Mark Cavendish – “The other teams raced like juniors...”

“It was sweet for us. No one else wanted to ride. None of the other teams were doing any work so we were the only ones who took it on. I’m glad Fabian was there actually. I would have felt sorry for him if he missed out. I think Saxo Bank rode well at the start today and we did the finish and it was sweet… the other teams – especially Garmin – were all trying to save themselves for the team time trial and in the end they had to ride anyway, but they weren’t riding for the win, they were riding to save time. So it was perfect.
“When he hit the front it was great timing. We took the race on as normal; we were riding for the win and we won.
“At the finish we were amazing. I was able to sit on while the guys did all the work. And I crossed the line first. It was brilliant. It shows were were the only sprint team willing to take responsibility and that worked in our favor.
“Today wasn’t a full-on bunch sprint. I was just taking the win on behalf of the team. They did so much work at the finish. All the other teams are riding like they’re juniors and if they want to behave that way then they get results like juniors.”