Mark Cavendish’s first season at Dimension Data for Qhubeka will be full on as the legend of the sport chases Yellow at the Tour de France, a Gold medal on the track at the Rio Olympics and then a second World Road Race Title in Doha, Qatar.

“I think I’d like to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France. It’s the only Grand Tour leader’s jersey I haven’t worn yet, it starts with a sprint again this year,” Cavendish said in a press conference in Manchester on Tuesday, adding: “I’d like to compete – I’d like to win – at the Olympic Games. And there’s the World Road Champs at the end of the year as well, so it’s a pretty full-on year.”

“But I’ve done it before, in 2011, when I won the green jersey and the World Championships, so I think I can do it again, and I’m in a good environment to do it.”

While he doesn’t know much about his racing calendar this season due to his track commitments, he says he wants to win as often as possible, which is the same old Cavendish, regardless of what discipline he races in.

“I’d like to win as much as I can. Like you saw, I’m kind of laughed at if ‘only’ win three or two stages nowadays, whereas one stage would make a rider’s career. So I’m happy with whatever I can get – the Tour de France is the Tour de France and the days of six or seven sprints at the Tour de France are gone, so I have to make the most of it before sprinters are kind of extinct from cycling.”