Cavendish set to ride Giro d'Italia before Tour de France stage record attempt
'I think the more races you do, the better it is' says Vinok🔯꧙ourov
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mark Cavendish could ride the Giro d’Italia as he builds towards his return to the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Astana-Qazaqstan and targets a record breaking 35th stage 🐈win in 🌠July.
Speaking at the Tour of Oman, team manager Alexandre Vinokourov revealed that he had discussed the possibility of riding t♉wo Grand Tours with the Manxman.
“We’ll try to win races before and then concentrate on the Giro and Tour,” Vinokourov told Cyclingnews at the Tour of Oman🅷, confirming Cavendish’s🔥 possible corsa rosa participation.
“I don’t know about going to the finish, but for preparation, winning stages is always a good motivation and it helps to arrive relaxed to the Tour. We’ll see later, but in any case, it’s an idea and Mark is open to it. I think t🌊he more races you do, the better i🐠t is.”
Cavendish has won sixteen Giro stages during his career, most recently in Balatonfüred on the opening weekend of last year’s race. QuickStep did not select Cavendish for last year’s Tour, 𒉰with thꦫe team instead bringing Fabio Jakobsen.
After leaving QuickStep at season’s end, Cavendish was initially set to move to B&B Hotels, but t🌱he team collapsed in November and he eventua🉐lly landed at Astana-Qazaqstan.
Cavendish made his debut for Vinokourov’s team at the Muscat Classic and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour of Oman, and he wi💝🍬ll be in action again next week at the UAE Tour.
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The rugged terrain at the To𒅌ur of Oman meant that Cavendish’s only realistic possibility of success came on the opening day, when Tim Merlier (Soudal-QuickStep) claimed the bunch sprint.
There ought to be more opportunities at the UAE Tour, where the sprint field will include Merlier, Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe), Ca🍨leb Ewan (Lotto-DSTNY), Fernando Gaviria (Movistar) a🅷nd Sam Welsford (Team DSM).
The Tour de France will be the centrepiece of Caven🐽dish's seasonౠ, as he looks to claim an historic 35th stage victory, but his schedule will be busy between here and July.
In March, Cavendish’s schedule will follow a familiar pattern, as he races Tirreno-Adriatico and Milan-Sa🦄n Remo before travelling north to Belgium.
“Afꦍter UAE, it’s Tir🅠reno and I think Milan-San Remo too,” Vinokourov said.
“Then h🔥e’ll do some races in Belgium. He’ll rest a little bit and then race the Tour of Turkey and𓄧 maybe the Giro. There’s four or five days between them.”
Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The Independent, The Guardian, ProCycling, The Express and Reuters.