Cav's green jersey lead cut

Fri, 22 Jul 2011

Mark Cavendish will have a tough finish to the Tour de France after having his lead in the race for the green jersey slashed.

The Manx cyclist finished outside the time limit in yesterday's stage.

He was docked 20 points but is allowed to continue in the competition.

It leaves him just 15 points ahead of Jose Joaquin Rojas in the points classification.

Today is the final mountain stage before the individual time trial tomorrow, and the final stage to the Champs Elysees on Sunday.