Mark Cavendish finishes 29th at Isle of Man road race
The race's organiser called it a"real joy" to see Cav"showing no airs or graces and just slotting back into his club cycling roots"...
Richard reported it was a great event and experience, for"the youngsters in particular", although we would hazard a guess a fair few of the riders pushing the definition of 'youngsters' were also chuffed to be swapping turns with a former world champion. "In a good way, the local racing scene has come to treat this as the norm and aside from accepting late entries from this level of rider, there's no special treatment or fuss, although the organisers and other participants do love to have them at an event."
"Similarly, if there is a local event on when Mark is visiting, he nearly always does it. It's not just the local races he does — I organise an annual mass-participation sportive, which is mainly made up of the non-racing fraternity, but one year he just entered via the British Cycling entry system and turned up.
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