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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mark Cavendish was disappointed to be beaten by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Peter Sagan in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tirreno-Adriatico sprint in 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Narni Scalo but was able to find several positive aspects to yet another hard♏ day of racing in the rain.

It was the first time that Sagan had beaten Cavendish in a head to head sprint, but the Manxman showed that he is on form by surviving the fast pace the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Cannondale Pro Cycling Team set on the final climb.

His Omega Pharma-Quick Step squad also bounced back after under pe🦋rforming on stage two, dragging Cavendish up into position𓆏 in the final kilometre after risking a late crash.

"I think we can take a lot of 𓃲good stuff from today," Cavendish said despite being unhappy about losing⛎.

"It was a difficult climb to be fa🍌ir. Cannondale went hard and I lost a lot of position, I was just happy to hang on. The team went well considering the conditions and we can be happy with how it went, though obviously not t🔯he result."

Cavendish explained that Tom Slagter (Blanco Pro Cycling) disrupted the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Omega Pharma-Quick Step train as they tried to m♛ove up to contest the sprint.

"The guys stayed with me and did an incredible job, just li🍎ke yesterday. I think it was misinterpreted that there wasn't 100 per cent commitment. There was and I was in a lot better position today," he explained.

"Gert (Steegmans) brought me up in the last 500 metres. I tried to get on Greipel's wheel but Peter did a really good job of fighting me back for it, so I went on his wheel. But the road was narrow, just seven metres, and so if you don’t your sprint early, then you're behi🦋nd. We were already spinning out with the speed we were going. I gambled and stayed behind but I ran out of metres to come past Peter. He did it perfect."

Cavendish was happy to praise Sagan for his winning ride but refuted the idea that the young Slovakian shouಌld be defined as a sprinter.

"No. Absol🌃utely not. He's not a sprinter," he said with a scowl, before his anger turne🥃d to genuine praise.

"He wins sprints but he's not a sprinte꧙r. He's definitely a on💃ce in a generation rider but he's not a sprinter. He's just good."

I can't win Milano-Sanremo

Despite the testing stage to Narni Scalo confirming his solid form, Cavendish again refused to consider himself a contender for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Milano-Sanremo.

Clearly playing mind games with his rivals, the media and perhaps even himself, Cavendish is determined to avoid any pressure and expectation on his shoulders, p💦erhaps to force the other teams to control the race and make the mistake of ignoring him.

"I'm ꧒fit, but you're hinting at Milano-Sanremo," he said. "I can't win Milano-Sanremo."