Mark Cavendish: WorldTour points system 'doesn't make sense to me'

With Dimension Data's position in the top-flight WorldTour in jeopardy, Mark Cavendish says that the UCI's points system needs revising

Mark Cavendish in the race lead after stage two of the 2016 Abu Dhabi Tour

(Image credit: Graham Watson)

Mark Cavendish – like many following cycling – has a hard time understanding the WorldTour points system that threatens to demote his Dimension Data team to a lower division for 2017.

The UCI and the sport welcomed the South African grass-roots team to the WorldTour division only one year ago when it signed Cavendish. Now, because it sits last in the end-of-season rankings, new regulations could see it knocked out.

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.