The first two road stages however were fruitless for Cavendish , who was beaten to the line by Petacchi in the first stage and was caught behind a crash and failed to make it back for the sprint the next day .
The first 2 road stages however were fruitless for Cavendish , who was beaten to the line by Alessandro Petacchi in the first stage and was caught behind a crash and failed to make it back for the sprint the next day .