Mark Cavendish has abandoned the 2023 Tour de France on stage 8. The 'Manx Missile' was riding his final Tour and came agonizingly close to taking victory on stage 7.
Sadly now though, his quest to break Eddy Merckx's stage win record has ended in tears. At a seemingly innocuous point in the race, the Astana Qazaqstan Team leader hit the deck hard and was quickly taken into an ambulance to go off for further tests.
Cavendish had been chasing what would have been a record-breaking 35th stage win at cycling's most illustrious race. After announcing his impending retirement at the recent Giro d'Italia, this was Cavendish's final chance to make history.
Without wishing to look too far ahead too soon, one must now question whether this is the last we will see of the undisputed, greatest sprinter of all time in the World Tour peloton.
UPDATE: Astana Qazaqstan Team have confirmed that the Manxman has suffered a fractured collarbone. In addition to that he now has an ostesynthesis screw loose.
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