A broken spoke in the last four kilometres of the 2010 Vuelta a Espana almost put paid to Mark Cavendish's points jersey victory on Sunday.
"I heard a ‘ping', looked down and realised I wasn't going to be able to win the stage, but I still had to finish in the top four if I wanted to take the points jersey," Cavendish told Cycling Weekly.
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