Cycling: It could hardly be better for the British Mark Cavendish at the moment. With his victory in the Belgian classic Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, the Etixx-Quick Step rider was on the top step of the podium for the sixth time this season. In the mass sprint, the Briton left Norway's Alexander Kristoff (Team Katusha) and Italy's Elia Viviani (Team Sky) behind.
The Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne classic has been held since 1945. The race covers 196 kilometers from Kuurne to Brussels and back again. As the only victorious Brit, Mark Cavendish was on top of the coveted podium for the second time after 2012. The best German driver was BMC team driver Marcus Burghardt in 67th place at this year's 24th edition. The last German victory, on the other hand, goes back a long way: In 1992, Olaf Ludwig won the Belgian cycling race.
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