Heartbreak! No fairytale ending for Mark Cavendish who is forced to abandon his final Tour de France after crashing in today's stage cycling TourdeFrance
Before the Tour started, Cavendish had talked down his chase of the record. Speaking to Eurosport, he said that it was"irrelevant".
He said:"I just want to win as much as I can win. And if I can never win again at the Tour de France… "There are two people in the world [himself and Merckx] that are more qualified than anybody else to tell you how hard it is to win a Tour de France stage. That’s why if I don’t win one, I’ve won 34, I’m alright. But if I can win 10 more I will be buzzing because I know how hard it is to win one!"
It seems the two greats, him and Merckx, are destined to share that pedestal. It'll be some time before anyone comes even close.We’ve noticed you’re using an ad blocker. If you like road.cc, but you don’t like ads, please consider subscribing to the site to support us directly. As a subscriber you can read road.cc ad-free, from as little as £1.99.
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