Mark Cavendish: "The Vuelta has become stupid"

The Manxman takes aim at Spanish Grand Tour after finishing second in Sunday's Tour of Britain opener.

5 July 2015
102nd Tour de France
Stage 02 : Utrecht - Zelande
CAVENDISH Mark (GBR) Etixx - Quickstep
Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA

(Image credit: Yuzuru SUNADA)

Mark Cavendish took aim at the Vuelta a Espana on Sunday, as his Tour of Britain began with a second place finish in Wrexham on stage one.

Cavendish, who was beaten by Sky's Elia Viviani in the national tour opener, hasn't competed in the Spanish event since making an early exit from it in 2011.

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Nick Bull is an NCTJ qualified journalist who has written for a range of titles, as well as being a freelance writer at Beat Media Group, which provides reports for the PA Media wire which is circulated to the likes of the BBC and Eurosport. His work at Cycling Weekly predominantly dealt with professional cycling, and he now holds a role as PR & Digital Manager at SweetSpot Group, which organises the Tour of Britain.