Mark Cavendish may not have been sprinting against the fastest men in the world at the end of the Tour of Oman, but his stage 2 victory was very impressive.
As usual, his Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl hit the front in decisive lead-out mode in the final, but Cavendish lost them and was well detached from the team train deep inside the final kilometre.
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While he was 20 riders back, with no team mates' wheels to come off, the Manx rider simply made room for himself and hit the wind very early to win it very comfortably.
