Mark Cavendish after a crash on stage one of the 2014 Tour de France
Mark Cavendish will undergo surgery on Wednesday to correct an injury to his right shoulder sustained as a result of a crash in the finale of the opening stage of the Tour de France in Harrogate on Saturday.
According to a statement issued by his Omega Pharma-QuickStep team on Monday, Cavendish will then be out of competition for six weeks.
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TrainingPeaks acquires virtual cycling platform indieVelo, aims to add ‘credible racing and realistic riding’ to its training offeringsCalled TrainingPeaks Virtual it will be offered as part of TrainingPeaks Premium in March 2025, with a beta version available now
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'In the summer I’ll also jump into a hot bath for 20 minutes after a ride': A week in training with a WorldTour riderWe caught up with Australian Chris Harper as he prepared for this summer's Vuelta a España
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'Finally, you broke the world record' - Inside reaction to Mark Cavendish's historic Tour de France revealedAstana Qazaqstan have released Project 35, a documentary which shows the journey to triumph
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'I haven’t entirely committed to what I’m doing' - Mark Cavendish refuses to rule out racing more, but will run a marathon next yearThe Tour de France stage win record holder says that his plan is to head into cycling management
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Mark Cavendish to conclude professional cycling career in SingaporeTour de France stage win record holder to bring curtain down on racing career at ASO end of season criteriums in Asia
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Mark Cavendish set to end his career at Tour de France Singapore CriteriumEvent will be Cavendish's final appearance for Astana Qazaqstan after he won a record-breaking 35th Tour de France stage in July
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'I've lived everyone’s dream': Mark Cavendish hints at snap retirement after last ever Tour de France stageThe Manx Missile is the 2024 Tour's lanterne rouge
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'I'm so tired': Emotional Mark Cavendish thanks teammates after surviving Tour de France time cutThe Briton is just two days away from finishing the Tour de France for an eighth time
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Mark Cavendish makes time limit on stage 19 - and four other tales of riders who survived the Tour de France cut-offBrit finishes with more than five minutes to spare on Isola 2000
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End of an era: Witnessing Mark Cavendish's last ever Tour de France sprintThe Astana Qazaqstan rider finished 17th in Nîmes in what is almost definitely his last ever sprint at the Tour. Cycling Weekly was there to see it
