Team Sky’s Mark Cavendish yesterday (March 8 ) took his fourth victory of the season with a Stage 2 win at the Tirreno-Adriatico. The San Vincenzo to Indicatore, 230km, route saw Cav clock a time of 6:32:32, beating Óscar Freire (Team Katusha) into second and Garmin-Barracuda’s Tyler Farrar into third place.The win moved him up to fifth overall all three top spots current.y held by GreenEdge riders: Matthew Goss, Stuart O’Grady, Sebastian Langeveld in first, second and third respectively.
Speaking afterwards, Cavendish said, ‘It was a difficult day on paper but it wasn’t too fast for the guys so there were a lot of fresh legs and it was important for me to have the team around me, keeping me at the front.’ Team Sky Sports Director, Servais Knaven, added: ‘Everyone is really happy with that. It was an exciting finish and hard to control with some short climbs in the final. There were a few attacks and then the last 3k was descending which meant the pace was really high… It was not easy to be in the right position to make a sprint but the guys worked together perfectly and made a great lead-out for Cav.’
The Tirreno-Adriatico continues until March 13.
