Mark Cavendish lies 18th overall after the first two stages of the Tour de France.
Today’s (Sunday) 23km team time trial was won by American team Garmin-Cervelo with Norwegian rider Thor Hushovd taking the Tour leader's yellow jersey.
Cavendish's HTC-Highroad squad, which was was hampered by losing Bernhard Eisel to a crash early on, were five seconds behind Garmin-Cervelo in fifth spot.
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