a day for mark cavendish. in a rematch _ a day for mark cavendish. in a rematch with l _ a day for mark - cavendish. in a rematch with leader wout van art, who beat him in the tour de france. british conditions cause an extra complication. the roads were still slippery. with 700 metres to go, this happened. wout van art avoided the crash, but lost his position. mark cavendish was left playing catch up. the stage was up left playing catch up. the stage was up for grabs and attend to second time bonus. ethan hayter saw his chance. the olympian and the life blue jersey held off cavendish. they are showing again what he's capable of on the road. this put him back in the leader'sjersey of on the road. this put him back in the leader's jersey eight seconds ahead of van art. quick round—up now of some of the day's other sports stories. five—time paralympic gold medallist ellie simmonds has confirmed her retirement. the 26—year—old said last week that she expected the tokyo games to be her fourth and final paralympics, and she's has now called time on her sw

this looked like a day for mark cavendish.ns cause an extra complication. the roads were still slippery. with 700 metres to go, this happened. wout van art avoided the crash, but lost his position. mark cavendish was left playing catch up. the stage was up left playing catch up. the stage was up for grabs and attend to second time bonus. ethan hayter saw his chance. the olympian and the life blue jersey held off cavendish. they are showing again what he's capable of on the road. this put him back in the leader'sjersey of on the road. this put him back in the leader's jersey eight seconds ahead of van art.

years ago, he climbed onto a bus stop to watch mark cavendish, never thinking that one day, he wouldimself. drew savage, bbc news. he�*s been a mercedes protege since he was a teenager and filled in for world champion lewis hamilton for one race last year. for george russell, those dreams of racing alongside his idol are now a reality. russell will partner hamilton at mercedes next season, news he said he was �*absolutely buzzing�* about. lydia campbell has more. it's it�*s been the worst kept secret in formula i, but now it�*s official— george washable drive for mercedes next season. —— george russell. mercedes have wasted little time and for noting one of formula i�*s hottest process. russell describes today as special, and as quick to thank everyone who supported him in getting him to where he is today. but how wise he gotten to this point? russell was already raising eyebrows in the junior ranks. point? russell was already raising eyebrows in thejunior ranks. he point? russell was already raising eyebrows in the junior ranks. he was the gp three champion in 2017 and the gp three

mark cavendish was favourite for the stage win, but he'd lost momentum on the run—in and hayter, in theven those tougher made, any boat coming up alongside would capsize these boats anyway and we're looking at people getting into trouble in water and inevitably drowning. then we would be blamed for that, so it sounds good pushing them back, but it's not going to work in practice. camped out around the beaches of northern france, there are hundreds of migrants waiting to make the crossing in search of a better life in the uk. in july the government agreed to pay the french an extra £5a million to step up patrols and tackle people smugglers. but france has said britain turning boats back at sea would be dangerous, foolish and illegal and, for the union that represents uk border force staff, that means the government's plan is a nonstarter. the key to this, it does require that the french cooperate. you can'tjust turn a boat back and let it go, you have got to turn it back into a receiving boat from the other country. if the french will not receive them, we are not going to turn anyone bac

cornwall, and i will be the first para— cyclist ever to raise the tour of britain with the likes of mark cavendishnd give us a bit of an insight into the sort of training j insight into the sort of training thatis insight into the sort of training that is required to get to this level, to compete at the highest level. to level, to compete at the highest level. ., .., . level, to compete at the highest level. ., , ., , level. to compete at the highest level. to compete at the highest level ou level. to compete at the highest level you have _ level. to compete at the highest level you have to _ level. to compete at the highest level you have to train _ level. to compete at the highest level you have to train at - level. to compete at the highest level you have to train at the - level you have to train at the highest level as well. so, you know, there is no slacking off in that sense and typically, i know for myself, i'm at least 15—25 hours a week training and on the bike and off the bike, doing core work and stability work. it's often quite hard to juggle, stability work. it's often quite hard toju