MARK CAVENDISH won the final stage of his last Giro d'Italia to spark scenes of huge emotion in Rome as Primoz Roglic confirmed his overall victory.
It was a 17th career Giro stage win for the 38-year-old 'Manx Missile' in his last season, who kept alive his record of winning at least one stage every time he had taken part in the Italian Grand Tour.
It was also Cavendish's first win of the season and first with the Astana-Qazaqstan team, a timely confidence boost as he now turns his attentions to the Tour de France and his bid to take the stage win record there outright.
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