Mark Cavendish said he decided to join the MTN-Qhubeka team because he believes the African squad has the potential to become one of the biggest teams in the world.
Cavendish is the big-name signing for the team for 2016, which will become Team Dimension Data after landing a new title sponsor and significant backing from Deloitte and other sponsors. Also joining the team are Mark Renshaw, Bernhard Eisel, Cameron Meyer, Nathan Haas, Omar Fraile and Kanstantsin Siutsou. Edvald Boasson Hagen, Tour de France stage winner Steve Cummings and Italian sprinter Kristian Sbaragli, Theo Bos and the USA's Tyler Farrar are again part of the team for 2016, as are African riders Natnael Berhane, Daniel Teklehaimanot, Adrien Niyonshuti, Merhawi Kudus and Songezo Jim.
Cavendish was speaking to the Cape Talk morning radio show in Cape Town the day after arriving in the South African city for the team’s first training camp.
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He will spend the week with his new teammates mixing morning training rides with meetings and team activities in preparation for the 2016 season. He will not train in the African team's colours because, like other riders, he is under contract with his present team until the end of the year.
“I see the forward trajectory of the team. It has got incredible roots and an incredible story. In all honesty, I see it becoming the biggest team in professional cycling in a few years,” Cavendish told Cape Talk radio show.
“What Doug Ryder has done, taking it technically from a club team in South African to being, well, being one of the fans’ favourite teams in the world and one of the biggest teams in the world. It’s a pretty big thing, with big ambition and something that has been realised. To see what they do on the bike and off the bike makes it attractive to any professional bike rider no matter what their status is.”
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