Team Sky try to take on Cavendish at the Dubai Tour

Team Sky tried to take on Mark Cavendish and Etixx-Quick-Step in the sprint on stage 1 of the Dubai Tour, confirming that the British team intends to target many more sprint finishes in 2015 after signing Elia Viviani, Andy Fenn and ensuring than Ben Swift is back to his best and well supported.

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Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.