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Mark Cavendish to battle on track with Tom Boonen and Iljo Keisse tonight (streamed live)

Omega Pharma-Quick Step hold team track championships this evening - and you can watch it live online

Mark Cavendish, twice a world champion in the Madison, will be taking to the boards tonight in a track competition against other members of his new team, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, including Tom Boonen and Six Day racing specialist Iljo Keisse - what's more, it will be streamed live on the team website.

The event, billed as the OPQS Championship, takes place at the Flemish Eddy Merckx cycling centre in Ghent and comes on the same evening as the team presentation, the event starting from 1955 local time - that's 1855 in the UK.The event is scheduled to finish at 11pm local time - 10pm UK time.

You can watch it here.

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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LeDomestique | 11 years ago
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Poor Cav, having to listen to all that Flemish. He must have really hated Sky!

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notfastenough | 11 years ago
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Good move by the team, not keen on the Belgian commentary though!

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Dog72 replied to notfastenough | 11 years ago
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notfastenough wrote:

Good move by the team, not keen on the Belgian commentary though!

Can't be as bad as Hugh Porter saying "Raceface" every 2mins.

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timbola | 11 years ago
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Just got back from hockey training and read this - checked out some already - excellent !

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antonio | 11 years ago
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Thanks for the steer lads!

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Dizzy | 11 years ago
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Oooh I have 30 minutes to get my bubs to bed, tidy up the toys, make lunch boxes & sort out clean uniforms..
No problem!

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STATO | 11 years ago
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Thats great! Good to see a team trying new things to add a bit of positive publicity beyond the usual boring rubbish.

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