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Sir Mark Cavendish has again not ruled out continuing racing in some form, but has revealed he aims to run a marathon next year, in a wide-ranging interview.

The Astana-Qazaqstan rider, who is believed to be set to retire at the end of the year, used a piece with Men’s Health magazine to say that he hasn’t “entirely committed” to what’s next, only that he will not be riding another Tour de France.

“I changed my mind so much over a three-month spell,” he explained. “I crashed out and I had good and bad luck, but I thought that was it. People said to me, I can’t finish like that. But I’m the one person who knows how fucking hard it is. I chopped and changed my mind from day to day and even now, I haven’t entirely committed to what I’m doing, except for the fact that I cannot prepare for the Tour ever again. Cycling is hard enough, the Tour is another level. That is a dead cert.”

“For me, though, it’s not about stopping, it’s about starting something new,” he continued. “I will always ride a bike, but the past few years I’ve known what I want to do after. I’ve set the wheels in motion for that. I want to stay in management in the sport, I still love it. I brought a lot of people to this team [Astana Qazaqstan] over the past two years, and I know what it takes to be successful. I’ve been building up to the moment I’m not racing.”

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‘I haven’t entirely committed to what I’m doing’ – Mark Cavendish refuses to rule out racing more, but will run a marathon next year

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