Tour of Qatar: Cavendish wins in rainbow stripes

Win number three for a Brit this week as Mark Cavendish was back where he expects to be, the top step of the podium

Stage 3 of the Tour of Qatar saw the World Road Race Champion, Mark Cavendish win his first race of 2012 and his first wearing the colours of Team Sky. After a small break dominated the stage, the chase to bring it back saw the peloton split into echelons with the top sprinters in the lead group.

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It all meant that many of the worlds best were going to go head to head in a bunch kick and so it proved as the former World Road Race Champion Tom Boonen tried to best Mark Cavendish but the pocket rocket number 2 from the Isle of Man used his renowned speed over the final metres to take the victory from Boonen with Aidis Kruopis  (GreenEdge) in third.

Cavendish explained he wasn’t at his best and was surprised the race split like it did but that as ever, his teammates rode 100 per cent for him and he was able to deliver the victory. It wasn’t easy as Cavendish was boxed in at one stage but with a late surge, he came round Boonen to clinch a victory he describes as being incredible wearing the rainbow stripes.

Right: ‘Cav’ Photo: John Pierce/PhotoSport International UK USA Asia

“I’m very happy with that” he said on the Team Sky website afterwards. “I’m still not 100-per-cent but we wanted to ride well as a team and if it came down to a sprint then it came down to a sprint. It split up which we weren’t really expecting but the wind picked up and I was looked after by the lads who got me to the front group.”

“We didn’t really have to ride once we were in the group. I had Bernie Eisel and Flecha there in the final with me to just keep me in position. I wanted to come off Boonen’s wheel but then [Kruopis] from GreenEDGE came over on the right and boxed me in. I had to swing out and I wanted to wait for the headwind finish so left it late and came past Boonen.”

“It’s incredible to win [with the rainbow jersey]. I said I wanted to make the jersey proud. You never really get the season going until you get that first win under your belt. So now it’s there I can hopefully get on a roll now and we can win some things.”

