Mark Cavendish to skip Milan-San Remo

Mark Cavendish, stage winner, Tour of Britain 2013, stage seven

Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) will skip Milan-San Remo next year due to the course change. The 2009 winner may never race the Italian Monument again.

"I won't take part," Cavendish told La Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper. "And if the route remains the way it is, maybe I'll never race it again. My 2009 win is destined to remain the only one."

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.