Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) took his second stage win of this year’s Giro d’Italia when he was dropped off for the sprint with about 100m to go at the end of the 169 km flat stage 6 on Thursday.

Immediately after winning the stage, Cavendish dedicated his win to the memory of Wouter Weylandt, who died in a crash on May 9 in the 2011 Giro.

The entire OPQS team worked for him all day long, not only controlling breaks and protecting him, but also moving him into perfect position inside the decisive kilometre.

Gert Steegmans was Cavendish's final leadout man, bringing him perfectly up the middle of the scrambling peloton to launch his sprint. Elia Viviani (Cannondale ProCycling Team) was 2nd, and Matthew Goss (Orica-GreenEDGE) 3rd.

After the stage Cavendish quickly rushed to embrace his teammates, clearly showing his enthusiasm of the effort of his team.