Mark Cavendish will play his fifteenth Tour de France from Saturday, and it is around him that the training Astana Qazaqstan Team will be based on the 111th edition, with a huge objective for the sprinter and his train: to secure this 35th stage victory, which would make him the man to have raised his arms the most in the great history of the Tour de Francein front of the great Eddy Merckx. In the pre-race press conference, Cavendish appeared rather calm, even if he is aware that he can still make more history. “I have nothing to lose”said the Briton. “I don’t play Russian roulette, if I don’t win here, I don’t lose 34 stages of the Tour. I know it’s a great story to tell, but it’s as simple as that.”
Mark Cavendish at the pre-race press conference
“There are five or six chances of victory for the sprinters…”
“I’ve won 34 stages of the Tour de France. I’ve won the most stages of the Tour de France with the great Eddy Merckx. I’m just trying to win more. Whether it’s one, two or ten more, it doesn’t matter. We have a job to do, which is to try to win.”continues the “Cav”.
“We’re just going to take each day as it is and approach it like any other bike race. We wouldn’t be here if we didn’t think it was possible. I think realistically there are five or six chances for the sprinters to win.”he explains. “Before my career started, if someone had told me that I could go down in the history books and that my name meant something, I would be very happy.”
