Mark Cavendish after crashing in the Madison, Track World Championships 2016
Mark Cavendish will ride the omnium at this year's Olympic Games after gaining selection to the Great Britain team, according to the Daily Mail.
Sportsmail reports that due to a broken elbow suffered by Jon Dibben, Cavendish has been given the nod to go to Rio, although British Cycling say the squad won't be announced until July.
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'I was in hospital six weeks ago': 80-year-old Brit wins three world titlesFormer Olympian track cyclist Geoff Cooke trains up to 300 miles a week
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Still safe to cycle — BBC 'really, really sorry' for misleading hurricane force wind predictionsA glitch on the BBC Weather app and site suggested some rather unusual weather in the UK on Thursday
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Mark Cavendish to conclude professional cycling career in SingaporeTour de France stage win record holder to bring curtain down on racing career at ASO end of season criteriums in Asia
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Mark Cavendish set to end his career at Tour de France Singapore CriteriumEvent will be Cavendish's final appearance for Astana Qazaqstan after he won a record-breaking 35th Tour de France stage in July
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'I've lived everyone’s dream': Mark Cavendish hints at snap retirement after last ever Tour de France stageThe Manx Missile is the 2024 Tour's lanterne rouge
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'I'm so tired': Emotional Mark Cavendish thanks teammates after surviving Tour de France time cutThe Briton is just two days away from finishing the Tour de France for an eighth time
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Mark Cavendish makes time limit on stage 19 - and four other tales of riders who survived the Tour de France cut-offBrit finishes with more than five minutes to spare on Isola 2000
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End of an era: Witnessing Mark Cavendish's last ever Tour de France sprintThe Astana Qazaqstan rider finished 17th in Nîmes in what is almost definitely his last ever sprint at the Tour. Cycling Weekly was there to see it
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Mark Cavendish 'upset and angry' after being relegated for 'deviation' on Tour de France stage 12The Astana-Qazaqstan rider originally finished fifth, before being relegated
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Rod Ellingworth 'totally open' to Mark Cavendish making Tour of Britain appearance'There will always be a place for Mark' says race director after Cavendish’s Tour de France record breaking triumph in Saint-Vulbas
