Mark Cavendish hailed his teammates after pipping Jasper Philipsen to take the second stage of the UAE Tour
Mark Cavendish lavished praise on his Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl team after their contribution to his win on stage two of the UAE Tour. Cavendish burst off his lead train a long way out from the line but had enough in the tank to hold off Jasper Philipsen, who had taken victory on Sunday's first stage. Ad/> Philipsen, however, did retain the leader's red jersey with a lead of four seconds over Dmitrii Strakhov.


