Mark Cavendish has questioned Team BikeExchanges tactics at the Tour de France, suggesting they should have focused on challenging him at the end of the phase rather than attempting to put him in problem part-way through it.Cavendish picked up his third triumph of this Tour in Valence on phase 10 after a picture-perfect lead-out from his Deceuninck-QuickStep team.The 190km path was mostly flat but did include some climbs up, where Michael Matthews BikeExchange teammates hit the front of the peloton to stack on the pressure. Theyll do it,” Cavendish stated. Michael simply had one man trying to assist him in the last when he could have had the entire team to match ours.” The remarks come a day after Cavendish made similar remarks towards the Australian group in the context of the mountain phases like Sundays, where Cavendish made the time cut by the skin of his teeth.The time limitation is calculated as a portion of the winners time and pure sprinters like Cavendish frequently spend the more gruelling phases at the back, combating to remain in the race.Speaking to ITV, Cavendish was informed that another green jersey hopeful, Sonny Colbrelli, had said his Bahrain Victorious team wouldnt ride to put and try Cavendish out of the time limit, but that he d heard BikeExchange would.

Mark Cavendish has actually questioned Team BikeExchanges methods at the Tour de France, suggesting they must have concentrated on challenging him at the end of the phase rather than trying to put him in problem part-way through it.Cavendish selected up his 3rd victory of this Tour in Valence on stage 10 after a picture-perfect lead-out from his Deceuninck-QuickStep team.The 190km path was mainly flat but did consist of some climbs, where Michael Matthews BikeExchange teammates hit the front of the peloton to overdo the pressure. An early category 4 climb was followed by another incline to the intermediate sprint at kilometre-82, where BikeExchange struck the front to tee up Matthews, with Cavendish not among the points.There was another uncategorized climb in the last 40km, where BikeExchange came back on the front to raise the pace, most likely in a bid to attempt and drain pipes the legs of Cavendish, whos weaker than Matthews uphill however quicker in a flat surface. ” We understood they d do that. I go for phases and hopefully the green comes from that when I go for the green jersey. I constantly try to choose up points however Im not going to put myself over the limit to do it. Theyll do it,” Cavendish stated.” Honestly – theyve got to try something, its bike racing – but I seem like theyve burned their matches doing that. When he could have had the entire team to match ours, Michael simply had one guy trying to assist him in the final.” They chose that tactic, trying to drop me. The team stayed around me and got me over it. I simply required to overcome that climb and I knew I d be safe for the sprint.” The comments come a day after Cavendish made comparable remarks towards the Australian group in the context of the mountain stages like Sundays, where Cavendish made the time cut by the skin of his teeth.The time limit is computed as a percentage of the winners time and pure sprinters like Cavendish often invest the more gruelling phases at the back, combating to remain in the race.Speaking to ITV, Cavendish was told that another green jersey hopeful, Sonny Colbrelli, had stated his Bahrain Victorious group wouldnt ride to try and put Cavendish out of the time limit, but that he d heard BikeExchange would.” Theyll constantly do that. It will not be Bling [Matthews] doing that; itll be BikeExchange, however they do pack like that do not they?” Its much better to concentrate on winning than making other individuals lose, but theyve type of done that for many lots of years. What can I do?” After seeing his lead in the green jersey points classification reduced by Matthews and Colbrelli in the Alps, his third phase victory on Tuesday boosted his position at the top of the standings. He now rests on 218 points, with Matthews on 159 and Colbrelli on 136. Ride like Deceuninck-QuickStep with