Cavendish excited for the Tour de France's cobbled excursion

With the Grand Depart of the 101st Tour de France just a month away, Omega Pharma-Quick Step are one of the 22-teams who will be competing in the race who are busy preparing for the July 5 start. With stage 5 of the Tour  visiting several sectors of pave more accustomed to being pounded by the peloton in April, riders are equally excited and anguished by their return as the sight of Chris Froome (Team Sky), Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) studying and previewing the pave suggests.

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