Cycling - Giro d'Italia - Stage 3 - Kaposvar to Balatonfured, Hungary - May 8, 2022 Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team's Mark Cavendish celebrates winning stage 3 REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
KAPOSVAR, Hungary (Reuters) -Mark Cavendish marked his return to the Giro d'Italia with a commanding sprint on stage three of the Grand Tour race, a 201km-ride from Kaposvar to Balatonfured, on Sunday as Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel retained the overall lead.
Cavendish and his QuickStep-AlphaVinyl team mates timed their move to perfection as he was given the perfect lead-out by Michael Morkov with just under 300 metres remaining and he comfortably out-sprinted the peloton with an impressive effort.
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