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The Catch Is Here
There weren't many down hill stretches but Mark Cavendish took full advantage of this one to get as The fate of almost every break away is to be caught and the earlier it forms, the smaller the group, the surer it is to be reeled back in. Cameron Wurf of Cannondale and Jack Bobridge of Team Blanco put in a valiant effort, but it was to be a day for the sprinters and no break away was going to spoil that. So the peleton sucked them up with 25 kilometers left to race.