Mark Cavendish sprints into history books after winning UCI World Championship 2011 – Cycling News
Mark Cavendish (Great Britain) put in a tremendous performance in the Men’s road race to take the UCI World Championships 2011 in Rudersdal on Sunday, September 25. Fans throughout Great Britain were very happy with Cavendish’s performance because due to
his hard work they took the World title for the first time in 46 years.
Cavendish powered to beat the Matthew Harley Goss (Australia) in the final kilometres while Andre Greipel (Germany) finished third with the same timing of Mark.
After winning the stage, Mark told the media, "We had eight of the best guys in the world, and this is the first time we've come together. They were incredible.”
With few kilometres to go, the group of seven cyclists got clear including, Christian Poos (Luxembourg), Maxim Iglinskiy (Kazakhstan), Pablo Lastras, Anthony Roux, Oleg Chuzhda (Ukraine), Robert Kiserlovski (Croatia) and Tanel Kangert (Estonia). They worked
really hard and stretch a lead of eighth minutes while Cummings and Millar increased their pace in the front of the peloton.
However, the four cyclists, Chris Froome, David Millar, Jeremy Hunt and Steve Cummings worked hard throughout the stage. A large crash happened with five laps to go and the break was divided into groups although, Johnny Hoogerland (Holland) powered to launch
a final attack to make four out in front. Wiggins made a solo move and maintained his pace to stave off further attackers.
In the final sprint, Cavendish continued his effort and built a huge gap to cross the final line ahead of the other cyclists to take his biggest victory.
He further added, “We knew three years ago when this course was announced. We put a plan together to come with the best group of guys to this race and bring the rainbow jersey back to Britain. The biggest goal next year [is the Olympics] and I hope we can
make it a world and Olympic double."
82 cyclists crossed the final line with the same timing of sprinter while Juan Manuel Garate Cepa tried his best to catch the leading rider but failed and finished in 83rd place with a difference of 16 seconds.
A total of 33 cyclists including, Steve Cummings (Great Britain), Tanel Kangert (Estonia) and Christopher Froome (Great Britain) did not finish the race.
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