Video: Highlights of Cavendish's stage 1 victory at the Dubai Tour

Mark Cavendish (Etixx-QuickStep) won the opening stage of the Dubai Tour by the slimmest of margins over Astana’s Andrea Guardini. With memories of the opening stage of the Tour de San Luis, Cavendish went early. It almost cost him, as Guardini made a late surge to the line and almost caught him out.

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