Great Britain
This article was added by the user . TheWorldNews is not responsible for the content of the platform.

This day of 2014 – Mark Cavendish crashed from Tour de France on the first day

Mark Cavendish's Tour de France crashed and ended on the first day of the 101st event inYorkshireon this day of 2014

Wearing a yellow jersey at his mother's hometownHarrogateafter Manksman leftLeedson the 190.5km stage where the race captured Dale's. I was hoping for.

However, Cavendish collides with Simon Gerrans, a rival of Orika Green Edge, a little over 200 meters from the hot spring town lineYorkshireand right shoulders on the acromioclavicular joint (AC). And separated between the clavicle. He crashes into the floor.

Cavendish suffered a shoulder injury after a crash near the finish line (Martin Rickett / PA)

(PA Archive)

He returned to the Omega Pharma-Quick Step team bus to support his side before his wife Petatodd and his children were taken to the ambulance in the team car. rice field. That night's MRI scan ended his tour.

"I'm completely devastated," said Cavendish before the stage from York to Sheffield the next day.

"We quickly found out. I usually bounce off a crash pretty well. I evaluated my body yesterday, and for the first time in my career I'm something

"I was optimistic that it was just swollen and would go down overnight, but it's actually worse.

Cavendish did not complete the tour when he left prematurely in preparation for the 2008 ( Beijing Olympics). ) Since then.