Tyer Farrar and Martijn Maaskant, Tour de France 2010 stage 5

American Tyler Farrar is ready for another head-to-head battle with Mark Cavendish today at the Tour de France. He aims to put his early race "frustrations" behind and finally secure his first stage win.

"It is frustrating," he said. "I came here with the intentions to win a stage and due to some bad luck I have only have been able to take one real crack at it."

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.