Cavendish aims for San Remo win as World Champ

Mark Cavendish ahead of Tirreno-Adriatico 2012

Mark Cavendish begins the Tirreno-Adriatico stage race tomorrow in central Italy and enters the last phase ahead of Milan-San Remo. He aims to become the first cyclist in nearly 30 years to win the classic with the World Championship's rainbow jersey.

"This jersey is special for me," he said in a pre-Tirreno press conference. "I said in 2009 when I won Milan-San Remo that I want to return to win it in this jersey. The last one to do it was [Giuseppe] Saronni."

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