Cycling star Mark Cavendish: ‘If I win in Hong Kong, I might as well **** off the Olympics’
Sprint great warns local fans he does not expect - or want - to be at his best in HK
British cycling star Mark Cavendish has warned Hong Kong fans not to expect him at his blistering best at the UCI Track World Cup this month - saying if he wins the event he might as well “f*** off” the Olympics as he will have peaked too soon.
The sprinter, third on the list of all-time Tour de France stage winners, is targeting an Olympics medal this summer and will compete in the multi-event omnium at Hong Kong Velodrome on January 17.
But he admitted securing qualification and impressing GB coaches rather than winning the event was top of his priorities.
““I’m not going to be winning the Hong Kong World Cup: if I win the Hong Kong World Cup I may as well f*** off the Olympics Games,” Cavendish told a press conference in Manchester on Tuesday.
If I’m flying now in January, I may as well sit at home for the rest of the year
“It’s January, you know, and the Olympic Games are in August, the Tour de France is in July. I’ve got a road season now.
“If I’m flying now in January, I may as well sit at home for the rest of the year.”
“If I don’t do anything in Hong Kong you won’t be talking to me about the Olympics,” he added.
