Slowest Tour stage I can remember, says Armstrong

ISSOUDON, France: Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong said Tuesday's radio-silenced stage was the slowest he could remember after more than a decade of the competition.

The 37-year-old breezed past waiting reporters after Britain's Mark Cavendish won his third stage of this year's Tour when he claimed the 10th stage and his seventh in three participations.

Italian cyclist Rinaldo Nocentini retained the overall leader's yellow jersey, but third-placed Armstrong, who is eight seconds behind the leader, said it had been the slowest day's racing he could remember.