Cavendish sprints to stage three victory

• Mark Cavendish and Columbia HTC are rewarded for boldness • Lance Armstrong makes move in Tour de France’s third stage If you believed Mark Cavendish, it was one of those spur-of-the-moment things. According to him, the dramatically unexpected tactical shift that prefaced his win in yesterday’s third stage of the 2009 Tour de France, and may also have transformed the race into one of the most memorable in its 106-year history, just came into his team’s heads as they turned a corner and the wind changed. It was hard to believe. At this level, cycling is like chess on wheels

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Cavendish sprints to stage three victory