Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) finished out of the top ten in the opening sprint at the Dubai Tour, stuck behind the chaos and fight for positions, as riders from virtually every team in the race tried to find the best wheel and the best line for their sprinter.
For much of the finale, Cavendish was protected by his Dimension Data teammates but when Quick-Step Floors lined it out and LottoNL-Jumbo's Dylan Groenewegen - the eventual winner - and his lead-out man Timo Roosen kicked early, Cavendish was frustratingly stuck in traffic.
"I didn't really get the sprint out. I got the lead out, I got a good workload in the finale but I didn't sprint it up," Cavendish explained after a quick debrief with his teammates.
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"I saw a couple of spaces with about 300 or 400 metres to go and I thought I'd go in. But when you try to find that, someone is going the other way, so I was on the brakes.
"My legs felt alright, Renshaw was good, Bernie (Eisel) was really good. But it's not the best Dubai Tour stage we've done with this team, that's for sure."
The finish on the edge of the Palm Jumeirah was technically difficult and considered to be one of the most complex sprints of the season. It is like trying to land a 747 at one of the most testing airport runways in the world.
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