The first photos have appeared of Mark Cavendish in the kit of his new team Bahrain-McLaren for the 2020 season, his 16th as a professional rider.
Cavendish, dubbed the Manx Missile, joins the rebranded WorldTour outfit after an illness-hit period in recent years in his former team Dimension Data.
However, he rode a number of Six Day meetings on the international track circuit over the winter and sprintered well.
He is looking to refind some of the form that made him the most successful sprinter in Tour de France history.
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The now 34-year-old has 30 stage wins to his name at the Tour as well as winning the points classification there in 2011.
He's won a total of 17 stages at the Giro, as well as the points classification in 2013 and has four Vuelta stage wins on his palmares, along with the points jersey in 2010.
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Cavendish, who has signed a one-year deal with Bahrain-McLaren, also won Milan-Sanremo in 2009 and the world road race title two years later.
He will work under his old British Cycling and Team Sky mentor Rod Ellingworth at his new team, which McLaren has joined in recent months.
Cavendish broke his shoulder in a bad crash at the Tour in 2017 and the following year was diagnosed with the Epstein-Barr virus, which has ruined the past couple of seasons for him.
His time at Dimension Data has a difficult one, with principal Doug Ryder overlooking him for selection for last year's Tour de France.
However, Cavendish has since said he has been written off many times in his career and he believes he can find the form to win races again.
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