A smiling and still upbeat Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan) started stage 6 of the Giro d’Italia looking ready to take on another hard day of racing, knowing the stage around Naples and the Amalfi coast could perhaps end in a bunch sprint.
Cavendish suffered a hair-raising high speed crash at the finish of stage 5 after his back wheel slipped on a white line and then a questionable manoeuvre by Alberto Dainese (Team DSM) sent the Manxman spinning into the ground. He first moved towards the barriers and then flipped over his bike as he crossed the line.
