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Mark Cavendish showed he's in good form ahead of the Tour de France and Olympics after winning the Ster ZLM Toer in Holland.

The Isle of Man cyclist had an eight-second lead over his nearest challenger going into today's final stage and he kept that advantage to finish safely to take the overall win

A delighted Cavendish said: "I've been second a couple of times in the past but this is my first General Classification win and I'm really, really happy with it."

He added: "I wanted to be in my best form and definitely am so I'm looking forward to France now. You've got to start the Tour de France as fresh as possible - especially so this year with the Olympics so soon after."

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Team GB can only select one rider to enter the sprint event in London this summer, so Kenny’s victory over Hoy in yesterday’s semi-final may give him the edge.

Every race this year leading up to the Olympics has been important.

We've both shown we can still race at a good level, finishing second and third. There was nothing between us in the actual race - the first one went down to a tyre's width.

There's not a lot more I can do now than go home, concentrate on getting quicker and what will be will be selection-wise. We'll just see what happens.

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Jason Kenny has narrowly missed out on another medal at the Track Cycling World Championships to fellow Great Britain team mate Chris Hoy . After taking silver in yesterday’s sprint, Kenny finished fourth in the final of the keirin in Melbourne, with Hoy taking gold.

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Bolton’s Jason Kenny has narrowly missed out on another medal at the Track Cycling World Championships. After taking silver in yesterday’s sprint, he finished fourth in the final of the keirin in Melbourne.

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