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Mark Cavendish confirms he is out of 2014 TdF(picture courtesy Welcome to Yorkshire)Mark Cavendish to race at Ghent Six Day meeting next month
Mark Cavendish, a double world champion in the Madison, will be back on the track in next month’s Ghent Six Day meeting, the first time he has ridden there since 2007.
The 29-year-old partnered Rob Hayles to win his first rainbow jersey on the track in Los Angeles in 2005 and got his second riding with Bradley Wiggins in Manchester in 2008.
Organisers of the Ghent Six say he will team up with Omega Pharma-Quick Step colleague Iljo Keisse at the meeting, which runs from 18-23 November.
Team manager Patrick Lefevre banned Cavendish from taking part in the event last year due to concerns that he might pick up an injury that would disrupt his racing on the road this season.
But last month, the Manx rider said he aimed to race on the track this winter to get back to full fitness following his crash on the opening stage of the Tour de France in Harrogate, where he sustained a separated shoulder.
Keisse and Cavendish should make for a formidable pairing on the track; the Belgian, aged 31, is a six-day specialist and has been a member of the winning pair at Ghent on five occasions.
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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I thought his boss said no to track racing. I can't but think this a prelude to Cav riding in Rio on the boards and not on the road.
Awesome.
We're riding to Ghent for a couple of days of the event. Should be fun!