Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) struggled to hide his disappointment after being beaten by Elia Viviani on stage 2 of the Dubai Tour but 24-hours later he was upbeat and happy after using his abundance of sprinting skills to win stage 3 to Fujairah.
Cavendish does not have a beefy lead-out train to help in the sprints or the form to drag race with Viviani in a long sprint. He showed, however, that he still has the innate ability to read a sprint in a split second and to come up with the right strategy.
When Viviani came off the wheel of lead-out man Fabio Sabatini, Cavendish waited and then accelerated past him in sight of the line. Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) tried to do the same thing from Cavendish's wheel but came up just short, while Marcel Kittel’s late charge was just a little too late.
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"I'm happy with that, happy to win at the Dubai Tour and happy to get the season under way,” he said after letting out a shout of satisfaction after crossing the line and then savouring his moment on the podium.
"I'm nowhere near the form I'd be in in July but I'm happy with my form for February. I had a good, strong winter and wanted to come in early season and hit the ground running.
Not a comeback
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