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Video: Mark Cavendish takes first win in almost a year at Dubai Tour

Dimension Data sprinter back to winning ways after 2017 season plagued by illness and injury

Mark Cavendish has taken his first victory in almost a year at today's Stage 3 of the Dubai Tour.

The 32-year-old' Dimension Data riders last victory also came in the Gulf, when he won the opening stage of last year's Abu Dhabi Tour on 23 February last year.

His season was then disrupted first by glandular fever, then by the broken shoulder he sustained in a crash involving Peter Sagan at the Tour de France, and incident that saw Bora-Hansgrohe's world champion thrown out of the race for dangerous riding.

Following today's stage, Cavendish said: "I'm just a bit angry that I sat up yesterday," referring to his fourth-place finish to Quick Step Floors rider Elia Viviani, who retains the race lead.

"Technically I could have had the leader's jersey," Cavendish continued. "I apologise to my teammates for that. They did a great job today, Bernie (Eisel), (Mark) Renshaw, and I finished the job in the last 3 kilometres.

I still feel the consequences of my Tour de France crash in my body. It will remain for the rest of my life.

"Quick-Step, Cofidis and LottoNL-Jumbo all look good," he added. "There are so many good teams for sprinting here.

"I'm nowhere near the form I had in July but I'm happy with my form now."

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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peted76 | 6 years ago
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Glad to see this, it's nice to have a british sprinter in the mix again. 

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RobD | 6 years ago
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Really does seem like a great field for sprinters, nice to see a lot of them going head to head rather than avoiding each other until later in the year. I hope Cav has a bit of good luck this year, it'd be good to see him be able to build some form into the summer, and DD seem to be becoming a really together team

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BehindTheBikesheds | 6 years ago
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There are no bums in that top 10, that is a top class field, well done Cav

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Eli | 6 years ago
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The manx missile is BACK!

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CXR94Di2 | 6 years ago
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Great sprint for Cav

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