Cycling
Mark Cavendish wins the Milan-Turin race
(Turin) Briton Mark Cavendish (Quick-Step) won Wednesday in the sprint the 103and edition of the Milan-Turin race, moved this year to the start of the season, three days before the first “Monument” of the year, Milan-Sanremo.
Discreet as rarely during the three arrivals in the Tirreno-Adriatico sprint last week, the 36-year-old Briton made up for it by beating the French Nacer Bouhanni (Arkea) and the Norwegian Alexander Kristoff (Intermarché) at the end of the 199 km.
He picks up the 159and victory of his endless career, for his first participation in the oldest race on the cycling calendar, born in 1876.
Milan-Turin, usually contested at the end of the season, was brought forward to the start of the calendar with a route abandoning its traditional finish for punchers, after an ascent to the Superga basilica, to offer itself to the kings of the sprint, with a profile without difficulty leading to Rivoli, west of Turin.
The Irishman Ben Healy, 21 (EF Education), tried a good shot about fifteen kilometers from the line, but was caught 4 km from the goal, swallowed by the peloton in particular led by determined Quick-Step to take Cavendish to the end.
“I’m particularly happy, it’s amazing how my team took me. It’s not always a race for sprinters, so I’m happy to have my name on the same list as great climbers! “, smiled the winner of the day, who succeeds Primoz Roglic.
Classification of Milan-Turin
1. Mark Cavendish (GBR / QST), the 199 km in 4 h 31 min 22, an average of 44.0 km / h
2. Nacer Bouhanni (FRA / ARK), at 0.
3. Alexander Kristoff (NOR/INT), at 0.
4. Max Kanter (GER/MOV), at 0.
5. Peter Sagan (SVK / TEN), at 0.
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Sophia Jhon is a sports journalist and author. He has worked as a news editor for Sportish and is now a sport columnist for the same publication. Alberta’s professional interests lie largely in sports news, with an emphasis on English football. He has also written articles on other sporting topics.