Mark Cavendish, a flying bomber on the Isle of Man, is expected to make his 2022 season debut at this year's Tour of Oman, where he will lead The QuickStep-AlphaVinyl to compete in the finish sprint.
Fausto Masnada competes for the overall score. In addition, Iljo Keisse, newly signed Mauro Schmid, Stijn Steels and newcomer driver Stan Van Tricht and young British driver Ethan Vernon played together as a team member.
Due to the epidemic, the ring oman, which has been suspended for two years, will finally return next week. The race will begin on February 10 and will last for six days, with a route that will encompass the Middle Eastern country's various terrain stages. The race set a 2.8 km finish at Qurayyat in the third stage with an average gradient of 6.5%. In addition, the fifth stage will set the summit finish line in the Jabal al Akhdar climb section in Green Mountain Province, where runners will challenge the difficult climb with a length of 5.7 kilometers and an average gradient of 10.5%.
In 2011, Cavendish won the last stage of the Tour of Oman in the Matera Riviera region. In this year's race, he will have the opportunity to compete in the finish sprint in the first stage of Muscat, the second stage of Sohar and the sixth stage of Muscat in Oman.
Cavendish seems to have had some bad luck in recent months, with a serious crash in the Ghent Six,Leading the way to the ICU, which led to a postponement of his 2022 season. Subsequently, while recuperating from his wounds, he was subjected to another armed robbery, when thieves broke into his home, threatened him and his family with knives, and stole two million-dollar Richard Miller watches, suffering heavy losses. He recently attended the second training camp for the Fast Walk team in Portugal and now he seems ready to race.
The Fast Pace team had a very successful season in 2021, with Cavendish also winning four Tour de France stage titles in the season. This could be the last season of his career, even though he's still competing with Fabio Jakobsen for the team's sprint for the main spot, but Cavendish appears to have decided to enjoy the season. He began his career in 2006 and, in May, will turn 37 years old, already a veteran of cycling events.
Klaas Lodewyck, Sporting Director of The Quickstep Team, said: "The Tour of Oman is being held again and this year's stage setting is fantastic, with many tried-and-true stage finishes scheduled in the schedule. We will have Mark in the finish sprint and, if given the chance, Fausteau will also be involved in the overall result. "
"He's just back from training camp and is ready to start his 2022 season. We sent a strong squad for this event, with enough strength to fight for a good result. "
Edit: Johnny
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