The other sprinters in the peloton and their domestiques have found Mark Cavendish’s measure. By the sparkling waters of the Channel, in front of Vauban’s walled port city, he was beaten into third place by the German duo of Marcel Kittel and Andre Greipel, making the Manxman’s score for this Tour one victory in three opportunities. Cavendish’s straight-line speed remains unmatched, but critically both his main opponents have got their respective trains as well organised as Cavendish’s Omega Pharma-Quickstep squad, and better on occasion. This in turn makes it...
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