Eisel follows Cavendish to Team Sky

Mark Cavendish and Bernhard Eisel, Tour Down Under 2011

Bernhard Eisel will join Mark Cavendish at Team Sky in 2012.

The news comes within minutes of the official confirmation that Cavendish would be riding for the British outfit next year.

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