Quote Originally Posted by Witton Park View Post
I don't think he really went for it. I think it was a "let's see where I'm at" so to finish as high as he did suggests he can get his stage with a little luck.
I think he did go for it; looking at the overhead camera view he was 5 bike lengths behind Philipsen with 504m to go - and they were doing 69-70km/h at the time. On the line the gap was around 2.5 bike lengths.

The reason Philipsen won, was because he had a fantastic lead-out. Yesterday's finish showed that there are at least six really top sprinters in the race, and Cav is one of them