Cavendish's crafty Tour win in Bordeaux linked to Sky

Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins, Tour de France 2010, stage 18
By Cycling Weekly
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Brit Mark Cavendish succeeded today in winning a Tour de France in sprinters' paradise, Bordeaux. The city has seen some of cycling's biggest names win along its Garonne river and it felt almost natural that Cavendish got his turn given his run of success with 14 wins in three years at the race.

His difficulty, though, came with not having his final lead-out man, Australian Mark Renshaw. The Tour de France tagged Renshaw a 'bad boy' and sent him home last week for head butting a rival team member during his lead out.

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