mark cavendish, cav, tour of qatar, 2013

Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick-step) took his fourth consecutive stage of the Tour of Qatar to wrap up overall victory and claim only the second stage race of his professional career.

In terms of the competition and the prestige, however, Qatar ranks higher than his previous win, at last year's Ster ZLM. There, Cavendish was a lean climbing machine and didn't win any stages as he built towards the London Olympics.

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