Mark Cavendish on the Possibility of Moving to Motorcycle Racing Next
It has not been unheard of for industries of the same environment dip their feet in each other’s pools: producing and directing, writing and speaking, cycling and motorcycling. We know Rossi loves his car racing and that Lewis Hamilton is keen on riding bikes, so it comes as no surprise that cycling legend Mark Cavendish has been engaging the possibility of moving into the motorbike world.
(Image: Esquire)
In an interview with Esquire, the UCI ProTeam Team Dimension Data racing cyclist said that he loves anything that has to do “with motors, or machines … vehicles really.” This does not mean he wants to become an F1 driver anytime soon, though.
“I don’t think I’m good enough,” the 32-year-old British explained. “Everybody thinks that it’s like driving a car down the promenade, it’s totally not the same. To be honest, I prefer motorbikes more; I would like to race them instead.”
After the cycling, Cavendish said, racing motorbikes might just be around the corner for his career. Owning a “couple of good ones”, it is not totally impossible to see Cavendish on the race tracks with a motor-powered bike. He even mentioned on Twitter that when he grows up, he would want to be LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow, although it might just be harmless jesting between friends.
(Image: Twitter/ Mark Cavendish)
However, as he stated in the Esquire feature, he still has a “fair few years” in his professional career left yet.
He also had some advice for those with road rage, which we think applies to both motorcyclists and bicyclists. “At the end of the day, on a bike you are one lone person, people in cars should be aware even if someone’s angry, you are protected in your shell and their safety is in your hands, so just be careful about getting angry and your reactions to them.”
And there we have it, ladies and gentlemen! Let it be known that to Mark Cavendish, motorbikes are superior to cars and that he would prefer to race the former rather than the latter. Enough said.