Mark Cavendish: '90% chance' he will leave Etixx - Quick-Step, says boss
Thursday 17 September 2015 17:25, UK
Etixx – Quick-Step's manager has said there is a "90 per cent chance" that Mark Cavendish will leave the team at the end of the season.
Cavendish's contract expires this year and he has been heavily linked with a move to South African squad MTN-Qhubeka.
The 30-year-old Manxman's representatives met with Etixx - Quick-Step manager Patrick Lefevere during the Tour de France, but there has been no contact since.
Lefevere told cyclingnews.com: "I think that it's 90 per cent chance that he leaves us. I have not met his agent since the Tour and there is no contract on the table."
Cavendish joined Etixx - Quick-Step on a three-year deal in 2013 and has amassed 44 wins for the Belgian team.
His long-term friend and former team-mate Sir Bradley Wiggins said in an interview with Sky Sports News HQ at the Tour of Britain that the Manxman would be switching teams this winter.
