HTC-Highroad’s Mark Cavendish has enjoyed a dream start to this year’s Giro d’Italia by helping team-mate Marco Pinotti take the jersey at the 19.3km Team Time Trial opening stage; later tweeting “I’m so proud of the guys today. Like a group of musketeers…” Pinotti, who finished ninth in last year’s race, concurred with the team spirit by commenting: “It’s a huge honour to be wearing the pink jersey but this is a victory that belongs to the whole team,” But today – Sunday May 8 – could really be Cavendish’s day with a chance for solo victory on the longest section heading Alba to Parma over a distance of 244 kilometres. In total the Giro covers a little over 3,500km across 21 stages, concluding on May 29 in Milan with the 31.5km Individual Time Trials – another potential for Cavendish to shine solo.
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