Sport: Tour de France stage 10

Lance Armstrong makes some final adjustments before the start of the 193km 10th stage of the 2009 Tour de France between Limoges and Issoudun Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images

A fan appeals to riders for an autograph before the start of the race Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images

A French gendarme drives ahead of the pack as riders and their support vehicles make their way up an incline Photograph: Patrick Hertzog/AFP/Getty Images

The peloton crosses over the Dognon bridge after their first climb Photograph: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images

The residents of a small village cheer as the peloton winds its way through the narrow streets Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images

Riders stop at a level crossing as they are blocked by the arrival of a train Photograph: Bogdan Cristel/Reuters

Samuel Dumoulin, Benoit Vaugrenard, Mikhail Ignaties and Thierry Hupond ride in the breakaway past a field of sunflowers Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images

An Armstrong fan runs with the peloton Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images

Two horsemen gallop alongside the peloton Photograph: Bogdan Cristel/Reuters

Mark Cavendish out-sprints Thor Hushovd, his main rival for the green jersey, to win his third stage in this year's Tour and his seventh in total. He is just one win away from Barry Boban's British record of taking eight stages, which was set between 1967 and 1975 Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images