LIMOGES (FRANCE) – Mark Cavendish crashed out of what was set to be his final Tour de France on Saturday, ending the sprint legend’s quest to go one better than Eddie Merckx for stage wins.
The 38-year-old British rider got caught up in a crash on a flat section of road seemingly without danger entering the village of La Chapelle-Verlaine some 63km from the finish.
In agony he was taken to hospital with a broken collarbone as Denmark’s Mads Pedersen went on to win a bunch sprint in Limoges in central France.
“I won’t lie, I cried. Everyone in the team is hurting,” said Astana sprint advisor Mark…
