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Cav Confirmed for Tour

Le Tour gets underway this weekend.

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Manx Missile Mark Cavendish has been confirmed to ride in this year’s Tour de France.

Le Tour gets underway this weekend.

Cav currently sits alongside the legendary Eddy Merckx on 34 victories at Le Tour, having stormed to four wins the last time he rode in 2021.

He was overlooked for the race last year when riding for Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl but, having confirmed he will retire at the end of this season, many expected the Manxman would be included this time around.

He forms part of Astana’s eight-man team for the race which will take the to the startline at the Grand Depart in Bilbao on Saturday.

Alongside him will be Alexey Lutsenko, Cees Bol, Yevgeniy Fedorov, David De La Cruz , Gianni Moscon, Luis Leon Sanchez and Harold Tejada.

Cav’s hopes of another stage win at Le Tour have been further boosted by the news that Mark Renshaw – so often his expert lead-out man – has joined the team as a sprint and lead-out consultant for the event.

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