Giro d'Italia: Mark Cavendish wins final stage while Primoz Roglic secures first title

Astana rider Mark Cavendish coasted past his rivals to assertion victory

Mark Cavendish sprinted to triumph successful his last Giro d'Italia signifier arsenic Primoz Roglic secured the wide title.

Slovenia's Roglic finished safely successful the peloton to corroborate his archetypal Giro title, with Geraint Thomas second.

Thomas helped pb retired Cavendish successful the last stages, with the brace sharing an affectional clasp aft the finish.

Astana rider Cavendish maintained his grounds of winning astatine slightest 1 signifier successful each of the 7 editions of the Giro helium has raced.

His archetypal triumph of the play takes his wide nonrecreational triumph tally to 162 and helium present has 54 signifier wins successful cycling's 3 Grand Tours.

Cavendish volition crook his attraction to extending that grounds astatine this year's Tour de France, wherever helium volition effort to instrumentality the all-time signifier triumph grounds outright.

The Manxman is presently level with the legendary Eddy Merckx connected 34 Tour signifier wins.

While his squad were incapable to springiness him a cohesive leadout here, Cavendish showed each his nous, aided by Ineos Grenadiers' Thomas, to presumption himself perfectly connected the location straight.

He coasted past Fernando Gaviria and Alex Kirsch and was firmly connected people for the triumph adjacent earlier a clang down him.

Kirsch held connected for second, with Filippo Fiorelli third.

At 38, Cavendish is the oldest rider to ever triumph a Giro stage.

More to follow.