Mark Cavendish will wear the British champion’s bands for the second time in his illustrious career after outsprinting Samuel Watson and Alexandar Richardson at the national road race championships in Castle Douglas, capping off what was a relentlessly attacking display from the Manx Missile.
Displaying the same attacking panache he exhibited on the way to his previous victory at the British championships in 2013, Cavendish proved – as if it needed proving at this stage – that he isn’t simply a one-trick pony, with an effervescent performance that saw him off the front early in a six-man breakaway that included bronze medallist Richardson, Bostock, Hayter, Jack Crook, Joe Holt and Ross Lamb.
“So if I’m not going to go to the Tour de France I might as well use it today. I want to at least show that the reason I’m not going to the Tour is not because I’ve got bad form,” he laughed. “Can you imagine winning your 35th Tour de France stage in the British champion’s jersey? It would be pretty beautiful, the photos would be there forever,” he said, with something of a resigned smile.
“It’s actually the first time I’ve ever won a road race, so to win the national championships is pretty special.
For he that was born in Douglas shall win in Castle Douglas. Campagnlians 6:10
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