DESPITE feeling ill during the event, Mark Cavendish won the Kuurne-Brusells-Kuurne Classic in Belgium on Sunday after a dominant Team Sky performance.
The 195km race featured a number of breakaways but Team Sky were always present in them.
Last year’s winner Chris Sutton took control along with the rest of Team Sky, leading Cav out and delivering him in perfect style to make it his 77th professional win - his first for Team Sky in Europe.
Afterwards Cavendish was keen to pay tribute to his team-mates, saying: ’I didn’t really have to do anything, the team did everything for me.
‘I was ill all day vomiting but I was always kept at the front by the whole team. When the split went on the Oude-Kwaremont it was perfect as we had three in the front while the other guys stayed with me and we didn’t have to do any chasing.
‘With 50km left I still didn’t feel marvellous but just kept going and was being kept out of trouble all the time. The team took control and dominated it - it was a super display.
‘They controlled it at the end to deliver me and with 250 metres to go I kicked and that was it.”