Mark Cavendish: "I let the boys down today"

Mark Cavendish speaks after stage three, Tirreno-Adriatico 2013

Mark Cavendish, one day after being disappointed with his Omega Pharma-QuickStep team, blamed himself for missing the Tirreno-Adriatico sprint win in Narni Scalo, Italy, on stage three.

"Maybe you can say that I let the boys down today," Cavendish said in a post-stage press conference.

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