2023-05-22 14:56:00
The legendary 38-year-old British sprinter has announced that this season will be his last and that he will retire at the end of 2023.
By MR with AFP
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MArk Cavendish lifts his foot. The legendary British sprinter announced that he wanted to end his career during a press conference during the second rest day of the Tour of Italy. He revealed that this season will be his last.
The Isle of Man rider, who turned 38 on Sunday, has set himself the ultimate goal of winning a 35 in July.e stage victory in the Tour de France and thus beat the record he currently shares with the Belgian Eddy Merckx. “It’s my last Giro d’Italia and 2023 will be my last season,” said the 2011 world champion with tremolos in his voice, surrounded by his wife and children in Coccaglio, Lombardy.
A high-level track record
Also winner of Milan-San Remo in 2009, the former track racer has one of the finest records in his sport: he has won a total of 161 victories in his career, 34 in the Tour de France, 16 in the Giro and 3 in the Vuelta, as well as the classification by points on the three Grand Tours.
After the aborted plan to sign with B & B Hotels, which disappeared for lack of a sponsor, Cavendish joined the Astana team this winter where his former teammate Alexandre Vinokourov, who had become manager of the Kazakh team, handed him the hand. He has yet to raise his arms this season – his 17e in the peloton – but remains competitive as shown by his third place in the 11e stage of the Giro.
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Two other figures in the peloton have already announced their retirement for the end of the season, the Slovak Peter Sagan and the Frenchman Thibaut Pinot.
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