STAGE 3
1   Mark Cavendish  Sky Procycling  03:23:48
2   Tom Boonen  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  @ same time
3   Aidis Kruopis  GreenEdge Cycling Team  @ same time
4   Mark Renshaw  Rabobank Cycling Team  @ same time
5   John Degenkolb  1t4i  @ same time
6   Tyler Farrar  Team Garmin – Barracuda  @ same time
7   Rüdiger Selig  Katusha Team  @ same time
8   David Boucher  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  @ same time
9   Robert Wagner  RadioShack – Nissan  @ same time
10   Aleksandr Kuschynski  Katusha Team  @ same time
11   Adam Blythe  BMC Racing Team  @ same time
12   Matthias Friedemann  Champion System  @ same time
13   Mehdi Sohrabi  Lotto – Belisol Team  @ same time
14   Bernhard Eisel  Sky Procycling  @ same time
15   Baden Cooke  GreenEdge Cycling Team  @ same time
16   Philippe Gilbert  BMC Racing Team  @ same time
17   Guillaume Van Keirsbulck  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  00:03
18   Gert Steegmans  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  @ same time
19   Juan Antonio Flecha  Sky Procycling  @ same time
20   Adam Hansen  Lotto – Belisol Team  @ same time
21   Frederik Willems  Lotto – Belisol Team  @ same time
22   Johan Vansummeren  Team Garmin – Barracuda  @ same time
23   Mikhail Ignatyev  Katusha Team  @ same time
24   Maarten Wynants  Rabobank Cycling Team  @ same time
25   Tony Gallopin  RadioShack – Nissan  @ same time
26   Robert Hunter  Team Garmin – Barracuda  @ same time
27   Thomas Dekker  Team Garmin – Barracuda  @ same time
28   Ramunas Navardauskas  Team Garmin – Barracuda  00:10
29   Alexandre Lemair  Team Bridgestone – Anchor  @ same time
30   Maarten Tjallingii  Rabobank Cycling Team  @ same time
31   Mart Ojavee  Champion System  @ same time
32   Tom Veelers  1t4i  @ same time
33   Ramon Sinkeldam  1t4i  00:16
34   Murilo Antonio Fischer  Team Garmin – Barracuda  00:19
35   Sebastian Langeveld  GreenEdge Cycling Team  00:32
36   Svein Tuft  GreenEdge Cycling Team  @ same time
37   Fabian Cancellara  RadioShack – Nissan  00:34
38   Nikolas Maes  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  00:39
39   Gregory Rast  RadioShack – Nissan  01:21
40   Christiano Benenati  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  01:29
41   Pier Paolo De Negri  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  @ same time
42   Robbie Mcewen  GreenEdge Cycling Team  @ same time
43   Mickaël Delage  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  @ same time
44   Gatis Smukulis  Katusha Team  @ same time
45   Kevin Hulsmans  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  @ same time
46   Allan Davis  GreenEdge Cycling Team  @ same time
47   Dominique Rollin  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  @ same time
48   Jonas Van Genechten  Lotto – Belisol Team  @ same time
49   Vladimir Isaychev  Katusha Team  @ same time
50   Matthieu Ladagnous  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  @ same time
51   Koen De Kort  1t4i  @ same time
52   Geoffrey Soupe  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  @ same time
53   Fumiyuki Beppu  GreenEdge Cycling Team  @ same time
54   Miyataka Shimizu  Team Bridgestone – Anchor  @ same time
55   Aaron Kemps  Champion System  @ same time
56   Yoann Offredo  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  @ same time
57   Gabriel Rasch  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  @ same time
58   Gregory Henderson  Lotto – Belisol Team  @ same time
59   Maciej Bodnar  Liquigas – Cannondale  @ same time
60   Roy Curvers  1t4i  @ same time
61   Christian Knees  Sky Procycling  @ same time
