Mark Cavendish questions BikeExchange tactics after third Tour de France stage win

VALENCE FRANCE JULY 06 Mark Cavendish of The United Kingdom and Team Deceuninck QuickStep Green Points Jersey stage winner celebrates at arrival during the 108th Tour de France 2021 Stage 10 a 1907km stage from Albertville to Valence LeTour TDF2021 on July 06 2021 in Valence France Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images
Mark Cavendish (Deceuninck-QuickStep) takes his third victory at the Tour de France 2021 (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

Mark Cavendish has questioned Team BikeExchange’s tactics at the Tour de France, suggesting they should have focused on challenging him at the end of the stage rather than trying to put him in difficulty part-way through it.

Cavendish picked up his third victory of this Tour in Valence on stage 10 after a picture-perfect lead-out from his Deceuninck-QuickStep team.

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