Mark Cavendish claimed his first stage win for more than three years on Monday afternoon.

The Manx Missile sprinted to victory on the second stage of the Tour of Turkey, narrowly pipping Belgium’s Jasper Philipsen to the line.

Not since February 8, 2018 when he won the third stage of the Dubai Tour in the colours of Team Dimension Data has Cav graced the top step on the podium in a road race.

More in this week’s Isle of Man Examiner, on sale Tuesday morning.