With 17 partial victories at the Giro d’Italia there are truly many Italian cities in which Mark Cavendish he managed to raise his arms to the sky. Among these there is also Fanoin the Modena-Fano, Stage 5 of the 2012 edition. In truth, that day we didn’t even know if CannonBall would start, given that two days earlier, in Horsens (the race had started from Denmark), he had ended up badly on the ground in the final sprint, knocked out by a sudden move from Roberto Ferrari, with whom they then exchanged bad words.
Battered, bandaged and recovering from a sleepless night, the sprinter from the Isle of Man nevertheless started the stage and not only finished it, but also won the final sprint, beating Matthew Goss and Daniele Bennati. “Ferrari? Everything is ok with him, he apologized to me – he said after the stage -. Without that crash I could now be in the Maglia Rosa, it was a goal of mine. I’m not afraid to take risks in the sprint, the problem is those who put other people’s lives at risk…”.
Cavendish will finish that Giro with three victories, continuing the construction of his legend with 163 career victories (and counting…): “I don’t know if I’m among the strongest of all time and I don’t care – he said again that day -. I want to write the history of this sport and remain in the record books.”. Well, she’ll make it…
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