Omega Pharma Quickstep’s Mark Cavendish to ride Tour of Britain on his come back from Tour de France crash – aiming for results in home event
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Team News – Cavendish for Tour of Britain
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Omega Pharma Quickstep has officially announced Mark Cavendish’s schedule for the forthcoming month with Cavendish down to ride in the Tour du Poitou Charentes (26th-29th August) followed by the Tour of Britain (7th-14th September).
“Mark has proven that he’s worked very hard since his crash at the Tour de France,†explains the team’s Rolf Aldag. “Just six weeks after his injury, he took part in the Tour de l’Ain and worked as an important supporting rider to his teammates, even though obviously he is understandably not yet back to 100% condition”.
Cavendish after his high speed crash in the Tour de France. Photo PelotonPhotos.com
“We really appreciated Mark’s behaviour and his desire to get back into racing as soon as possible. Now the Team believe that Mark needs a further intermediate step, which will be the Poitou Charents, in order get some more competition kilometres into his legs and continue his progress of gradual re-entry into competition”.
“After the short French stage race, the plan is for Mark to line up for the start of the Tour of Britain with the aim of definitively rediscovering his race feeling by competing and trying to get good results.â€
Cavendish meanwhile says of his racing programme “After the injury, both myself and the Team set a goal to get slowly back into a race environment at the Tour de l’Ain which I’ve now done. It was not an easy race for me because naturally my shoulder was still bothering me a little as it continues to get stronger each day”.
“Now the next step is another shorter stage race at Poitou Charents. We will continue to monitor my condition week by week; as things stand it’s impossible to know how I’ll be feeling each week considering the severity of the injury and the accelerated recovery time”.
“One thing is for sure, I would like to be at the start for the Tour of Britain for another chance to race in front of British fans again this year which holds lots of fond memories. My goal there will be to do the best I possibly can depending on the condition I’m in.â€
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