in june he published his first autobiography, "boy racer", which covered his career to date. at a press conference in london ahead of the 2009 tour de france, cavendish explained that the book was too premature to be seen as a complete biography and that his "biggest motivation for writing it had been to explain himself better" due to the way he perceives himself when performing post-stage interviews. instead, he felt that the book was "more a biography of last year's tour stage wins".