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Stage 19 - Nearly there! Mark Cavendish waves to the crowds at the signing on for stage 19.By the end of the day, the Alps would be behind him

Sky's Geraint Thomas paces teammate Rigoberto Uran of Colombia up the Galibier on stage 18 (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

The calm before the storm! Mark Cavendish, wearing the green jersey, Columbian Rigoberto Uran of Team Sky, wearing the white jersey, and Thomas Voeckler of France, wearing the yellow jersey, wait for the start of the 15th stage.

 David Millar had an active day at the front of the field on stage 14 - here he heads a breakaway group as they climb the Col de la Core pass (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Stage 13 - Although the day undoubtedly belonged to Hushovd, from a British perspective the big story was Mark Cavendish retaining his green jersey on the second day in the Pyrenees. Picture by: Laurent Cipriani/AP/Press Association Images

Geraint Thomas enjoyed a great 12th stage in the Pyrenees (Laurent Cipriani/AP/Press Association Images)

Stage 11: Revenge - Mark Cavendish crosses the finish line ahead of Andre Greipel of Germany. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Stage 10: Andre Greipel of Germany, rear, pushes his wheel over the finish line ahead of second place Mark Cavendish to win the stage(AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Stage 7: Contrasting fortunes - Bradley Wiggins sits in the road, his Tour de France at an end - whilst Mark Cavendish celebrates his 17th Tour stage win (AP Photo/Christophe Ena/Laurent Cipriani/Press Association Images)

Stage 6 - OK, so he's not a Brit, but it was hard not to cheer as Edvald Boasson Hagen won Sky Pro Cycling's first Tour de France stage

Stage 5: Mark Cavendish celebrates his 16th Tour stage win - one of his best (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Stage 4: Lovely, moody pre-stage shot of Geraint Thomas on his way down to the start of the stage in the rain (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Stage 3: Bradley Wiggins signs autographs prior to the start of the third stage (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Stage 2: Bradley Wiggins leads the Sky Procycling team ahead of Edvald Boasson Hagen of Norway, second right, during the Team Time Trial second stage of the Tour de France. Rear left is Geraint Thomas of Britain, wearing the best young rider's white jersey. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Stage 1: Geraint Thomas on the podium in the young rider jersey after a trouble free ride into 6th place on the stage, which saw a dramatic final 10km. (Image: Laurent Cipriani/AP/Press Association Images)