what a story at the tour de france today. mark cavendish continues to defy expectations the manxman was only called up to race the tour five days before it started. on tuesday, he achieved his first win there in five years. and today, he did it again. in chateauroux, the same place where he won his first tour stage back in 2008. drew savage reports. whatever happened today, stage six was always going to be all about mark cavendish. as the race headed back to where all for him. 100 miles from the stage start in tours to the end in chateauroux, everyone was expecting a sprint finish. that suited geraint thomas 12th overall and still recovering from his crash on monday. for him, an easy day before the race hits the hills tomorrow and the mountains on saturday. he just needed to ride with the peloton to the finish. the same for mathieu van der poel, to keep the leader s yellowjersey. since his win on tuesday, cavendish has worn the green, of the leader of the sprinter s competition. ev
hits the hills tomorrow and the mountains on saturday. he just needed to ride with the peloton to the finish. the same for mathieu van der poel, to keep the leader s yellowjersey. since his win on tuesday, cavendish has worn the green, of the leader of the sprinter s competition. everybody knew what he was likely to do. it s just that, at the age of 36, the manx missile is miraculously back up to top speed. nobody could catch him. cavendish does it again! the celebration just the same as it was in 2008, his 32nd stage win. he s not talking about eddy merckx s record of 34. you re in the form of your life, for once! just happy to be back here, and back on that podium. drew savage, bbc news. england s cricketers have taken an unassailable 2 0 lead in their one day series against sri lanka, after comfortably beating sri lanka by eight wickets at the oval. sam curran was the star with the ball, skittling the top order and reducing sri lanka to 12 for three. he ended with a career best five
in total, just two behind eddy merckx s record. mathieu van der poel finished in the main bunch to keep the leader s yellow jersey. england s cricketers are chasing just 242 to win the second one day international against sri lanka at the oval and with it the series. sam curran was the star with the ball, skittling the top order and reducing sri lanka to 12 for three. he ended with five wickets. david willey grabbed four himself leaving sri lanka in a state of disarray. dhananjiya da silva fired back with 91 as thy recovered to post a respectable total. in reply, england are 21 in the 4th over. lots more as always on the website, including the lions team to start their tour of south africa. gavin will have more on that in sportsday at 6.30.
campaign so far. but as i said, it was a great victory last night against germany. but now, you know, for it to be even better, we need to keep pushing. at the tour de france, defending champion tadej pogacar put in a blistering time trial to win stage five and move within eight seconds of race leader mathieu van der poel. britain s geraint thomas put in the best ride he could, having dislocated his shoulder in a crash on monday, but lost time on his rivals finishing 16th. pogacar was one minute, 18 seconds quicker than thomas. he looks in great form and very much the man to beat for the overall title. england s women have beaten india by five wickets in the second one day international in taunton. mithali raj top scored with 59 for india while kate cross was england s star with the ball, taking five for sa captain heather knightjust hanging on to this catch. england recovered from 133 5 thanks to an unbeaten partnership of 92 between sophia dunkley and katherine brunt. brunt hit the
stage five and move within eight seconds of race leader mathieu van der poel. britain s geraint thomas put in the best ride he could, having dislocated his shoulder in a crash on monday, but lost time on his rivals finishing 16th. pogacar was one minute, 18 seconds quicker than thomas. he looks in great form and very much the man to beat for the overall title. england s women have beaten india by five wickets in the second one day international in taunton. mithali raj top scored with 59 for india while kate cross was england s star with the ball, taking five for 3a captain heather knightjust hanging on to this catch. england recovered from 133 5 thanks to an unbeaten partnership of 92 between sophia dunkley and katherine brunt. brunt hit the winning runs as england made it successive odi wins. the third match is in worcester on saturday. england are now 6 2 up in the multi format series. salford s next two super league games against wakefield and hull fc