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Why is this indication of abandoning?
not a lot of chances left for sprinting, morkov is gone and demare and ewan look stronger .. dunno
amey-
There's two, and possibly three, sprint stages next week. Cavendish has always been a sprinter who's speed declines slower than his rivals over the course of a three week race, so he won't quit unless he's sick, as his chances of winning more stages are good.
Tomorrow's stage has a really tough opening though, with three climbs in the opening forty kilometres, so making the time limit is going to be a stage long effort.
andyp
Why is this indication of abandoning? I would say (without further details) it looks more like prep for a big day tomorrow.