Mark Cavendish: Lizzie Armitstead absolutely at fault for whereabouts failures

Cavendish says he doesn't believe Armitstead doped, but says she could have done more to 'prevent the chaos she's in'

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Mark Cavendish says he believes Lizzie Armitstead has to take the blame for her whereabouts failures, which saw her provisionally suspended for three missed tests before having one overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

In an interview with Sky Sports News, Cavendish says that he does not believe Armitstead was doping, but that "Lizzie herself could have prevented the chaos she's in."

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