Cycling: Cavendish crash dents Tour bid
Cavendish, the 2011 world champion, fell from his bike in the closing moments of the opening stage.
LONDON:
Team Sky rider Mark Cavendish blew his chance to start the Tour of Britain with a stage victory when he crashed with a sprint finish in sight. Cavendish, the 2011 world champion, fell from his bike in the closing moments of the opening stage as riders collided along the narrow lanes of Norfolk. Team Sky went on to claim the stage win as Luke Rowe kept clear of the carnage to cross the finish line first. “The past month I have started to find my feet and adapt to the level of racing and I came into here with quite a lot of confidence,” said Rowe. “It was a race I always wanted to do, so to get called up and now to win a stage is pretty special really.”
Published in The Express Tribune, September 11th, 2012.
Team Sky rider Mark Cavendish blew his chance to start the Tour of Britain with a stage victory when he crashed with a sprint finish in sight. Cavendish, the 2011 world champion, fell from his bike in the closing moments of the opening stage as riders collided along the narrow lanes of Norfolk. Team Sky went on to claim the stage win as Luke Rowe kept clear of the carnage to cross the finish line first. “The past month I have started to find my feet and adapt to the level of racing and I came into here with quite a lot of confidence,” said Rowe. “It was a race I always wanted to do, so to get called up and now to win a stage is pretty special really.”
Published in The Express Tribune, September 11th, 2012.