PAU, France -- The prospect of having Sky teammate Bradley Wiggins win the Tour de France is helping Mark Cavendish overcome his own personal frustrations. Regarded as the fastest man on a bike, the road world champion has not been as successful this year as in previous Tours, as he and his teammates are working to help Wiggins rather than secure stage wins for Cavendish. Wiggins holds the yellow jersey and is bidding to become the first British rider to win the Tour. Cavendish, meanwhile, has been left to watch cyclings new wonder - Peter Sagan - win three stages so far. The 22-year-old Slovak has a firm grip on the green jersey for best sprinter that Cavendish won last year. "Its frustrating," Cavendish said during Tuesdays rest day at his team hotel. "(But) it does not mean Im not happy with the situation we are in right now. We have the yellow jersey, the most iconic symbol in cycling." Cavendish knew before the Tour that this years race would not be set up for him to shine. He spent the first half of the season training specifically for the road race at the London Olympics, losing four kilograms (9 pounds) to be able to tackle the nine climbs of Box Hill in Surrey on July 28. He won the Tours second stage in Tournai, Belgium, and has since worked mainly for Wiggins, carrying water for him and even taking turns in the mountains as part of the Sky train. "A team is like a machine, its built and you need to find the most efficient way to win a bike race," Cavendish said. "In the past I was always the last person, the one who crossed the line." "Now Im just a bit more further up in the chain of events. Brad is the thing and at the end of the day we are doing our job and raising the profile of cycling in our country and making history," he said. Sky manager Dave Brailsford said Cavendish would get more opportunities to win stages with a team dedicated to him but is confident the ace sprinter is not getting discouraged. "He knew what the situation was coming into it," Brailsford said. "Hes a very strong team player. I think hell still get opportunities and well try to take those." Cavendish has won 21 Tour de France stages and is just one short of Lance Armstrong and the races top all-time sprinter, Andre Darrigade. "Ive actually beaten (Darrigades) record in sprint wins," Cavendish said. "He only won 15 sprints, but he has won 22 Tour stages. That would be great to do that in Paris." Cavendish won the final Tour stage on Paris Champs-Elysees over the past three years. With no hopes of retaining his green jersey, his remaining goal will be to make it four in a row. "It would be nice to get 22 in Paris and to finish that off at the Tour with the yellow jersey," Cavendish said. Wiggins has been full of praise for Cavendishs work so far. The two riders are said to be good friends and often refer to each other as brothers. 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"We need them to score more goals." City has gone 37 home games without defeat, a sequence stretching back to a loss to Everton two years ago. "Everton is always a difficult game because they work hard, they defend very well," City manager Roberto Mancini said. "In the second half we played better, probably deserved to score another goal. "In the end we are not happy, but the season is long and this doesnt change anything. If you dont pay attention you can lose three points, and it is sometimes better to take one." It was Evertons seventh draw in its past nine games. "Weve been playing well in most of the games and we showed it again against the champions," Everton manager David Moyes said. "I was pleased with that and then 20 minutes after halftime we knew we would have to weather it. "Manchester City tend to get better in the second half and they did do. It was a good draw for us. Weve had some bad draws but that was a good draw." The match took some while to warm up and City was hit by an early blow as Aleksandar Kolarov limped off after just six minutes. Manager Roberto Mancini had opted to rest the hard-working Pablo Zabaleta but the in-form Argentine was summoned from the bench straight away. Defender Joleon Lescott made an unexpected return to the side, to face his former club, in place of Matija Nastasic. The England defender looked composed as he resumed his partnership with Vincent Kompany after more than a month out of the starting line-up. Everton playmaker Leon Osman gave the City defennce plenty to think about in the early stages without creating a clear-cut opening.dddddddddddd Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard had to pick himself up from a collision with Dzeko after coming to claim a cross from Maicon, who looked dangerous in attack but vulnerable in defence. City threatened the Everton goal in the 20th when David Silva crossed and Dzeko headed wide. But Everton took the lead after Leighton Baines, who passed a fitness test to feature, crossed and Fellaini eventually headed in. Kompany did well to divert the cross away from Nikica Jelavic but it dropped for Fellaini, who headed home at the second attempt at the far post after goalkeeper Joe Hart saved his initial effort. That brought the game to life and City almost found an immediate equalizer as Tevez met Nasris cross with a deft header that Howard did well to save. Gareth Barry then chested down another cross from Nasri for Dzeko to turn and shoot but again Howard was alert. Controversy followed the resulting corner as Dzeko tangled with Fellaini and went to ground. Referee Lee Probert sparked immediate protests from Everton by pointing to the spot, and Tevez made no mistake as he stepped up to score. Whether or not Fellaini was unfairly penalized, he almost produced the perfect response in the final moments of the first half with a glancing header from Steven Pienaars cross, but Hart saved. City upped the tempo at the start of the second half but again it took time before the chances came, aside from a shot from Tevez which was blocked by Phil Jagielka. While Tevez also headed over, it was not until just after the hour that City seriously threatened again as Maicon burst down the field and forced Howard to parry a powerful 18-yard drive. City decided to freshen up their attack by sending on Sergio Aguero, but the crowd wasnt happy that it was Tevez he replaced and boos rang around the ground. The game became scrappy as Evertons hard-working defence did their best to repel Citys threat. Mario Balotelli replaced Dzeko and did inject some energy into the side, but sent his best effort wide. Everton went close in stoppage time through Jelavics free kick that Hart saved. ' ' '