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Mark Cavendish sprinted to victory in his final Giro d’Italia stage as Primoz Roglic secured the overall title.<\/span><\/p>\n Slovenia’s Roglic finished safely in the peloton to confirm his first Giro title, with Geraint Thomas second.<\/span><\/p>\n Thomas helped lead out Cavendish in the final stages, with the pair sharing an emotional embrace after the finish.<\/span><\/p>\n Astana rider Cavendish maintained his record of winning at least one stage in each of the seven editions of the Giro he has raced.<\/span><\/p>\n His first victory of the season takes his overall professional win tally to 162 and he now has 54 stage wins in cycling’s three Grand Tours.<\/span><\/p>\n Cavendish will turn his attention to extending that record at this year’s Tour de France, where he will attempt to take the all-time stage win record outright.<\/span><\/p>\n The Manxman is currently level with the legendary Eddy Merckx on 34 Tour stage wins.<\/span><\/p>\n While his team were unable to give him a cohesive leadout here, Cavendish showed all his nous, aided by Ineos Grenadiers’ Thomas, to position himself perfectly on the home straight.<\/span><\/p>\n He coasted past Fernando Gaviria and Alex Kirsch and was firmly on course for the win even before a crash behind him.<\/span><\/p>\n