Triple Tour de France stage winner Cavendish reveals doubts about participation

Mark Cavendish on the podium of the Tour de France after stage 10
Mark Cavendish on the podium of the Tour de France after stage 10 (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

Triple Tour de France stage winner Mark Cavendish (Deceuninck-QuickStep) has revealed that less than an hour after the race had started in Brittany, he had serious, if brief, doubts about his participation in this year's Tour de France.

Cavendish was speaking to the media shortly after taking his third stage win in a week in the 2021 Tour, and his team's fourth in the race.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.