Cavendish sprints to victory

British cyclist Mark Cavendish won the 11th stage of the Giro d'Italia in a sprint finish following a 214km run from Turin to Arenzano yesterday. It was the third stage win of this year's race for the Columbia rider, after becoming the first British...

British cyclist Mark Cavendish won the 11th stage of the Giro d'Italia in a sprint finish following a 214km run from Turin to Arenzano yesterday.

It was the third stage win of this year's race for the Columbia rider, after becoming the first British man to ever win a stage on the Giro, when he won on opening day.

Italian Dani Di Luca retained the leader's pink jersey and maintained his lead of 1min 20secs over Russian Denis Menchov, while Australian Michael Rogers is a further 13secs back with American Levi Leipheimer at 1min 53secs.

On the eve of his 24th birthday, Cavendish timed his sprint to perfection after being led in by Australian Mark Renshaw and came home clear of American Tyler Ferrar and Italian Alessandro Petacchi.

Australia's Allan Davis took fourth while Frenchman Sebastien Henault completed the top five stage rankings.

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