- Mark Cavendish finishes second in Bordeaux sprint finish
- Jasper Philipsen wins his third stage of this year’s Tour
If Mark Cavendish does not become the record-breaking stage winner in the Tour de France this July, the finish of the 2023 Tour’s visit to Bordeaux is likely to haunt him.
Thirteen summers after he last took a Tour stage on the banks of the Garonne, Cavendish still had the speed to win, but a mechanical mishap, his second of the day, crushed his hopes.
Written by Jeremy Whittle in Bordeaux
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jul/07/cavendish-goes-close-but-philipsen-completes-tour-hat-trick-on-stage-seven-tour-de-france-cycling under the title “Cavendish denied by mechanical failure as Philipsen completes Tour hat-trick”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
