Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) survived a late crash on stage 1 of the Tour of Britain after falling with a number of his rivals on the final corner of the stage to from Glasgow to Castle Douglas.
Cavendish was riding his first race since the Rio Olympics, where he finished second in the Omnium behind Italy's Elia Viviani – one of the other fallers in Sunday's crash.
"I don't know [what happened], Elia just… next thing Elia was underneath me and I think he lost his front wheel," Cavendish told reporters after the stage.
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The first stage of the Tour of Britain was won by Andre Greipel of Lotto Soudal who leads the race from Caleb Ewan (Orica-BikeExchange). For Cavendish, who took only three days off the bike after the Olympic Games the day ended in nursing his injuries.
"I'm all right. I've hurt my arm a bit [shows grazing on left arm] but nothing is broken."
When asked about his form, he added: "I was all right actually, I was OK."
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