Intro:

Several of the leading contenders on Tuesday (4 February) looked ahead to the inaugural Tour of Dubai which starts with a 10-kilometre time trial on Wednesday (5 February).

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) Mark Cavendish, Omega Pharma-Quick Step:
"There's some strong guys here. There's strong sprinters and there's strong time trialists. These guys (are) building up for the classic, so it's a great field here in Dubai. It's great to see for the first race that's there's going to be such a quality field here. But we've got a strong team. Omega Pharma-Quick Step are looking to try out. It'll be the first time I've ridden with Mark Renshaw and Alessandro Petacchi together. So, we're looking to try it and see what happens."