Isle of Man's Cavendish wins scratch gold

MELBOURNE, Mar 19 (Reuters) The Isle of Man's Mark Cavendish stormed to victory in a scintillating 20 km scratch race to win gold at the Commonwealth Games today.

The world madison champion won the cavalry charge in a time of 23 minutes 5.540 seconds, beating Australia's Ashley Hutchinson after a dramatic last lap duel.

Scotland's James McCallum took the bronze in the final event of the track cycling programme.

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