Manx Sportsman of the Year and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Mark Cavendish secured the biggest road win of his career in Europe on Saturday.

Riding for Team Sparkasse he won stage four of the 31st Thuringen-Rundfahrt, which is an under 23 UCI ranked stage race.

After having won the bunch sprint twice, Mark was keen for his and other like minded teams to keep the stage together and everything went to plan.

In the closing stages Mark's teammate Ed Clancy did his best to keep the race together for his pal by going away with the later attacks and then, as the finale approached, the Aussie team got their train going for their sprinter Matt Goss and Mark slotted himself in behind.

In the run to the line, Mark made no mistakes as he left the rest standing and proving yet again he's the fastest under 23 sprinter in the world today.