Rod Ellingworth knows Mark Cavendish better than anyone else in professional cycling and so was acutely aware of the pain the Manxman must be suffering after he crashed out of the Tour de France, ending his hopes and dreams of taking a record-breaking 35th stage win.
Ellingworth is now the team manager at Ineos Grenadiers but he saw Cavendish’s true potential and determination as a teenager when performance coaches doubted his watts and physical attributes.
