Mark Cavendish has recognized vital success within the Tour de Suisse in his profession, however this time around the British sprinter will likely be primarily seeking to construct his climbing kind for the Tour de france, says Astana Qazaqstan group supervisor Alexander Vinokourov.
Cavendish will begin the Tour de Suisse on Sunday alongside numerous key parts of his dash prepare together with leadout males Michael Morkov and Cees Bol.
Nonetheless, on an ultra-mountainous eight-day race with solely two levels with even a minimal risk of a bunch dash, Astana is not going to expect the Briton to focus on them as his key objectives subsequent week.
The Tour de Suisse begins Sunday with a 4.7 kilometre time trial. Stage 2 and three might finish in bunch sprints, however though Astana should not ruling out going for them with Cavendish by any means, their flat finishes are intently preceded by cat. 3 climbs, probably splitting the peloton. Phases 4 by way of to eight are all main summit finishes, with Sunday’s showdown stage an uphill time trial.
“Mark is doing very effectively in coaching, however the first week of the Tour de France is already very mountainous, so we would like him to be in nearly as good a climbing form as doable,” group supervisor Alexander Vinokourov advised Cyclingnews on Friday.
“We wish the entire Tour group to check themselves in that space.”
Cavendish and the opposite riders probably chosen for the Tour have simply come off a 3 week altitude coaching camp, Vinokourov mentioned, which went very effectively. “They’re in good well being and motivated and that’s an important factor.”
Within the Tour de Suisse, “If they’ll over the climbs for the sprints, nice. If not, then it’s coaching for the mountains.”
“They’ve accomplished an excellent coaching camp too, and in three weeks time we’ll see the advantages of that.”
Cavendish has taken two wins this yr, one within the TourColombia within the early season, and one other, extra not too long ago within the Tour de Hongrie “and that’s nice for everyone, it’s additional motivation,” says Vinokourov.
Astana Qazaqstan have already had some notable success this week, with Nicolas Vinokourov, son of Alexander, securing the U-23 TT title within the Asian Highway Championships, giving the group a welcome morale increase because it heads in the direction of the important thing dates of the summer time.
The definitive lineup of group for the Tour de France will likely be determined after the Tour de Suisse, Vinokourov mentioned. “We’ve already obtained seven guys within the roster for positive, proper now it’s only a query of the final title.”
