Mark Cavendish will compete in the Vuelta a España, his HTC Highroad team have announced.
Cavendish who has won stages in all of the three grand tours,. rides for HTC in their last Grand Tour.
"It's not easy for us to think of this as the last Grand Tour for the team, given it's our history," Says HTC sport director, Jens Zemke to his team's press office, "But all of us, riders and staff are professionals and we have kept the motivation high."
"We have a lot of sprinters in our line-up so we'll be going for stage wins over the GC, but if any of our guys wind up with a good position we'll support him."
"We want a good result in the team time trial tomorrow. It's thirteen and a half kilometers long and the guys are in good form so we're confident to make a good result there."
HTC Team
HTC-Highroad for the Vuelta a España: Michael Albasini (Swi) Mark Cavendish (GB) John Degenkolb (Ger) Matthew Goss (Aus) Bert Grabsch (Ger) Leigh Howard (Aus) Tony Martin (Ger) Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Byl) Martin Velits (Slv)