Mark Cavendish escaped with solely grazes and bruises after a fall through the penultimate stage of the Tour of Oman on Monday.
It is the British rider’s first race since a high-speed monitor crash in Ghent in November noticed him hospitalised.
“I had a contact of wheels and sadly I got here down fairly closely,” mentioned Cavendish.
Czech rider Jan Hirt gained the stage after a summit end and took the general lead within the race.
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl sprinter Cavendish added: “I’m fortunate that my injuries appear to not be too dangerous and I used to be capable of get on my bike.”
Tuesday’s closing stage is anticipated to be a dash end, giving the 36-year-old, who has 34 Tour de France stage wins, an opportunity of taking each the stage and the dash factors classification.
Cavendish won stage two of the race and was second on the primary stage.
Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert rider Hirt broke away within the closing two kilometres of the 150.5km stage which ended with a 5.7km climb as much as the summit end on Jabal Al Akhdar, referred to as the ‘Green Mountain’.
It was the 31-year-old’s first win for the reason that 2016 Tour of Austria and he leads French rider Kevin Vauquelin, of Team Arkea-Samsic, by 39 seconds within the total standings.
