Stuffing the Competition in Turkey

While there's been a lot going on in the mountain bike world, all is far from quiet in the land of road cycling as, perhaps unexpectedly, the Tour of Turkey is hitting UK headlines.

The reason is that Cav is back from illness and has won stages one and two in some style.

The condition's always a bit unknown after illness. So proud @opqscyclingteam had confidence & rode to give me a win today in #TourOfTurkey.

— Mark Cavendish (@MarkCavendish) April 27, 2014

So happy to get 2/2 at #TourOfTurkey. Absolutely incredible stuff by my @opqscyclingteam boys. Calm, powerful, rode with guts. Textbook.

— Mark Cavendish (@MarkCavendish) April 28, 2014

The Manx rider is targeting the Tour de France, with his eyes on a win in Harrogate on Stage One to add a yellow jersey to his impressive collection, Now back with arguably the world's best lead out train in the shape of both Alessandro Pettachi and Mark Renshaw it is starting to look like he's back firmly in the running, taking on the newer sprinters on the block.

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