
Sir Mark Cavendish Raceway officially opened
The raceway where the Manx Missile first started cycling competitively as a child is renamed.
BBC News
Sir Mark Simon Cavendish is a Manx retired professional cyclist. As a track cyclist he specialised in the madison, points race, and scratch race disciplines; as a road racer he was a sprinter. He is widely considered one of the greatest road sprinters of all time, and in 2021 was called "the greatest sprinter in the history of the Tour and of cycling" by Christian Prudhomme, director of the Tour de France.
The raceway where the Manx Missile first started cycling competitively as a child is renamed.