Cavendish's in the pink..MARK Cavendish Mark Cavendish is a cyclist from the Isle of Man (born 21 May 1985). Originally a track cyclist competing in the Madison, points race, and scratch race, he moved on to become a professional road racing cyclist in 2007. became the first British rider to wear the Giro giro Noun pl -ros 1. (in some countries) a system of transferring money within a bank or post office, directly from one account into another 2. d'Italia leader's pink jersey yesterday after his Columbia team claimed victory in the opening team time trial. The star sprinter, who won four stages of the Tour de France last year, crossed the line first to help his team set down a marker of 21 mins 50 secs over the 20.5km course around the streets of Venice. Garmin-Slipstream, with Cavendish's countrymen David Millar David Millar (born January 4, 1977 in Malta) is a Scottish road racing cyclist, currently racing for UCI ProTeam Saunier Duval-Prodir as a time-trial specialist.[1] In 2008 he will be riding for Team Slipstream, and will become a part-owner. and Bradley Wiggins among their ranks, were expected to win the team stage for the second year in a row, but they came up six seconds short of Columbia. Lance Armstrong's Astana were another likely challenger but they had to settle for third, 13 seconds back. The American seven-time Tour de France winner is contesting his first major tour for almost four years after making his comeback at the start of this year.. |
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