Five-day lead for Royal Engineers

Truro army crew to cycle the entire length of the Tour.

I wonder if they'll be caught by the peloton?

Link: One-month Dash

Raced to perfection

Cycling Weekly reports that Stage Four winner Thor Hushovd was quick to praise team-mate Julian Dean following a gutsy lead-out that set the Norwegian up for his first sprint win in a year:

Link: Post-race comment

Hushovd home first

Thor Hushovd finally claimed his first win of the season, leading home a bunch sprint in the 193km Villers-Cotterêts to Joigny stage four.

Link: How the action unfolded

The Norwegian now sits 2nd in the overall standings.

Rumours persist though that despite two top ten finishes, Britain's Mark Cavendish will be pulled out of the Tour by this Sunday.

Is the Tour winning round the doubters?

There can be little doubt that the UK public has grasped Le Tour.

We're tough enough, strong enough, and certainly bloody-minded enough to believe that what we see on our roads and on our screens is fair, honest and just.

But is this credibility from the Tour's cheats a new dawn? Or a false dawn?

Link: Columnist Martin Gillingham

Drugs row rumbles on

While we should be grateful that the action on the road hasn't be interupted by talk of drugs and banned substances, it seems that behind-the-scenes the controversy over past winners rumbles on, this week between two previous winners.

Link: Thevenet and Armstong go wheel-to-wheel

British Joy in Joigny?

The sprinters will once again be to the fore on Stage Four today as the riders traverse a route from Villers Cotterets to Joigny.

Link: Stage Four explained

Fabian Cancellara has been milking the praise for a shrewd tactical move timed to perfection at the end of yesterday's Stage Three, and rightly so having fallen just 24 hours previously.

Link: Stage 3 Digest

Link: Cancellara makes it home

You can catch today's coverage live on Eurosport, from 1.15pm GMT.