Seventeen years after his first one, Mark Cavendish has ridden and completed his last ever Tour de France, with 35 stage wins in his back pocket and the 2024 edition’s lanterne rouge – the last rider on the general classification.
The Briton was the second man to ride the 33.7km mountainous time trial from Monaco to Nice, and he told reporters after that it was “likely” his last ever professional bike race, though he later sidestepped a similar question.
