Cavendish: No-one from the team talked to me about racing Milan-San Remo

MILAN ITALY MARCH 16 Mark Cavendish of United Kingdom and Team QuickStep Alpha Vinyl celebrates at finish line as race winner ahead of LR Nacer Bouhanni of France and Team Arka Samsic Peter Sagan of Slovakia and Team Total Energies Andrea Vendrame of Italy and AG2R Citren Team Alexander Kristoff of Norway and Team Intermarch Wanty Gobert Matriaux and Max Kanter of Germany and Movistar Team during the 103rd MilanoTorino 2022 a 197km one day race from Magenta to Rivoli MilanoTorino on March 16 2022 in Milan Italy Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images
Mark Cavendish (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) took his third win of the year at Milano-Torino (Image credit: Tim de WaeleGetty Images)

Milano-Torino enjoyed a new calendar spot, taking prime position on the lead-in to Milan-San Remo this Wednesday, and QuickStep-AlphaVinyl sprinter Mark Cavendish was the man to triumph on the Corso Francia in Rivoli to take his third win of 2022.

However, rather than warming up for another run at La Classicissima, the race he won in 2009, Cavendish won't be taking the start inside the historic Vigorelli velodrome on Saturday. Instead, his team has called up Fabio Jakobsen after Julian Alaphilippe's was ruled out with bronchitis.

Dani Ostanek
Senior News Writer

Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, joining in 2017 as a freelance contributor and later being hired full-time. Before joining the team, they had written for numerous major publications in the cycling world, including CyclingWeekly and Rouleur.

Dani has reported from the world's top races, including the Tour de France, Road World Championships, and the spring Classics. They have interviewed many of the sport's biggest stars, including Mathieu van der Poel, Demi Vollering, and Remco Evenepoel. Their favourite races are the Giro d'Italia, Strade Bianche and Paris-Roubaix.

Season highlights from the 2024 season include reporting from Paris-Roubaix –  'Unless I'm in an ambulance, I'm finishing this race' – Cyrus Monk, the last man home at Paris-Roubaix – and the Tour de France – 'Disbelief', gratitude, and family – Mark Cavendish celebrates a record-breaking Tour de France sprint win.