A post-Olympic, and obviously well-rested, Mark Cavendish chalked up his 12th victory of the season yesterday (August 26) with a powerful sprint finish on the sixth and final stage – 165km, Slagse to Frederiksberg – of the Tour of Denmark. Taking the stage ahead of Europcar’s Matteo Pelucchi and Lotto-Belisol’s Andre Greipel, Cav said, ‘The lads had great faith in me and delivered me to the line perfect. I’m really happy to get the win and repay their hard work, especially as I haven’t been in the best form recently… I won here in 2007 as well as winning the rainbow jersey in Denmark and it’s great to come back here and win here again.’
Vacansoleil-DCM’s Lieuwe Westra maintained his overnight lead (holding off Garmin-Sharp’s Ramunas Navardauskas) for the overall Tour of Denmark win, although Cavendish’s final flurry still helped propel Sky to the top of the Team Classifications.