62   Paolo Longho Borghini  Liquigas – Cannondale  @ same time
63   Mauro Da Dalto  Liquigas – Cannondale  @ same time
64   Andrea Guardini  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  @ same time
65   Jos Van Emden  Rabobank Cycling Team  @ same time
66   Alan Marangoni  Liquigas – Cannondale  @ same time
67   Marcel Sieberg  Lotto – Belisol Team  @ same time
68   Arnaud Demare  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  @ same time
69   Daniel Oss  Liquigas – Cannondale  @ same time
70   Fabio Sabatini  Liquigas – Cannondale  @ same time
71   Luca Ascani  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  @ same time
72   Danilo Wyss  BMC Racing Team  @ same time
73   Davide Appollonio  Sky Procycling  @ same time
74   Peter Sagan  Liquigas – Cannondale  @ same time
75   Martin Kohler  BMC Racing Team  @ same time
76   Alexander Kristoff  Katusha Team  @ same time
77   Filippo Pozzato  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  @ same time
78   Giacomo Nizzolo  RadioShack – Nissan  @ same time
79   Thomas Bertolini  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  @ same time
80   Jens Debusschere  Lotto – Belisol Team  @ same time
81   Klaas Lodewyck  BMC Racing Team  @ same time
82   David Mc Cann  RTS Racing Team  @ same time
83   Michael Schar  BMC Racing Team  @ same time
84   Francesco Chicchi  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  @ same time
85   Denis Galimzyanov  Katusha Team  @ same time
86   Thomas Lebas  Team Bridgestone – Anchor  @ same time
87   Albert Timmer  1t4i  @ same time
88   Graeme Brown  Rabobank Cycling Team  @ same time
89   Diego Caccia  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  @ same time
90   Markel Irizar Aranburu  RadioShack – Nissan  @ same time
91   Alessandro Vanotti  Liquigas – Cannondale  @ same time
92   Tom Leezer  Rabobank Cycling Team  @ same time
93   Michael Barry  Sky Procycling  @ same time
94   Lars Ytting Bak  Lotto – Belisol Team  @ same time
95   Jack Bauer  Team Garmin – Barracuda  @ same time
96   Jens Mouris  GreenEdge Cycling Team  @ same time
97   Gorik Gardeyn  Champion System  @ same time
98   Matthew Brammeier  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  @ same time
99   Marco Haller  Katusha Team  @ same time
100   Stijn Vandenbergh  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  @ same time
101   Joost Posthuma  RadioShack – Nissan  @ same time
102   Jeremy Hunt  Sky Procycling  @ same time
103   Ian Stannard  Sky Procycling  @ same time
104   Dominik Klemme  1t4i  @ same time
105   Yaroslav Popovych  RadioShack – Nissan  @ same time
106   Roger Kluge  1t4i  @ same time
107   Jacob Rathe  Team Garmin – Barracuda  @ same time
108   Jai Crawford  RTS Racing Team  10:57
109   Chin Lung Huang  RTS Racing Team  @ same time
110   Lee Rodgers  RTS Racing Team  @ same time
111   Blaise Sonnery  Team Bridgestone – Anchor  @ same time
112   Alex Coutts  RTS Racing Team  @ same time
113   Taylor Phinney  BMC Racing Team  @ same time
114   Dennis Van Winden  Rabobank Cycling Team  @ same time
115   Thor Hushovd  BMC Racing Team  @ same time
116   Ryota Nishizono   @ same time
117   Klaas Sys  Team Bridgestone – Anchor  12:15
118   Wei Kei Chang  RTS Racing Team  @ same time
119   Hayato Yoshida  Team Bridgestone – Anchor  @ same time
120   Kazuo Inoue  Team Bridgestone – Anchor  @ same time
121   Xu Gang  Champion System  @ same time
122   Pengda Jiao  Champion System  @ same time
123   Sergey Kudentsov  RTS Racing Team  @ same time
124   Frantisek Rabon  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  @ same time

