In an flawless team performance, Columbia-HTC’s 24-year-old Mark Cavendish was led to the finish line in 3rd wheel with about 500m to go.  One by one, his teammates peeled off, and with about 100m or so, ColuCavendish opened the throttle and won the sprint uncontested, taking his first stage win for the 2009 Tour de France.
Overall, there are no changes to the General Classification overall standings as the whole field finished as a group in 4:30:02.  Cancellara remains in Yellow for tomorrow’s Stage 3 from Marseille to La Grande Motte. Hit ‘more’ for today’s stage results and tomorrow’s TV schedule…
2009 TOUR de FRANCE STAGE 2 RESULTS – TOP 10:
(overall GC standings do not change)
| POS | RIDER | TEAM | |
| 1 | M. Cavendish | THR | |
| 2 | T. Farrar | GRM | |
| 3 | R. Feillu | AGR | |
| 4 | T. Hushovd | CTT | |
| 5 | Y. Arashiro | BBO | |
| 6 | G. Ciolek | MRM | |
| 7 | W. Bonnet | BBO | |
| 8 | N. Roche | ALM | |
| 9 | K. De Kort | SKS | |
| 10 | L. Mondory | ALM |
VERSUS TV SCHEDULE FOR STAGE 3:
8:30am to 11:30am: LIVE Daily Coverage
12:00pm to 2:00pm: Race Action Replay
2:30pm to 4:30pm: Race Action Replay
5:00pm to 7:00pm: Race Action Replay
8:00pm to 11:00pm: Expanded Primetime Coverage
12:00am to 3:00am: Race Action Replay
