Mark Cavendish’s last chance to set the Tour de France record: would the 2024 tour be possible?

British cyclist Mark Cavendish, who underwent clavicle surgery, will be sidelined for several weeks due to injury.

Cavendish, who had to withdraw from the organization as a result of an accident in the 8th stage of the Tour de France, in which he participated to hold the record for the athlete who won the most stages, gave information about his state of health.

The 38-year-old athlete, who shared a video in his hospital bed on the Instagram social network account, said: “My right clavicle is broken. The plate was surgically placed. As before I had surgery in the same area and removed the old plates in the last accident, my treatment process, which normally takes a few weeks, will be a little longer. But in the end, the time I have to wait will still be a few weeks, and then the happy days will return.” the phrases.

Sharing the record for winning the most Tour de France stages with 34 championships with Belgian Eddy Merckx, Cavendish was included in this season’s organization to hold this record alone and was unable to achieve it after his crash.

LAST TIME TO FRANCE CYCLING TOUR…

By announcing in advance that he will retire at the end of the season, Cavendish has another chance to become the sole record holder in the Tour de France.

Alexander Vinokourov, owner of his Astana-Qazaqstan team, said in a statement to the French press that Cavendish was offered a contract extension for another year after the latest accident, and that if the great British cyclist accepts this offer, he will take part . in the 2024 Tour de France.

Cavendish, one of the greatest short-distance cyclists of all time, won the Tour de France in 2011 and 2021, the Tournament of Italy where he won 17 stages in 2013, and the Vuelta a España in 2010, where he completed 3 stages in the first place He was the athlete with the most points. (AA)