This season, Mark Cavendish wishes to once again add his name to the prize list of Milan-San Remo. Indeed, the British rider won this race in 2009.“It’s his big appointment for the spring, for sure,” Etixx-Quick Step sports director, Davide Bramati told Cycling Weekly. “If he’s in condition, everyone knows that it’s going to be a goal. We can’t hide it that he wants to return to his best. In the past, he’s had problems at the base of the Poggio. Now, given the finish is on Via Roma, where there have been many sprint finishes, it’s a San Remo suited for Mark if he’s at 100%.”

“For sure, on the Poggio, someone will attack. You just have to see if it’s someone who can make a difference. We’ve seen in the last years the difference hasn’t been enough and the top riders control the group with a sprinter in the mix,” Bramati added.

“The arrival on Via Roma, which is maybe straighter and wider, maybe makes it easier for the group to pull back any attack.”

According to Mauro Vegni, the RCS Sport Cycling Director, the route will be more easier in 2015: “Before there were three kilometres after the descent of the Poggio, but now there’s two kilometres.”