Overview

• The facility at the Isle of Man National Sports Centre was officially renamed the Sir Mark Cavendish Raceway on June 27 with new signage and a children’s mural.
• Cavendish rode a solo timed “hot lap” of the one-kilometre circuit where he first began racing at around age ten.
• Local children and members of his former cycling club joined the ceremony and took laps around the newly named track.
• Cavendish highlighted coach Dot Tilbury and volunteer-run club sessions for laying the foundations of his record-breaking career.
• His children, including seven-year-old Casper, now train on the raceway, underscoring the track’s role in nurturing the next generation of cyclists.