Mark Cavendish celebrates first win as British national champion

Mark Cavendish on podium after stage five of 2013 Tour de France

Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), fresh in his new British Champion's jersey, won his first stage of this year's Tour de France in Marseille.

"To be fair today the sprint wasn't too difficult for me," Cavendish said in a press conference. "I didn't do anything. If I'd have lost that today I would have let the guys down."

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