The question of where 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mark Cavendish will ride in the coming season remains open. Team Sky have admitted that while they have an oral agreement with the world c🌌hampion, n♚othing has yet been signed. Meanwhile, Patrick Lefevere has denied recent rumours that Cavendish will join the new Omega Pharma-Quick Step team.

“It is quite complicated,” Dave Brailsford, Sky general manager, admitted to .  According to the Dutch newspaper, Cavendish signed up with the Wasserman management company in early September, and since 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:winning the world title, “the new management is seeking to financia♚lly exploit the rainbow jersey.”

Brailsford is also the Performance Director for British Cycling, and thus responsible for the national team. He💦 has indicated that the British team would do everything possible to help Cavendish win in the London Olympics next year, but that “it would be bitter” if Cavendish was &ldq🐈uo;in the colours of a foreign team.”

The difficulties seems t⭕o be that of personal versus team sponsorship. Cavendish has a personal deal with Nike, while Sky's kit is supplied by Adidas, and Cavendish prefers aౠ Specialized bike but Sky has a contract with Pinarello.

The bike question was at the root of the latest rumour suggesting Cavendish would ride for the new Omega Pharma-Quick Step team next y🌸ear, which will be on Specialized bikes, but team manager Patrick Lefevere has firmly denied the story.

"This season I have not yet exchanged three words with Cavendish. I have negotiated with his friend and teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Bernhard Eisel,” Lefevere told Het Nieuwsblad. “He was quite clear to me and said: 'Sorry,ꦐ but Mark needs to go to Sky for many reasons and I am going along. We have now been signed.' So, to my knowledge Cavendish is no longer free.”