Hoffman lauds "perfect" Cavendish win

Mark Cavendish takes lead, Vuelta a Espana 2010 stage 1 TTT

HTC-Columbia sports director Tristan Hoffman was unsurprisingly delighted to see Mark Cavendish clinch his first bunch sprint victory of the Vuelta after a fortnight of near misses - and it was a win that came straight out of the morning meeting.

 "We started really well in the TTT, and he had a big part in that. Afterwards, we kept on trying to win a stage. It didn't work out, it had

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