Mark Cavendish's professional cycling career has come to a crushing end after he was involved in a crash on the 8th stage of the Tour de France. He announced in May he was set to retire at the end of this season.
Mark Cavendish’s bid to take a record-breaking 35thstage win ended after he was forced to abandon the race following a crash on Saturday.
Cavendish went down hard and held his shoulder after a crash in the peloton around 60km from the finish of stage eight from Libourne to Limoges. Cavendish was agonisingly close to breaking the record on Friday, getting the jump on Jasper Philipsen on the sprint to the line in Bordeaux, only for his gears to jump when he was trying to apply full power.Mark Cavendish had been hoping to record a record 35th stage win
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