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Tour of Qatar Stage 1

Cavendish wins the first stage of the Tour of Qatar in front of Kristoff and Modolo. Mörkov launched Kristoff with 200 metres to go but Kristoff was only strong enough to finish 5th ou of the 12 man group. Cavendish is starting a good Tour of Qatar after a rubbish Dubai Tour.
Here are the top 20 in the stage:
1.    CAVENDISH Mark    DIMENSION DATA    03h 28' 46''
2.    MODOLO Sacha    LAMPRE - MERIDA    + 00' 00''
3.    GUARDINI Andrea    ASTANA PRO TEAM    + 00' 00''
4.    BENNETT Sam    BORA-ARGON 18    + 00' 00''
5.    KRISTOFF Alexander    TEAM KATUSHA    + 00' 00''
6.    BOASSON HAGEN Edvald    DIMENSION DATA    + 00' 00''
7.    VAN AVERMAET Greg    BMC RACING TEAM    + 00' 00''
8.    QUINZIATO Manuel    BMC RACING TEAM    + 00' 00''
9.    GERARD Arnaud    FORTUNEO - VITAL CONCEPT    + 00' 00''
10.    ANDERSEN Søren Kragh    TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN    + 00' 00''
11.    KUZNETSOV Viacheslav    TEAM KATUSHA    + 00' 00''
12.    SCHÄR Michael    BMC RACING TEAM    + 00' 00''
13.    DEMPSTER Zakkari    BORA-ARGON 18    + 00' 00''
14.    SELIG Rüdiger    BORA-ARGON 18    + 00' 05''
15.    BYSTRÖM Sven Erik    TEAM KATUSHA    + 00' 11''
16.    MORKOV Michael    TEAM KATUSHA    + 00' 18''
17.    KUMP Marko    LAMPRE - MERIDA    + 01' 43''
18.    HOFLAND Moreno    TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO    + 01' 43''
19.    DE TIER Floris    TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE    + 01' 43''
20.    DEBESAY Mekseb    DIMENSION DATA    + 01' 43''

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