Mark Cavendish wins the 2022 British national championships (Image credit: SWPix)
Christmas is coming and we are edging ever closer to the start of the new season at the Tour Down Under. Teams and riders are drawing up plans for 2023 and getting back into the swing of training.
The professional cycling transfer window rumbles on as teams complete their roster for 2023 but sadly the B&B Hotels-KTM debacle means Mark Cavendish has to confirm if and where he will race in 2023. The Manxman, former world champion and 34-time Tour de France stage winner, is the last star name in the peloton yet to confirm his future.
B&B Hotels-KTM had been all-but-confirmed as his destination for 2023, but with the team looking back at a failed sponsor search, they look unlikely to even exist next season.
With that in mind, and time running out as teams around the peloton finalise their 2023 rosters, Cyclingnews has taken a look at the best candidates for Cavendish’s signature. (Image credit: Getty Images Sport) Rumours of Cavendish making a move to the French ProTeam had been circulating since the summer, and as the months of the winter transfer window have dragged on, the move only seemed more and more like a done deal.
However the team’s future has unravelled slowly over the past two months as team boss Jérôme Pineau has fought a losing battle to find new sponsors to boost his budget and sign Cavendish and a solid leadout train.
With last week’s news that […]
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