CAVENDISH SPARKS COLUMBIA V GARMIN TEAM TIME TRIAL RIVALRY

Mark Cavendish Tour of Ireland stage 1

Mark Cavendish has sparked the rivalry between the two big American squads by saying that his Columbia team can beat Garmin in the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France team time trials next summer.

In an exclusive interview with cyclingweekly.co.uk he said: "Everyone seems to be thinking Garmin are going to win it because they've got a load of individual time trial riders, but they're not going to have it all their own way. The best team time trial squad is not made simply by putting nine individual time trialists together.

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GIRO 2008 TEAM TIME TRIAL

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