Mark Cavendish focused on far more than winning at the 2023 Tour de France

Mark Cavendish in his new 2023 Astana Qazaqstan kit
Mark Cavendish in his new 2023 Astana Qazaqstan kit (Image credit: Astana Qazaqstan)

Mark Cavendish has confirmed the Tour de France will be the biggest goal of his season with Astana Qazaqstan but has played down talk focused around him setting a new stage win record, saying he is equally keen to inspire children to love the sport just as his own children do.

Astana Qazaqstan’s interest in signing Cavendish first became public in mid-December when team manager Alexandr Vinokourov acknowledged to Cyclingnews that he had called Cavendish after the B&B Hotels project collapsed.

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Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.