Mark Cavendish will not be running the last race of his career as he has been selected to run in the Scheldepri on Wednesday.

35-year-old Mark Cavendish led the breakaway pack in Gent-Wevelgem on Sunday and hinted at his retirement in a post-race interview. This will probably be the last race of my career," he said.

On Tuesday, however, Bahrain McLaren announced a seven-man lineup for the Scheldepri, which included Cavendish, who has won this race three times. The bib numbers have yet to be confirmed, but Cavendish was named as the lead rider in the team announcement, but it remains to be seen if he will lead the line or if Sonny Colbrelli will be named as the sprinter.

Other riders on the team are Ivan Cortina, Marco Haller, Luka Pibernik, Chun Kai Feng, and Fred Wright.

Cavendish was scheduled to compete in the Scheldepri, a cobbled classic race that usually ends with a bunch sprint. His comments after Ghent-Wevelgem seemed to stem from rumors circulating in the peloton on Sunday that Scheldeprij and Sunday's Tour of Flanders would be cancelled.

Whether Scheldeprij will be Cavendish's final race is the next question. He is not scheduled to compete in either the Tour de Flanders or the Vuelta a España, and it should be the last race of the season, if not his career.

Cavendish has not yet won a contract for the 2021 season, but Rod Ellingworth recently said that negotiations are underway at Bahrain McLaren, suggesting that Cavendish will continue racing next year. However, Cavendish's demeanor at the finish in Ghent-Wevelgem suggested that he accepted the fact that this path would end at the end of 2020.

Cavendish won the Scheldepri in his first year as a professional in 2007 and again in 2008 and 2011, giving him an advantage in the sprint. However, his results have been lackluster since he contracted the Epstein-Barr virus in the aftermath of an intense 2016 campaign; in 2019 he was declared below the virus threshold and reunited with Ellingworth at Bahrain McLaren for the 2020 season, but has not regained his competitive edge in the sprints He has not.

The 2020 Scheldepri will be held entirely within Belgium, avoiding the usual course through the Netherlands due to coronavirus restrictions.