Mark Cavendish has targeted the Tour of Britain in September after being left out of Omega Pharma - Quick-Step's squad for the Vuelta a Espana.
The Manx Missile returned to action at the Tour de l'Ain in France last week after suffering shoulder ligament damage in a crash on the opening stage of the Tour de France in Harrogate.
On the OPQS site Cav says after the injury both he and the team set a goal to get slowly back into a race environment at the Tour de l'Ain, which he's now done.
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