Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) was angry and disappointed after losing the leader?s yellow jersey at the Tour of Britain on Tuesday. He and his T-Mobile team struggled to control the attacks on the tough stage across Exmoor to Taunton and finished ten minutes down, slipping to 34th overall.
Cavendish survived on Porlock Hill overlooking the Bristol Channel but then the main field split on the barren summit of Watersmeet as they chased an attack and he was left struggling in the second half with team mates Roger Hammond and Frantisek Rabon who also missed the decisive move.
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