Mark Cavendish (Great Britain) got his Rio 2016 Olympic Games campaign started with his first outing in the omnium, where he took sixth in the opening scratch race.
The British rider was active throughout, starting an early but futile breakaway attempt. The decisive move came with 19 laps to go when Bobby Lea (USA) and Jasper de Buyst (Belgium) went away and started working well together.
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