Given that the Manx Missile is set to break the record for stage wins on the Tour de France, isn’t it a missed opportunity not to name the Steam Packet’s latest flag ship Mark Cavendish?

Ann Reeder

Roydon

Norfolk

This letter first appeared in the Isle of Man Examiner of July 4.

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