Tour drama: Mark Cavendish pulls out of race after bad fall

The record of 34 stage victory in Tour de France shared by the Belgians Eddy Merckx and the british Mark Cavendish It will remain. After the seventh stage, the rider from Douglas was on the verge of victory at the end of the second, this Saturday ‘Cav’ he had to abandon the race after suffering one of those stupid things that always happen in racing and usually lead to serious problems.

There are 61 kilometers left for the purpose of Limoges when within the peloton there was an obstacle. Only a few runners went to the ground, and one of them was Mark Cavendishwith bad luck he was forced to abandon the race.

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‘Cav’ he remained lying on the ground under the watch of his comrades. It took a long time to get up from the ground and in the end it was confirmed, the veteran runner (38 years old) was treated by doctors and soon taken to the ambulance, confirming a painful departure for Douglas is a cyclist.

cavendish He lost his sight inside the ambulance, as if he didn’t understand anything, just like his companions when they were informed of what happened.

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This is Astana’s second major defeat in the eight stages of the Tour, as previously Luis León Sánchez was forced to leave the race.

This is the 14th Tour de France for Cavendish and the sixth where he had to retire early. Mark has 162 professional victories and now we have to wait and see the exact extent of his injury and who knows, maybe he is considering retirement, it is not in vain that he has shown that at 38 he can also fight for victories in a great tour. He has already won a stage in Italy is spinning this year, the last one in Romeand in the three big sprints of this Tour he stroked glory with his bare hands.