Bryan Coquard pips Mark Cavendish to Tour of Oman stage one win

Bryan Coquard takes the early race lead after claiming the bunch sprint on the opening day of the 2018 Tour of Oman

Bryan Coquard wins the opening stage of the 2018 Tour of Oman

(Image credit: Muscat Municipality / A.S.O. / K.D. Thorstad)

Despite a chaotic final Bryan Coquard (Vital Concept) battled through to bag his first win of the season at the opening stage of the Tour of Oman.

The Vital Concept rider crossed the line a bike length ahead of Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) and Trek-Segafredo’s Giacomo Nizzolo, the Briton forced to start his sprint from too far back.

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Owen Rogers is an experienced journalist, covering professional cycling and specialising in women's road racing. He has followed races such as the Women's Tour and Giro d'Italia Donne, live-tweeting from Women's WorldTour events as well as providing race reports, interviews, analysis and news stories. He has also worked for race teams, to provide post race reports and communications.