After the Amgen Tour of California, Mark Cavendish stopped in Richmond, Virginia, to preview the 2015 UCI Road World Championships route. With a full police escort, the Etixx-Quick Step rider could ride on closed roads in order to evaluate the course.

The British rider, world champion in 2011, told the Richmond Times about the route. "It's harder than Denmark. There’s a lot of 90 degree corners, which there wasn't so many [of] in Denmark [where] there was a lot of flow. There's going to be a lot of acceleration."

The characteristic of the 2015 WC route is the presence of cobbled sections. "Those are not challenging, if I'm honest," he said of the Libby Hill cobbles. "The most challenging hill is the [climb on Governors Street]. The cobbles is more about positioning. We're professional bike riders. The juniors might find it hard there but [to] the professionals it's not really anything. It's not like riding on a flat road, obviously. Positioning is probably key, but in terms of technical difficulty, they're not that big a deal."