Overall after three stages
1   Tom Boonen  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  06:47:49
2   Tyler Farrar  Team Garmin – Barracuda  00:06
3   Mark Cavendish  Sky Procycling  00:08
4   Johan Vansummeren  Team Garmin – Barracuda  00:12
5   Thomas Dekker  Team Garmin – Barracuda @ same time
6   Robert Hunter  Team Garmin – Barracuda  @ same time
7   Mikhail Ignatyev  Katusha Team  00:17
8   Bernhard Eisel  Sky Procycling  00:18
9   Rüdiger Selig  Katusha Team  @ same time
10   Adam Blythe  BMC Racing Team  00:19
11   Gert Steegmans  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  @ same time
12   Guillaume Van Keirsbulck  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  @ same time
13   Ramunas Navardauskas  Team Garmin – Barracuda  @ same time
14   Aidis Kruopis  GreenEdge Cycling Team  00:21
15   Aleksandr Kuschynski  Katusha Team  @ same time
16   Juan Antonio Flecha  Sky Procycling  @ same time
17   Robert Wagner  RadioShack – Nissan  00:23
18   Mark Renshaw  Rabobank Cycling Team  00:25
19   Baden Cooke  GreenEdge Cycling Team  @ same time
20   Philippe Gilbert  BMC Racing Team  @ same time
21   Tony Gallopin  RadioShack – Nissan  00:26
22   Adam Hansen  Lotto – Belisol Team  @ same time
23   Maarten Wynants  Rabobank Cycling Team  00:29
24   Frederik Willems  Lotto – Belisol Team  @ same time
25   David Boucher  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  00:32
26   John Degenkolb  1t4i  00:33
27   Maarten Tjallingii  Rabobank Cycling Team  00:36
28   Tom Veelers  1t4i  00:43
29   Ramon Sinkeldam  1t4i  00:49
30   Svein Tuft  GreenEdge Cycling Team  00:57
31   Fabian Cancellara  RadioShack – Nissan  @ same time
32   Sebastian Langeveld  GreenEdge Cycling Team  @ same time
33   Matthias Friedemann  Champion System  01:12
34   Mart Ojavee  Champion System  01:21
35   Alexandre Lemair  Team Bridgestone – Anchor  01:29
36   Murilo Antonio Fischer  Team Garmin – Barracuda  01:38
37   Davide Appollonio  Sky Procycling  01:45
38   Francesco Chicchi  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  @ same time
39   Marco Haller  Katusha Team  @ same time
40   Matthew Brammeier  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  @ same time
41   Gatis Smukulis  Katusha Team  01:47
42   Vladimir Isaychev  Katusha Team  @ same time
43   Peter Sagan  Liquigas – Cannondale  @ same time
44   Alexander Kristoff  Katusha Team  @ same time
45   Michael Barry  Sky Procycling  @ same time
46   Christian Knees  Sky Procycling  @ same time
47   Daniel Oss  Liquigas – Cannondale  01:51
48   Fabio Sabatini  Liquigas – Cannondale  @ same time
49   Alan Marangoni  Liquigas – Cannondale  @ same time
50   Maciej Bodnar  Liquigas – Cannondale  @ same time
51   Alessandro Vanotti  Liquigas – Cannondale  @ same time
52   Giacomo Nizzolo  RadioShack – Nissan  01:52
53   Markel Irizar Aranburu  RadioShack – Nissan  @ same time
54   Fumiyuki Beppu  GreenEdge Cycling Team  01:54
55   Martin Kohler  BMC Racing Team  @ same time
56   Jens Mouris  GreenEdge Cycling Team  @ same time
57   Klaas Lodewyck  BMC Racing Team  @ same time
58   Marcel Sieberg  Lotto – Belisol Team  01:55
59   Lars Ytting Bak  Lotto – Belisol Team  @ same time
60   Gregory Henderson  Lotto – Belisol Team  @ same time
61   Graeme Brown  Rabobank Cycling Team  @ same time
62   Tom Leezer  Rabobank Cycling Team  @ same time
63   Ian Stannard  Sky Procycling  01:58
64   Geoffrey Soupe  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  02:01
65   Dominique Rollin  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  @ same time
66   Mickaël Delage  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  @ same time
67   Arnaud Demare  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  @ same time
68   Gabriel Rasch  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  @ same time
69   Yoann Offredo  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  @ same time
70   Matthieu Ladagnous  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  @ same time
71   Koen De Kort  1t4i  02:02
72   Roger Kluge  1t4i  @ same time
73   Albert Timmer  1t4i  @ same time
74   Roy Curvers  1t4i  02:04
75   Andrea Guardini  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  02:09
76   Luca Ascani  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  @ same time
77   Filippo Pozzato  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  @ same time
78   Diego Caccia  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  @ same time
79   Robbie Mcewen  GreenEdge Cycling Team  02:12
80   Mehdi Sohrabi  Lotto – Belisol Team  02:16
81   Mauro Da Dalto  Liquigas – Cannondale  02:19
82   Jack Bauer  Team Garmin – Barracuda  02:22
83   Thomas Bertolini  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  02:30
84   Pier Paolo De Negri  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  02:32
85   Aaron Kemps  Champion System  02:41
86   Gorik Gardeyn  Champion System  @ same time
87   Jos Van Emden  Rabobank Cycling Team  @ same time
88   Paolo Longho Borghini  Liquigas – Cannondale  02:46
89   Danilo Wyss  BMC Racing Team  @ same time
90   Michael Schar  BMC Racing Team  @ same time
91   Miyataka Shimizu  Team Bridgestone – Anchor  02:49
92   Thomas Lebas  Team Bridgestone – Anchor  @ same time
93   Kevin Hulsmans  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  02:56
94   Allan Davis  GreenEdge Cycling Team  02:58
95   Nikolas Maes  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  03:03
96   David Mc Cann  RTS Racing Team  03:12
97   Jacob Rathe  Team Garmin – Barracuda  03:23
98   Jeremy Hunt  Sky Procycling  03:25
99   Gregory Rast  RadioShack – Nissan  03:30
100   Yaroslav Popovych  RadioShack – Nissan  03:31
101   Joost Posthuma  RadioShack – Nissan  @ same time
102   Dominik Klemme  1t4i  03:37
103   Stijn Vandenbergh  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  03:47
104   Jonas Van Genechten  Lotto – Belisol Team  03:58
105   Christiano Benenati  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  04:17
106   Denis Galimzyanov  Katusha Team  04:44
107   Jens Debusschere  Lotto – Belisol Team  05:31
108   Thor Hushovd  BMC Racing Team  11:22
109   Taylor Phinney  BMC Racing Team  @ same time
110   Dennis Van Winden  Rabobank Cycling Team  11:23
111   Blaise Sonnery  Team Bridgestone – Anchor  12:17
112   Frantisek Rabon  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  12:31
113   Jai Crawford  RTS Racing Team  12:40
114   Alex Coutts  RTS Racing Team  @ same time
115   Lee Rodgers  RTS Racing Team  @ same time
116   Kazuo Inoue  Team Bridgestone – Anchor  13:35
117   Hayato Yoshida  Team Bridgestone – Anchor  14:06
118   Klaas Sys  Team Bridgestone – Anchor  14:12
119   Pengda Jiao  Champion System  15:09
120   Ryota Nishizono   15:11
121   Chin Lung Huang  RTS Racing Team  15:58
122   Xu Gang  Champion System  17:52
123   Wei Kei Chang  RTS Racing Team  26:36
124   Sergey Kudentsov  RTS Racing Team  26:51

 

 

 

 

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