Mark Cavendish is not concerned about switching from road to track and back again in 2016 as he looks to add yet more Tour de France stages, an Olympic medal and a second world title to his palmares.
Cavendish already rode a mixed calendar towards the end of the 2015 season, with brief appearances at the opening round of the revolution in Derby and the GP Dudenhofen, in Germany. He is also due to make an appearance at the final round of the World Cup in Hong Kong in January, where he will ride the Omnium. The Manxman believes that the track calendar, the World Championships in Qatar, and his road racing goals are spread out enough for him to have a successful season.
“The Worlds is miles away, I could take a holiday and win the Worlds I reckon,” he told Cyclingnews with a smile at the MTN-Qhubeka training camp in South Africa as he prepares for the 2016 with his new team, that will be known as Team Dimension Data.
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Team manager Doug Ryder has said that, even though Cavendish will not be riding for the team, the Olympics will be a priority during 2016 and that he is fully prepared to back the 30-year-old.
Cavendish admits that with so many big targets in 2016 he will tackle them one at a time.
“We’ll have to see how it goes, there’s a long season before the Tour de France,” he said. “The team is actually really supportive of my goals across the track and the road. We’ll just take it as it goes. I might be too tired to do the Tour de France or the Olympics but we’ll keep note during the whole season. I’ve always done that anyway with every team, they’ve always looked out for me throughout the season.”
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