Cavendish pulls out of Vuelta: "he had no power left"

Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins, Vuelta a Espana 2011, stage two
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Mark Cavendish abandoned the Tour of Spain on Tuesday suffering from what his team sports director Jens Zemke described as "a total lack of energy, no power left in his body, just drained out."

"We don't know exactly what's wrong with him, but he said he was so tired he could sleep in the teamcar if he stopped."

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