[Leadbelly]

Tomorrow sees the start of the next/final (delete as appropriate) chapter of the career of Mark Cavendish. Now at Bahrain, he's got a rather easier list of opponents than his erstwhile team mate/rival Andre Greipel had at the TDU.

Fast men in Saudi Arabia: Bauhaus (on the same team), Bouhanni, McLay, Barbero, Bonifazio, Debusschere, Dupont, Planckaert, Vallee, Gibson, Jules, Cima, Cote, De Kleijn, Reguigui, Carstensen, Malucelli and Aular.

So no big names, but (and this shows how few results he's had lately) on the PCS ranking of sprinters for this race, Cavendish is rated 26th!

Coverage is on Eurosport.