The final sprint at the Tour of Qatar was a head-to-head matchup between Cavendish and Katusha's Alexander Kristoff. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com
Tim Declerq led the three-man break, followed by Jesse Sergent and Steven Tronet. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com
The Tour of Qatar peloton was a blur of color passing by the Doha skyline. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com
Mark Cavendish and his Dimension Data team worked all day to defend his slim lead in the Tour of Qatar general classification Friday. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com
The three-man break faced a stiff cross/head wind late in the race, and they were eventually brought back by the peloton. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com
The final sprint at the Tour of Qatar was a head-to-head matchup between Cavendish and Katusha’s Alexander Kristoff. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com
Kristoff won the stage 5 sprint, his third victory of the week. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com
Mark Renshaw provided a good lead-out for Cavendish, allowing him to stay with Kristoff, finish second, and secure the overall. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com
Cavendish acknowledged that the leader’s jersey would have belonged to Edvald Boasson Hagen had it not been for a double puncture that the Norwegian suffered on stage 4. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com
Mark Cavendish won his second overall title at the Tour of Qatar. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com
BMC was the best team at the end of the five-day race in Qatar. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com
Congratulations all around for the Katusha riders as they delivered their leader to a hat-trick at Tour of Qatar. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com
THE 2020 TOUR DE FRANCE
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