CAVENDISH: I DON'T BLAME CIOLEK FOR LEAVING

Mark Cavendish Columbia

Mark Cavendish has admitted that losing Gerald Ciolek, a key part of the Columbia lead-out train, is a big blow but he?s confident he?ll still be the number one sprinter in 2009.

Ciolek, who played a big part in each of Cavendish?s four Tour de France stage wins, has joined German squad Milram. Columbia have signed Aussie Mark Renshaw from Crédit Agricole to replace him.

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