ZLM Tour: Mareczko takes stage 3 as Mark Cavendish punctures out of sprint

Jakub Mareczko (Alpecin-Deceuninck) (Image credit: Dion Kerckhoffs/CVSprintCyclingAgency)

Jakub Mareczko (Alpecin-Deceuninck) powered to victory on stage 2 of the ZLM Tour, out-pacing Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma) in a tight finish in Buchten. Mareczko's lead-out man Robbe Ghys finished third.

Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan) is still looking for a victory in the stage race after suffering a mechanical inside the final two kilometres and missing out on the sprint.

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