Cavendish misses out in final Romandie sprint

Roman KreuzigerTour of Romandie st 5 2009

Mark Cavendish (Columbia) missed out in the final stage of the Tour de Romandie in Geneva on Sunday after his rivals split the peloton in the final hour of the race.

Cavendish and most of his team mates were in the second half of the bunch after a long descent and were trapped behind when the Rabobank team upped the speed and lined-out the bunch.

TOUR DE ROMANDIE RESULTS
1 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 3hrs 29mins 49secs

FINAL OVERALL CLASSIFICATION
1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas

4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 46secs

5 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 48secs

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Mark Cavendish on stage five

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Oscar Freire wins the final stage

RELATED LINKS

Stage five photo gallery, by Graham Watson

Stage four photo gallery, by Graham Watson

Stage four: Kreuziger takes control

Tour of Romandie stage 3 TTT photo gallery, by Graham Watson

Stage two photo gallery by Graham Watson

Romandie stage one: Serrano hold off the sprinters

Stage one photo gallery, by Graham Watson

Prologue: Rabon wins Romandie prologue

Prologue photo gallery, by Graham Watson

Mark Cavendish: Rider Profile

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