Mark Cavendish set for final race in November
Mark Cavendish set to race for final time as a professional in November at Tour de France Singapore Criterium, organisers ASO confirm
, the Kazakh squad which piloted him to that historic triumph in Saint-Vulbas, rumours that the former world champion didn’t exactly stamp out while attending a ceremony marking his groundbreaking career at the Tour of Britain. “I have actually really taken time off before getting going on the bike again, and I’m training again now. When I’ve had time to process, we’ll see what happens in the future.”Cavendish was then asked if he could potentially return to the Tour of Britain Men in 2025, prompting the mysterious reply: “Perhaps, I don’t know.”
Alongside Cavendish, who has appeared at the previous two Singapore Criteriums, the annual post-race exhibition events held around the city’s Esplanade Park, four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome, retired Italian and Tour champion Vincenzo Nibali, and recent Vuelta a España winner Primož Roglič will also be lining up, the latter three appearing as part of a ‘Tour de France Legends’ squad alongside Japanese veteran Yukiya Arashiro.
The criterium will certainly offer one last chance to pin on a number and soak in the adulation of the crowd for Cavendish, who capped a fitting end to his storied career by“I’m a proud Brit,” the 2009 Milan-Sanremo winner said after becoming Sir Mark. “I’ve represented the country many, many times in my career, and with all the proud of the flag and to know you’ve been recognised by your country and his Highness is something very, very special.
“Cycling as quite small and niche when I started, to know it’s big enough and successful enough in this country, it gets recognition, it gets rewarded, that’s special enough for me.”But before he rides off into the sunset in Singapore, Cavendish is also set to team up with his former Madison partner Bradley Wiggins atAlong with organiser and former US Postal pro George Hincapie, Wiggins and Cavendish will be joined for the charity event by 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich.
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