The curtain may have come down on Mark Cavendish’s illustrious career after he rode his last Tour de France stage in Nice on Sunday in what was “likely so” his final race before retirement, however, he should be back racing - albeit not competitively - as soon as this week in two of the ‘post-Tour crits’.
It was a fairytale goodbye for Cavendish in his 15th and final Tour de France, after he broke the stage win record he shared with Eddy Merckx on stage 5 into Saint-Vulbas and survived all the way to finish stage 21, where he had his own podium ceremony to recognise his legendary career.
