The British cyclist Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan Team) won this Wednesday the fifth stage of the Tour de France, disputed between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Saint Vulbas over 177.4 kilometers, and becomes living history of the French round by adding its 35th stage victorysurpassing the record that he shared with legend Eddy Merckx since 2021.
Cavendish, who postponed his retirement from professional cycling at least until the end of the season, had in mind to compete in the Tour de France to achieve this record that he was close to in 2023. Then he was on the verge of achieving it but this Wednesday, July 3, 2024 won cleanly and clearly a sprint with the best of the moment, to make history with this record.
The stage, which was wet at many points, was previously marked by a long but harmless breakaway formed by the French duo of Clement Russo (Groupama-FDJ) y Mattéo Vercher (TotalEnergies), finally caught 36 kilometres from the finish, on the first slopes of the Côte de Lhuis (4th), the last small obstacle of the day.
This Thursday, July 4th, will dispute a flat route in stage 6 of the Tour de France. The cyclists will start from Mason and they will arrive at Dijon at a stage of 163.5 kilometers with hardly any pending items.
2024-07-03 16:06:38
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