Columbia-High Road's Mark Cavendish notched another win this season by outsprinting Germany's Heinrich Haussler in the Milan-San Remo spring classic on Saturday.
The Brit on the US-based cycling team already has five stage wins this year in addition to winning this 100th edition of the 184-mile race through Italy.
It marked the return to Euro cycling by Lance Armstrong, who last competed here in 2002. Armstrong finished in the second big group to cross the finish line, 8:19 behind Cavenish. His official placement was 125th.
Armstrong has seven previous starts at Milan-San Remo between 1993 and 2002. His previous finishes are 2002 — 44th; 2000 — 108th; 1999 — 118th; 1996 — 11th; 1995 — 73rd; 1994 — 99th; and 1993 — 22nd.
CyclingNews reports that Armstrong lost contact with the first group on the next to final climb.
The fact that Cavendish can survive in the front group on this race is a testament to the fact that he's becoming more of an all-around rider, not just a sprint-specialist for flat stages.
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