Cycling-Cavendish first Briton to win historic Milano-Torino one-day race

FILE PHOTO: Cycling - 2022 Tour de France Presentation - Palais des Congres, Paris, France - October 14, 2021 Mark Cavendish during the presentation for the 2022 Tour de France and the Tour de France Femmes REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

(Reuters) - Mark Cavendish won the 103rd Milano-Torino on Wednesday to become the first British winner of the 199-km one-day race, the oldest race on the international calendar first held in 1876.

The 36-year-old Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl Team rider finished with a time of four hours, 31 minutes and 22 seconds -- ahead of Nacer Bouhanni (Team Arkea-Samsic) and Alexander Kristoff (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux).