Sky's Ghent-Wevelgem ends in frustration

Mark Cavendish on the Kemmelberg, Ghent-Wevelgem 2012

Team Sky played their cards correctly in Ghent-Wevelgem today, but had little to show for it. Mark Cavendish saw the lead group ride free and the team's other key member, Edvald Boasson Hagen, faced a rough sprint.

"The plan was to follow the first group, if Mark was not in the first group, then I should go for it," Boasson Hagen told Cycling Weekly. "I think, someone let a gap open and he lost the front group, which was a pity."

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