Andy Fenn was crucial in Omega Pharma-Quick Step’s dominance of the Tour de France. And this effort has earned the young Brit many new admirers in the peloton.

"Obviously, there's always a bit of respect to the team, and we've had the gold jersey on top of that," Fenn said. "You've got to ride as a team in these kinds of races anyway, and when people see a couple of jerseys coming up, they know there'll be more following through and maybe make space. But then there comes a point where that stuff goes out the window, because it is racing."

In the opening week, OPQS destroyed the peloton in the crosswinds, frequently reducing the bunch to about 25 riders and winning three times (Tom Boonen x2 and the Points Jersey and Niki Terpstra won Stage 1 and the GC and Guillaume van Kiersbulck won the Ypung Riders Jersey and OPQS won the team classification too). They were able to relax a little more in the second part of the race, but still had work to do.

"The last couple of days we haven't tried to split it really, we've tried to make some space on the road and not put everyone in the gutter," Fenn said. "But it was just the way the race went. There was a headwind in the final part on Thursday, so there was no point in spending too much energy when it was all going to come back together anyway. The first few days were the days where you could really do some damage, and once we had the jersey we could be a bit more defensive."

Fenn hopes his performance will put him in the hunt for a spot on the team’s Classics roster, but competitoon will be tough as the whole Qatar team want a place as well as Zdenek Stybar and Michal Kwiatkowski who were racing in Mallorca, and Kwiatkowski took the Queen Stage.

"There are a lot of guys to pick from but there are a lot of races as well so we can switch the team around a little bit," Fenn said. "For the big two, it's always a last minute decision, but I'm just trying to be in the mix, learn from the guys and do the job that's asked of me."

 "I don't think I could pull all day like Iljo [Keisse] and Stijn [Vandenbergh], but you have to bring something unique. You need to build a team rather than bring a lot of guys who could get a result."

The Scot has not thought about his season after Roubaix, but also ranks the Commonwealth Games highly on his list of priorities.

"For the team it's not a priority, but riding for Scotland in Scotland means that I've made that a bit of a goal," Fenn said. "But I have no control over what racing I'll do before that really. Still, I'll go there and see what I'll do."

As a Scot myself, it would be phenomenal to see Fenn pull off the victory in Glasgow and it is 100% a possibility if he rides as well as he did in Qatar.