“We wanted a big group to go in the escape and that actually helped us. I didn’t have to sprint for maximum points at the intermediate and, anyway, the break went and stayed away. If you have a look at the finish, I wasn’t too far down the order consider how close the final climb was to the end. We’ll keep on trying to keep the green jersey.
“I thought I was going to get back on to the main peloton going over the top that’s why I gave it everything in the last kilometer but I couldn’t quite get back on. Normally, with a longer descent, I would have gotten back on but I’m pleased with how things went today.”
Interview
July 19
th
2011
- 17:38
Mark Cavendish – “It actually helped us...”
