S9 Ep105: Stage 10 | Albertville - Valence | Tour de France 2021

<div>The Mark Cavendish comeback tour continued after the rest day with a sprint stage to Valence which saw the Manxman take his third victory of the race and another giant step towards equalling the record we dare not mention.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Richard Moore and François Thomazeau are joined by Lionel Birnie, who took the TGV to Valence and enjoyed as comfortable a train ride as Cavendish on the back of the Deceuninck-Quick Step lead-out.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>We hear from Matt White, sports director of Team Bike Exchange about Michael Matthews’s hopes of challenging Cavendish for the green jersey. There’s a wealth of Provençal knowledge from François and we look ahead to tomorrow’s double ascent of Mont Ventoux.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>The Cycling Podcast is supported by Supersapiens and Science in Sport.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Supersapiens is a continuous glucose monitoring system that helps you make the right fuelling choices. See <a href="http://supersapiens.com/">supersapiens.com</a> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>For 25% off all your SiS products, go to <a href="http://scienceinsport.com/">scienceinsport.com</a> and enter the code SISCP25 at the checkout.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Apologies for the technical issues with the sound in this episode. Our mechanics are working hard to fix the issue in time for the next stage.</div>