'A number of weeks' of recovery ahead for Cavendish after Tour de France crash

Mark Cavendish at the Tour de France 2023
Mark Cavendish (Astana-Qazaqstan) at the Tour de France 2023 (Image credit: Alex Whitehead / SWpix)

Mark Cavendish (Astana-Qazaqstan) has had surgery on the collarbone he broke at the Tour de France, saying that it was a slightly more complicated procedure, because of a previous injury which would extend the recovery time. 

The British sprinter crashed on stage 8 and had to abandon after breaking his collarbone. It was an injury that destroyed the chances for Cavendish to deliver an unprecedented 35th Tour victory before retiring at the end of the season and left many crestfallen, particularly coming just a day after hopes of a win had been raised sky high by a powerful performance on stage 7.

Simone Giuliani
Australia Editor

Simone is a degree-qualified journalist that has accumulated decades of wide-ranging experience while working across a variety of leading media organisations. She joined Cyclingnews as a Production Editor at the start of the 2021 season and has now moved into the role of Australia Editor. Previously she worked as a freelance writer, Australian Editor at Ella CyclingTips and as a correspondent for Reuters and Bloomberg. Cycling was initially purely a leisure pursuit for Simone, who started out as a business journalist, but in 2015 her career focus also shifted to the sport.