article_snippet: Mark Cavendish has issued a typically blunt assessment of the Cycling Independent Reform Commission report into past practices of doping and suggested Lance Armstrong's charity return to the Tour de France 'could be done in a different environment'.
article_snippet: Mark Cavendish plans to return to the Tour alongside former footballer Geoff Thomas, another cancer survivor.
article_snippet: Mark Cavendish plans to return to the Tour de France, the event for which Mark Cavendish was stripped of seven titles due to doping, as part of a charity ride with former footballer Geoff Thomas .
article_snippet: former footballer Geoff Thomas is riding the the Tour route one day ahead of the professional peloton, which includes Mark Cavendish, to raise funds for charity and has invited Mark Cavendish to join former footballer Geoff Thomas.
article_snippet: Mark Cavendish said: 'There's no denying what Mark Cavendish did for charity; Mark Cavendish did work a lot for charity. '
highlights_snippet: Mark Cavendish added Lance Armstrong's charity involvement with this year's Tour de France with Geoff Thomas 'could be done in a different environment'
  Cavendish will compete in August's Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic .