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Mark Cavendish at 2017 British national championships (picture SWPix.com via Britishcycling.org_.uk).jpgMark Cavendish "gutted" at missing UCI Road World Championships
Mark Cavendish has said he is “gutted” to be missing next week’s UCI Road World Championships in Bergen, Norway as he continues his recovery from the broken shoulder he sustained at the Tour de France in July.
The Dimension Data rider returned to racing at the Tour of Britain last week, but abandoned during the final stage from Worcester to Cardiff.
The 32-year-old crashed out of the Tour de France when he was hit the barriers during the sprint at the end of the fourth stage in an incident that saw Bora-Hansgrohe’s Peter Sagan thrown out of the race for dangerous riding.
> Mark Cavendish out of Tour de France, Peter Sagan disqualified
Last year in Qatar, Cavendish finished second to Sagan at the world championships as the Slovak retained the rainbow jersey he had first won 12 months earlier in Richmond, Virginia.
Cavendish had made this year’s race his main target for the season as he sought to repeat his success from Copenhagen in 2011, but admitted in a statement posted to Twitter that he had been forced to rule himself out due to the ongoing effects of his injury.
“I am gutted to say I won't be representing Great Britain this year at the World Road Race Championships in Bergen, Norway," he wrote.
"It was a goal I'd set to try and win this year, on a course that suits me at my peak and the strength in depth we have in the Great Britain Cycling Team.
“Unfortunately, I am still struggling with the broken shoulder I sustained from the crash in this year’s Tour de France, so withdrew myself as an option for selection last week,” he continued.
"As always, I'll be supporting all my friends and colleagues as they strive for our next World Champ stripes after Lizzie Deignan's dominant ride in Richmond, two years ago,” Cavendish added.
"Good luck to you all and stay safe."
> Lizzie Deignan and Chris Froome spearhead Great Britain challenge at UCI Road World Championships
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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Fcuk me... I see this is the Cav bash thread...
I was gutted when Sagan was booted from the tour... but I am comfortable enough that Sagan unreasonably shut the door on that occasion. You can't give someone shit for going for a gap that wasn't there, when the gap was very definitely there until someone shoved it firmly shut in front of them. Whether that shutting was OK or not, is very much up to individual perception, but you can't blame the chap on the receiving end for being there... what you are sayin is 'whoah their Cav, don't go there as Peter will want that line in a sec' ... thats bullshit.
So, this year, Cav has had glandular Fever and a major crash. May I add a major crash when he was looking like he was about to get a major placement, if not win not very long after getting back in the saddle.
That's hardly being a liability is it, not really?
lets have a crack at Porte for doing SFW since the Tour, and whilst we are at it, Valverde too!
What is being displayed here is double standards... Cav is unarguably the best sprinter of his generation.
When was the last time Cav actually finished a race?
He seems to be some sort of liability - always embroiled in some sort of controversy whenever he goes out, usually resulting in him ending up sidelined due to injury.
Yesterday. He came 6th after DD missed the break.
Not so. In this case road.cc are reporting facts and the fact is the twerp was kicked out. Whether that was justifiable was a matter of opinion, although not your opinion.
You're missing a word: "an incident that saw Bora-Hansgrohe’s Peter Sagan unjustifiably thrown out of the race for dangerous riding"
I don't think you understand the word 'justifiably,' they most certainly justified their decision. You can disagree with it of course...
I will be sad to miss Cav too. Despite this being a 'golden age of British cycling' the teams seems quite weak.