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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mark Cavendish (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:HTC-Highroad) has confirmed that he will ride this year's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d'Italia, the first of three Gra൲nd Tours that he will▨ ride in 2011.

Speaking aಞt a special Giro d'Italia presentation with race director Angelo Zomegnan at the iconic Bar Italia in London, Cavendish suggested there were at least four stages that he could target in the first part of the race.

"I love the country, the Giro and the passion of the race. I had 🐻some great success in the Giro and other races such as Milan-San Remo in 2009. They're some of my fondest memories, so it’s great to go back there and race," Cavendish sa𓆏id.

"It's a beautiful Giro this year and it starts with a team time trial. We won the team time trial in 2009 and I got the maglia rosa and won three other stages. It was a𒀰 special race for me and so it's back on my programme. To get some results would be incredible."

This year's race starts in Turin on May 7 and ends in Milan on May 29. The race will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy, visiting ဣ17 of the 20 regions of the country, including Siꦿcily in the far south, before the final ten days in the Dolomites and the Alps.

It was suggested that seven stages could finish in sprints. Cavendish r🦩eckoned there would be four, with a chance of one o💃r two others.

"For me there are less than 🍌seven. There are definitely four sprints and another one or two that could be sprints," he said.

"They are all in the🔯 first half. The first one is the first road day after the team time trial. Then another but they're not easy. Looking at the Livorno finish, there's a climb but it should b🐻e a sprint. The finish in Tuscany could be a battle between Bennati and Petacchi, the two Tuscans. That'll be important for me. Then there's stage eight and then stage twelve."

"But we're going for much more than sprint w๊ins. We've got a strong team and so we're going🏅 for the team time trial too."

Cavendish won two s𝓡tagesꦜ in the 2008 Giro d'Italia and others in 2009. He rode the Amgen Tour of California in 2010 but seems happy to be heading back to Italy in May.

"It was a really important ღmoment in my car♏eer," he said.

"I did the Tour in 2007, it was my first Grand Tour but it wasn't that successful. The Giro in 2008 was the first Grand Tour I fini🧜shed and I got two stage wins. It was a massive boost racing 21 days solid and winning and racing against the best guys in the world. It wa🎉s a really big stepping stone to who I am today. It helped make me what I am."

Cavendish travelled to London from his base in Quarrata in Tuscany. He now speaks some Italiaꦫn and loves the pass⛎ion that Italians have for cycling.

"Angelo [Zomegnan] likes to include little climbs and corners and that makes it hectic but everything is relaxed around the race. It's more relaxed than other rac𒈔es, there's great scenery, great food and… the ladies too. It's exciting for ever🌼yone to ride it."

Cavendish insisted that his form is good for Milan-San Remo. He will ride the Strade Bianche race on Saturday and then Tirreno-Adriatico as final preparation for the Classicissima. After riding some of the cobbled classics, Caven๊dish will focus on preparing𝔍 for the Giro d'Italia.