the Dream of surpassing Eddy Merckx’s record of 34 Tour de France stage victories seems to be more and more problematic for the 33-year-old Mark Cavendish.
the Briton, who is listed for the 30 pieces, have not made up for any run, since he withdrew from the second stage of Paris-Nice 11. march.
– We have to see how it goes. He trains at the moment, so we don’t know when he comes back. We hope it is soon, but we are not sure yet, it sounds from Dimension Data-the boss Doug Ryder to Cyclingnews.
– I can’t say it. Everything takes time. There is a lot happening at the moment, but a comeback date I can’t say anything about yet, it sounds easier cryptic from Ryder.
Sprinteren have a little of the Epstein-Barr-virus in recent years. Both in 2017 and 2018 went the virus, among other causes kirtelfeber, in the outbreak, and it was obviously on the bike.
On the question of whether the Press lack of participation in cycling is due to the virus, however, the answer was no less cryptic.
– No, there is a lot of things in the process for the time being. It is hard.
– He has trained well, and he has done everything necessary, but we are just waiting and watching. There are actually not any update related to him. He is certainly on track. He is a professional. He will run on his bike and do the best he can. But it is a tough situation, says Doug Ryder.
Mark Cavendish drove both the Vuelta a San Juan in Argentina at the end of January and beginning of February, and the UAE Tour in the Emirates in February, but had to thus withdraw early from Paris-Nice.
He missed the Milan-San Remo for the first time in ten years, and it does not seem immediately to forårsklassikerne in april can be used to Polish the shape before the Tour de France starts 6. July.
Mark Cavendish has in recent years made no secret that his last big goal is to surpass Eddy Merckx’s 34 stage victories in the world’s biggest bike race.
Mark Cavendish had to withdraw at the second stage of Paris-Nice and has not been in action since. Photo: Ritzau Scanpix
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