British cycling great Mark Cavendish is out of the Tour de France after crashing during the race's eighth stage between Libourne and Limoges, France Saturday morning.
Cavendish, 38, fell off his bike with a little over 60 kilometers to go in the eighth of the race’s 21 stages. He laid on the pavement clutching his arm while several cyclists in the vicinity were forced to put on their brakes; he was eventually loaded into an ambulance before formally dropping out of the competition.
The legendary cyclist had indicated before the race that the 2023 Tour de France would be his last. Cavendish will end his career with 34 stage wins, tied with Eddy Merckx of Belgium for the most in race history.
