Mark Cavendish made his return to World Cup track racing with a solid fourth overall in the men’s omnium in Hong Kong this weekend. Thomas Boudat (France) took the gold medal.
The Dimension Data rider, competing for Great Britain, missed out on a medal despite a valiant attempt to haul himself into the top three in the final event of the two-day event – the points race.
Cavendish sat fourth overall after the first day of the competition. He finished second in the scratch and elimination races but finished in 16th in the individual pursuit.
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On the final day of the competition he opened up with 11th in the kilometer time trial and fourth in the flying lap. That left him with a chance of taking a bronze if he could overhaul Lasse Norman Hansen, the Olympic omnium champion.
Cavendish started strongly, winning one of the opening sprints. That moved him into provisional third behind leader Kazakh Zakharov and Thomas Boudat of France.
However Hansen, formerly of Cannondale-Garmin, responded with a blistering show of timed aggression and moved back into third. Cavendish was able to hang onto fourth overall and was pleased with his performance.
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