Dubai Tour: Puncture ends Cavendish's hopes for overall classification

If Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) had any hope of defending his Dubai Tour title, they were gone after a puncture in the final kilometres of stage 3 to Hatta Dam saw him lose time. Cavendish had been looking good for most of the stage, remaining in the front group as the attacks began to come off the front.

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