The Canon Ball Win - Tour de France T-Shirt

Mark Cavendish, with the nickname "Canon Ball" from team HTC Columbia won the 187.5 km stage from Epernay to Montargis - stage 5 to Montargis - in a mass sprint from German Gerald Ciolek (Milram), the Norwegian up-and-comer Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky), José Joaquín Rojas (Spa - Caisse d'Epargne) , and Thor Hushovd (Nor - Cervelo). All things considered it was a wonderfully gutsy and classy effort after the gathering torrent of criticism he has been getting from all quarters. L'Equipe, normally admirers of the Manxman, awarded Cavendish 0 and 1 out of ten respectively for his efforts in the opening two sprints of the Tour and the French Minister of Sport weighed in on Thursday morning when she called him the "bad boy of cycling."