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Wed 07 Jul 2007Leader's bold move pays offCYCLING:The capacity of the Tour's sprinters to shrug off the dangers of their profession never ceases to amaze, and yesterday Mark Cavendish showed that, mentally at least, he is suffering no ill-effects from his dramatic crash of Monday.After complaining early in the stage that he felt "like an old man", the 22-year-old Manxman was rejuvenated enough to manage ninth place in one of the Tour's most dangerous finishes.