Mark Cavendish is back in California this week dreaming of adding a couple more notches to his victory count when the eight-day race takes off Sunday in Sacramento.
Fresh off the Tour of Turkey, where the Manx Missile scored three stages wins and a second place, Cavendish appears well positioned to do just that.
“It’s great to be back, and we have a strong team here from Etixx-QuickStep,” Cavendish said Friday during the pre-race press conference.
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“We don’t have Tom Boonen here this year, but we’ve got a team that can win stages. I think it’s going to be difficult to go for the overall, obviously, with a sprint team but for the sprint stages we’ve got a good team, and for some of the other stages as well.”
Cavendish will be joined in California by Julian Alaphilippe, who is currently on his own hot streak, as well as Yves Lampaert, Gianni Meersman, Mark Renshaw, Matteo Trentin, Stijn Vandenbergh and Martin Velits.
Cavendish currently counts five stage wins in California, where he raced for the first time in 2008. He returned in 2009 to claim two stages, followed by a single stage win the next year. He missed the race for three years before returning in 2014 and winning the opening stage by three millimetres over Giant-Alpecin’s John Degenkolb. It was the closest-ever finish at the Tour of California.
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