Mark Cavendish will get the rare opportunity to represent the Isle of Man at this summer’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

He won gold in the scratch race on the track eight years ago in Melbourne and wants a gold on the road to match it.

"I'm super-motivated for that," Cavendish told The Independent. "It is on the course where I won the British national championships in 2013, and the Isle of Man has an incredibly strong team.”

"I love doing it because it is with all my mates, the guys I grew up with. We have been bashing around since we were juniors.

"There is me, Pete Kennaugh, Mark Christian, who was with Sean Kelly's team and now he is with Raleigh, Andrew Roche who rode the Commie Games in India, Joe Kelly too."

"It is not that often you can get to represent the Isle of Man. I'm British and proud to be, but it is nice because I get to be racing with guys I have raced with my whole life."

He also adds that if he could choose any place to win this season it would be the first Tour de France stage into Harrogate.

"If I had to choose one stage of the 21 in the Tour, that has got to be it," he added. "It is my mum's home town, it is designed for a sprint.

"I haven't yet worn the maillot jaune [yellow jersey] and I want to do it. I want to win wherever I race, the teams invested a lot in me. But if there is one race that I can win in 2014, then that would be it."