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Mark Cavendish, the winner of Tour de France green jersey for the best sprinter in 2011 had missed the red jersey of Giro d’Italia by one point in 2012.

But, this Saturday Britain might get a rare sight in the streets of Napoli. Things might change as Mark Cavendish, also known as the “Third man” aims to win at least one stage of the Giro d’Italia.

Other players who make up the team for the 21 stages of race are Serge Pauwels, Iljo Keisse, Gianluca Brambila, Gert Steegmans, Matteo Trentin, Julien Vermonte, Michael Golas and Jerome Pineau.

Needless to say, the competition is fierce but the team is counting on their good group to try to fight and win the race. Saturday is going to about Mark Cavendish and the team that has been built around him. It is for the first time in a span of ten years that the introductory race is a sprint one. The race begins this Saturday, with the opening race being a sprint. The cyclist has already won two of these races in his past career, making the possibilities of a win this year, higher.

Mark Cavendish was the first man to cross the line in the Tour in 2012, winning his fourth consecutive triumph in Paris. The last year’s tour was his 23^rd participation. The sprinter is close to making history as he has had total 36 wins in the Grand Tour stages. There are only eight sportsmen in the entire world to have more wins than him till date.

Although Mark Cavendish is aiming at winning the pink jersey first, he desires to win the red jersey the most. The practice sessions are not going as they had planned due to the busy streets of Naples, but the team is working together to make the most of what they have.

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Sarah Hammer has been a four-time title winner in the World Championships. But the four-time victory did not stop her from winning her fifth gold medal in the individual pursuit this year at the Track Cycling World Championships being held in Belarus.

She was the sole person chosen to represent team USA at the Track Championships while her pursuit squad that had won the silver medal at the Olympics in London last year was not selected for the Track Cycling Championships. She was also the only rider representing USA in the UCI Track World Cup in Mexico which took place in the month of January this year.

The cycling contribution to the Olympics at London was relatively lean. But Hammer’s contribution in the medal tally was significant. She won a silver medal for the Omnium and along with her pursuit squad teammates Jennie Reed, Dotsie Bausch and Lauren Tamayo; she won another silver medal for USA in the Women’s pursuit team at the Olympics held in London.

Sarah was chosen because she is an exceptional athlete and incredibly talented. She is a tough competitor and she has proved all this by winning her fifth gold medal for the individual pursuit of 3,000 meters at the Track Cycling World Championships.

She had won medals in the year 2006, 2007, 2010 and then 2011. She had not competed in the last year’s Championships held in Melbourne.

She defeated the Australian, Amy Cure to win the final and Annette Edmondson, another Australian took the Bronze medal home beating Laura Brown from Canada.

Also, Francois Pervis won his first gold medal this year in the Kilo time trial after winning silver and four bronze medals previously. The Olympic Champions from Germany, Kristina Vogel and Miriam Welte won the team sprint (Women) defeating the Chinese Duo of Guo Shuang and Gong Jinjie.

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