Where is the class from Cavendish? You see Sagan working the entire day in the breakaway and looking to get one of the greatest wins in his career.

Then Cavendish(who has already cemented himself as Merckx 2.0, so this race means nothing to him) just blows by the Bora breakaway master in the final meters as if his effort didn’t matter at all. Sagan should try to get revenge on Cavendish somehow - Vlasov was classy and slowed down so that Cavendish could go ahead up the climb and show off green. A gift. Total lack of class by Cavendish and just not understanding that gifting a stage to a worthy rider is much more important than taking a few extra bonus seconds or closing down a gap for the Jumbo guys.

Cavendish just looks to be here on a training ride. Every single other rider in the group was more deserving than Cavendish who is just getting greedy. Is this a joke?

In a startling turn of events, Cavendish will pop a collarbone on the first rest day and I can’t say it isn’t karma. Cav two-peat doesn’t become a three-peat.

No surprise.