Currently racing at the Tour of Britain, Cavendish has spent the majority of this last week honing his form and working his socks off for teammate and friend Steve Cummings, who is on the verge of sealing the overall. The British sprinter is also using the home race as his first test after Rio, and with the Worlds roughly a month out, he tells Cyclingnews that he is on track for Doha.
“The Worlds, I want to win the Worlds,” Cavendish says with no hint of arrogance but the confidence of a man who knows his capabilities and his ambitions.
“I don’t think anyone has ever won the track and road Worlds in the same year so to be able to do that would be quite a big thing. We’ve got the team to do it.”
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As in in Copenhagen when Cavendish won his first road title in 2011, the course in and around Doha is flat and tailored to the sprinters. The potential cross-winds throw up one considerable hurdle but Cavendish believes that he will have the team around him to succeed. The belief from Denmark is still ingrained in the team, he says, and the calibre of rider around him is well suited to both the long stretches of desert and a sprint.
“Listen, I don’t think I could go and win the Worlds if I was on my own,” Cavendish tells Cyclingnews. “I think that with the team we have now, the riders we have in Great Britain, I truly believe that we’ll be the strongest nation going to win the World Championships this year.”
Cummings, Geraint Thomas, Ian Stannard, Luke Rowe and Alex Dowsett are part of a 14-strong long list that will be whittled down to eight support riders for Cavendish in the coming weeks as road coach Rod Ellingworth puts the finishing touches to the team.
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