Cavendish heads ‘home’ to Team Sky

The Manxman won last year’s Tour de France green jersey and world road race title and was recently recruited by Team Sky from HTC-Highroad.

Cavendish was unveiled as the head of the team’s 10-strong British contingent, where he links up with the likes of Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas and feels Team Sky is his natural home.

“It is the first time as a successful rider that I have moved team so I cannot compare the feeling to anything else,” said Cavendish.

“I really feel at home. It is like coming home, where the riders are not just new team-mates but friends.”

Bradley Wiggins, meanwhile, believes David Millar’s lifetime Olympic ban should stand on moral grounds.

The Scottish rider was banned for doping in 2004 and is subject to a lifetime ban by the BOA despite returning to the sport two years later.

“From a purely selfish point of view, it would be fantastic to have Dave on the start line,” he said.

“But from a moral point of view, from what cycling is trying to achieve, from what cycling’s been through the last few years, for what the Olympics stand for, he should never be able to do the Olympics again.”