Cavendish sets Milan-San Remo target
British star says he's in 🍸great physical shaꦬpe ahead of new season
At his first media day for Team Sky in London on Wednesday, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:world champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mark Cavendish revealed that he is in top condition ahead of the new campa🌳ign and that his main early-season goal is fulfil his ambition of winning Milan San-Remo in t✱he rainbow jersey. Cavendish won the race in 2009 and immediately stated his ambition to win the race again in the future as world champion. He now feels that he is ideally placed to make good on his promise.
"My main early season goal is to win Milan-San Remo ag🌼ain," he said. "When I won it in 2009 I said that I wanted to win it agai♛n in the rainbow jersey. So that's what I'm aiming for. I feel I'm in the perfect position to do it. There are eight people in a team for Milan San-Remo. This year, including me, six of the proposed team are the same as when I won it three years ago."
With a year of huge challenges ahead, including the prospect of racing for gold at the Olympic Games immediately after attempting to defend his green jersey at the Tour de France, Cavendish said that he's in tremendous physical condition f🍰or this time of year.
"I've got the same skin folds now as I usually have in May," he said. "So I'm in great shape. I've always been strong in December but weight has sometimes been a pꦗroblem and it's been hard at times to get it off, but this year has been different. I want to be strong for the whole year and I need to know exactly where I am in May and June. I don't want to be chasing fitness and conditioning in July."
Cavendish also provided some insight into his regime in Essex, east of London, where he has been spending an increasing amount of time. He now has a house there with his pregnant girlfriend, and he pointed out that it provides a different training environment to his native Isle oಌf Man. Cavendish has been training there alongside new Team Sky colleague Alex Dowsett.
"Training in Essex has been really good," he said. "It's very flat and there's no hills. I think the biggest hill in Essex is a 3 minute and 8 seconds climb for me and Alex. But it's great for riding. There's loads of little lanes, the weather is normally good and theꦑre's hardly any wind. It's great for someone like me who likes the Classics. Alex is a super lad. He's really reliable and you know he'll be there every day, which is really important."
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Mark joined the Cyclingnews team in October 2011 and has a strong background in journalism across numerous sports. His interest in cycling dates back to🧸 Greg LeMond'🀅s victories in the 1989 and 1990 Tours, and he has a self-confessed obsession with the career and life of Fausto Coppi.