Mark Cavendish Giro stage 2 2009

Team Columbia has confirmed that Mark Cavendish will not continue in the Giro d?Italia when the race heads into the Apennine mountains on Saturday?s 14th stage.

After winning his third stage in Florence on Friday, Cavendish said he would talk to the Team Columbia management and decide together whether to continue.

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