Monday 4 February 2013 12:36, UK
Mark Cavendish had to settle for sixth as BMC Racing's Brent Bookwalter sprinted to victory on a pulsating and wind-battered opening stage of the Tour of Qatar.
Result 1 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC, 3:28.47 2 Martin Elmiger (Sui) IAM Cycling, same time 3 Gregory Rast (Sui) RadioShack-Leopard, st 4 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky, st 5 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale, st 6 Mark Cavendish (GB) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, st 7 Matti Breschel (Den) Saxo-Tinkoff, st 8 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC, st 9 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling, st 10 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ, st General classification 1 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC, 3:28.37 2 Martin Elmiger (Sui) IAM Cycling, +4secs 3 Gregory Rast (Sui) RadioShack-Leopard, +6 4 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky, +6 5 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC, +6 6 John Degenkolb (Ger) Argos Shimano, +8 7 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha, +8 8 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale, +10 9 Mark Cavendish (GB) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +10 10 Matti Breschel (Den) Saxo-Tinkoff, +10
