Mark Cavendish crashes out of final Tour de France
Mark Cavendish is out of his final Tour de France following a crash on stage eight.
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Tour de France 2023 Stage 8: How to watch, TV and live stream details, start time, route map and profile
After dragging themselves over mountain passes in the Pyrenees, the sprinters had their fun from Mont-De-Marsan to Bordeaux, and provided the teams of the fast men control the breaks it could be a bunch finish in Limoges. There are two Cat. 3 and one Cat.
Mark Cavendish foiled in bid for history as Jasper Philipsen claims victory in Bordeaux sprint at 2023 Tour de France
Sixteen years to the day after his Tour de France debut in London, Britain’s Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan) came so close to an historic 35th stage win on the world’s biggest bike race. On a hectic finale alongside the Garonne river in Bordeaux, the road opened up for Cavendish, who came from deep with one of his trademark turns of pace and was able to get the jump on the in-form Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck).
'Bitterly disappointed' - Mark Cavendish laments mechanical issues as Adam Blythe and The Breakaway keep the faith
Mark Cavendish launched a kick which looked set to propel him to Tour de France win No. 35, but a mechanical issue and power of Jasper Philipsen denied him victory in Bordeaux. The Manxman went wheel surfing in the final kilometre and appeared to time his run to perfection, as a gap opened up on the right-hand side of the road.
Philipsen pips Cavendish for a hat-trick of stage wins on this year's Tour de France
Jasper Philipsen denied Mark Cavendish a record-breaking Tour de France victory on the line as the Belgian won stage seven on the line in Bordeaux.
Philipsen denies Cavendish to claim Tour de France hat trick
BORDEAUX, France :Belgian Jasper Philipsen denied Mark Cavendish a record-breaking victory on the Tour de France to claim his third stage win in this year's race on Friday, taking his fifth bunch sprint in succession since last year.
'I'm coming for you Mark' - Tadej Pogacar teases chasing Cavendish's 34 Tour de France stage wins
Tadej Pogacar jokingly said he was hunting down Mark Cavendish’s 34 Tour de France stage wins after bouncing back spectacularly on Thursday to blow the race wide open. The Slovenian cracked on Stage 5 on Wednesday, shelling time to big general classification rival Jonas Vingegaard.
Tour de France 2023: Mark Cavendish on crash-laden finish to Stage 4 in Nogaro - 'That was carnage'
Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan) labelled the finish to Stage 4 of the 2023 Tour de France as «carnage» after three crashes on the motor-racing circuit in Nogaro. The irony was that the day had been almost totally becalmed until that point, but the intensity ratcheted up a notch in the final few kilometres and it triggered rider upon rider hitting the deck as the pack made their way round the tarmac track. Ad Cavendish's fifth-placed finish — one better than the day before — means he will have to wait for a record 35th stage win, but the circumstances made it a tough ask for the Brit to triumph, as Jasper Philipsen took victory, making it back-to-back stage wins for the Belgian, of Alpecin-Deceuninck.