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Cavendish joins Boonen for post-Tour crit

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Cycling News
Published:
June 27, 2007, 00:00,
Updated:
April 20, 2009, 21:29
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First Edition Cycling News for June 27, 2007

Organizers of the post-Tour de France criterium in Belgium's Broker have announced that British...

Organizers of the post-Tour de France criterium in Belgium's Broker have announced that British T-Mobile rider Mark Cavendish will line up with the already announced Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic) at the July 31 event. The latest sprinting sensation on the ProTour circuit, 22 year-old Cavendish has already won six races in his first season as a professional - including the Scheldeprijs where he beat Australian Robbie McEwen.

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  • ... and the next guy in line - Mark Cavendish.

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    Key results

    1st World Road Championships 2011
    1st World Track Championships, Madison 2005, 2008
    1st Points competition, Tour de France 2011
    20 stage wins, Tour de France 2008-11
    9 stage wins, Giro d’Italia, 2008-11
    1st Points competition, Vuelta a España 2010
    4 stages wins, Vuelta a España 2010
    1st Milan-San Remo 2009
    1st Scheleprijs 2007, 2008, 2011
    2nd Points competition, Tour de France 2009, 2010

    Looking ahead to 2012

    It will be hard for Mark Cavendish to top his 2011 season, winning the green jersey in the Tour de France and the rainbow stripes of World Champion – but Cavendish has big dreams, and they’re centred around July, riding the Tour de France and then the Olympic road race in London. Not that the rest of the peloton will be making it easy for him – and it will be interesting to see whether the move from HTC to Sky will affect his racing. Whatever happens, there are sure to be the usual fireworks!

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