BENNATI READY TO TAKE ON CAVENDISH IN GIRO 2009 SPRINTS

Mark Cavendish Daniele Bennati Giro 2008 stage 13

Italian sprinter Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) has admitted that Britain?s Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia) will be his biggest rival in next year?s Giro d?Italia but is confident he can win again and claims he beat the young Brit four to two in head to head sprints in 2008.

A troublesome Achilles injury meant that Bennati was only on form at the Giro d?Italia and the Vuelta Espana. He won three stages at the Giro but lost two others to Cavendish and was clearly not as fast in the final hundred metres.

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