actually, but Frantisek is going well and if I lose yellow hopefully he can take it on."

Rabon was optimistic: "Let's see what happens tomorrow. It’s a tough stage and the racing is sure to be hard and aggressive but Roger Hammond and I will both try to get into any breaks on the climbs."

Results
 
Stage 1
 
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile                                3.07.46 (44.38km/h)
2 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen        
3 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                      
4 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile                                       
5 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                     
6 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira                                    
7 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                          
8 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                         
9 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank                                          
10 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld                                         
11 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                        
12 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                 
13 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                      
14 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                      
15 John Bellis (GBr) Great Britain                                    
16 Bernie Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                 
17 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                       
18 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                    
19 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                     
20 Michael Wolf (USA) Navigators Insurance                            
21 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank                                      
22 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen          
23 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                      
24 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                        
25 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                           
26 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                              
27 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank                                    
28 Jose Adrian Bonilla Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias           
29 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                    
30 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T- Mobile                                    
31 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank                                     
32 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                                     
33 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                
34 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira                                  
35 Coen Vermelfoort (Ned) Rabobank                                    
36 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                     
37 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen          
38 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                
39 Christopher Froome (Ken) Team Konica Minolta                       
40 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen        
41 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                
42 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                     
43 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                     
44 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira                                     
45 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Duja Tavira                                    
46 Manuel Lloret Zaragozi (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                
47 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain                                   
48 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                         
49 Mikel Artetxte Gezeuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias              
50 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel                                     
51 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                       
52 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                       
53 Hamish Haynes (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                     
54 Cristopher Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                            
55 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias            
56 Bert De Backer (Bel) Navigators Insurance                          
57 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias       
58 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain                              0.15
59 Giosue' Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld                                    
60 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles              0.20
61 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank                                      
62 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                  
63 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen             
64 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                             0.23
65 Russell Hampton (GBr) Great Britain                                
66 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                            
67 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                       
68 Servais Knaven (Ned) T- Mobile                                     
69 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                    
70 Adam Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                  
71 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance                          
72 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                    
73 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                    
74 Tony Gibb (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                        
75 Travis Allen (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                             
76 Rodney Green (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                             
77 David Rodriguez (USA) Navigators Insurance                         
78 Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                    
79 Cedrid Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                 0.27
80 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                       0.28
81 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles               0.29
82 Roel Vanmuysen (Bel) Navigators Insurance                       0.31
83 Tom Diggle (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                0.56
84 Simon Holt (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                   
85 Ian Stannard (GBr) T- Mobile                                    1.00
86 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                       
87 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                  1.18
88 Ed Clancy (GBr) Great Britain                                   1.26
89 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                                   2.03
90 Matt Cooke (USA) Navigators Insurance                              
91 Jay Thompson (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                          2.03
92 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Great Britain                                   
93 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                 2.11
94 James McCallum (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                2.12
95 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja Tavira                               2.24
96 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Duja Tavira                                   
97 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T- Mobile                                 2.43
98 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                   3.46
99 Robbie Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                  4.07
100 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen       
101 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                   5.31

General classification after stage 1
 
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile                                3.09.59
2 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                      0.14
3 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                              0.16
4 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                     0.18
5 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                      
6 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                         
7 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T- Mobile                                  0.19
8 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                     
9 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira                                 0.20
10 Cristopher Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                            
11 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel                                     
12 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank                                      0.21
13 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira                                     
14 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                   0.22
15 Coen Vermelfoort (Ned) Rabobank                                    
16 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                        
17 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                           
18 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain                                   
19 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                     
20 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                      0.23
21 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                              
22 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                      
23 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen       
24 Manuel Lloret Zaragozi (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias             0.24
25 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                 
26 John Bellis (GBr) Great Britain                                    
27 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                       
28 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank                                     
29 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                    
30 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira                                  
31 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                  0.25
32 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                       
33 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Duja Tavira                                 0.26
34 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias       
35 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                  0.27
36 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile                                      
37 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank                                    
38 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld                                         
39 Jose Adrian Bonilla Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias           
40 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank                                      
41 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen          
42 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                 0.28
43 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                     
44 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias            
45 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen        
46 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                                  0.29
47 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen          
48 Christopher Froome (Ken) Team Konica Minolta                    0.30
49 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                      
50 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                
51 Hamish Haynes (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                  0.31
52 Mikel Artetxte Gezeuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias              
53 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                      0.32
54 Michael Wolf (USA) Navigators Insurance                         0.34
55 Bernie Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed              0.35
56 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain                              0.37
57 Bert De Backer (Bel) Navigators Insurance                       0.38
58 Matt Cooke (USA) Navigators Insurance                              
59 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                 0.45
60 Giosue' Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld                                    
61 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank                                   0.46
62 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                    
63 Servais Knaven (Ned) T- Mobile                                  0.47
64 Tony Gibb (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                     0.48
65 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                    0.49
66 Russell Hampton (GBr) Great Britain                             0.50
67 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                         0.51
68 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen          0.52
69 Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                 0.53
70 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance                          
71 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles              0.54
72 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                       0.56
73 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                             0.57
74 Cedrid Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                    
75 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles               0.58
76 Travis Allen (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                             
77 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                 0.59
78 Rodney Green (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                             
79 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                             1.01
80 David Rodriguez (USA) Navigators Insurance                         
81 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                               1.03
82 Adam Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                               1.04
83 Roel Vanmuysen (Bel) Navigators Insurance                       1.06
84 Ian Stannard (GBr) T- Mobile                                    1.27
85 Tom Diggle (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                1.31
86 Simon Holt (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                1.35
87 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                    1.42
88 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                  1.46
89 Ed Clancy (GBr) Great Britain                                      
90 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Great Britain                                2.26
91 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                                   2.33
92 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                 2.37
93 Jay Thompson (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                          2.45
94 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja Tavira                               2.57
95 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Duja Tavira                                   
96 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T- Mobile                                 3.09
97 James McCallum (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                3.22
98 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                   4.07
99 Robbie Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                  4.28
100 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen    4.44
101 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                   5.59

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