The Manx Missile, Mark Cavendish, homed in on his first stage win of 2017 on Thursday afternoon.

Cav won the 189km opening stage of the four-day Abu Dhabi Tour with a trademark sprint finish thanks to good work from Dimension Data team-mates Bernie Eisel, Mark Renshaw and South African Reinardt Janse van Rensburg.

Cav managed to avoid a crash near the end of the stage that sprint rival Marcel Kittel was caught up in to take the win from Andre Greipel.

More to follow.