Mark Cavendish said he would ‘likely’ retire from cycling after completing the last stage of the Tour de France
Mark Cavendish bowed out of his last Tour de France in Nice on Sunday as his sports director, Mark Renshaw, confirmed that the record-breaking Tour stage winner had ridden his final race.
Earlier, Cavendish had been a little less forthcoming. “Likely so, yeah,” he said when asked if he was about to retire, but also added that it was “100%” his last Tour.Renshaw, his former lead-out man in many Grand Tour sprints, paid tribute to the longevity of a career that began in the 2007. “For Cav to have been at the level that he has been, for so long, is probably one of the most impressive things,” he said.
Renshaw agreed nobody would have blamed the former world champion, if, after securing his record-breaking win in the first week of the Tour, he had called it a day. “A few days later he lined up chasing a 36th stage and he was really disappointed to not succeed,” Renshaw said. “I’m sure he would have loved to have gone home, but he’s a team player.”took centre stage, which –based on his swagger during the final week of the 2024 Tour – is where he likes to be.
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