Mark Cavendish wins stage eight of the Tour of California as Alaphilippe wraps up overall title

Mark Cavendish wins the final stage of the Tour of California, denying double stage winner Peter Sagan in the sprint in state capital Sacramento

Mark Cavendish wins stage eight of the 2016 Tour of California

(Image credit: Watson)

Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) won the final stage of the Amgen Tour of California for the third year running, out-sprinting Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) in state capital Sacramento.

Cavendish went into the final sprint without any teammates, having burned through his lead-out in the final kilometres to bring back a stubborn breakaway group.

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