No joy for Cavendish as QuickStep train derailed in De Panne

DE PANNE BELGIUM MARCH 23 Mark Cavendish of United Kingdom and Team QuickStep Alpha Vinyl competes during the 46th Minerva Classic Brugge De Panne 2022 a 2079km stage from Brugge to De Panne MinervaClassic on March 23 2022 in De Panne Belgium Photo by Luc ClaessenGetty Images
Mark Cavendish follows Michael Mørkøv durijg Brugge de Panne (Image credit: Luc Claessen/Getty Images)

Mark Cavendish was among the top favourites in a stacked field of sprinters at the Classic Brugge-De Panne, but he ended up not sprinting at all.

The Manxman was forced to sit up and watch in the final 200 metres as his QuickStep-AlphaVinyl lead-out train - so dominant here 12 months ago - was derailed. 

Patrick Fletcher

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