CAVENDISH ON T-MOBILE'S TOUR SHORTLIST

Mark Cavendish heads to the Netherlands tomorrow for the start of the Ster Elektrotoer five-day stage race, but his thoughts are now turning to London and the Tour de France.

The 22 year-old T-Mobile sprinter was never supposed to be in the German team?s Tour squad this year, but after five wins the team?s hand has been forced, and they?ve now told Cavendish to train in the coming weeks as if he is going.

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StageDateFrom - ToLength
PrologueTuesday June 19Schijndel7.6km
Stage 1Wednesday June 20Schijndel - Nuth166km
Stage 2Thursday June 21Aachen - Valkenburg194km
Stage 4Friday June 22Verviers ? La Gileppe192km
Stage 4Friday June 23Sittard/Geleen - Eindhoven149km

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Simon Richardson
Magazine editor

Editor of Cycling Weekly magazine, Simon has been working at the title since 2001. He fell in love with cycling 1989 when watching the Tour de France on Channel 4, started racing in 1995 and in 2000 he spent one season racing in Belgium. During his time at CW (and Cycle Sport magazine) he has written product reviews, fitness features, pro interviews, race coverage and news. He has covered the Tour de France more times than he can remember along with two Olympic Games and many other international and UK domestic races. He became the 130-year-old magazine's 13th editor in 2015.