Despite winning Stage 2 of the Tour de France, Mark Cavendish could only get to the off-side of les Cuspides of the 2012 Tour de France. There is no Point d’Appui yet since we still have an even number of riders in the race.

The fast flat course of Stage 2 did not favor much movement of riders’ times around the center of the peloton, still we have a new pair of Cuspides since all 198 riders — a bit banged up and gimpy — came home.

Kristin Koren of Liquigas-Cannondale finished 99th and Daryl Impey of Orica GreenEdge finished 100th to win les Cuspides for Stage 2. Cavendish finished 101st in the overall classification, just behind Impey

On the stage, Ruben Plaza Molina of Movistar and Rafael Valls Ferri of VacanSoleil-DCM charged down the middle.