Mark Cavendish

won the second stage of the abu dhabi Tour in a sprint finish to take the overall lead. ‘it was a very chaotic sprint in which i lost my lead out in the second last corner,’ said the 31year-old after his 115-kilometre stage win. ‘i thought: “That’s it”, but we got back on.’ Today’s 150km third stage ends with an 11km climb, where the Manxman is expected to lose the race leader’s red jersey. The final stage is tomorrow.