Dutch double can put spoke in wheel of British hopes

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History has a strange habit of repeating itself at times.

Four years ago, British hopes were pinned on the shoulders of Mark Cavendish in the road race only for the Manx Missile to be marked out of the contest on the roads of London and Surrey.

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Matthew IrelandRacing Post Sport

Published on 9 August 2016inWorld Cup

Last updated 21:01, 9 August 2016

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