Tour de France: Mark Cavendish pulls out of remaining five stages
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Great Britain's Mark Cavendish has pulled out of the Tour de France with five stages left to concentrate on his preparations for the Rio Olympics.
The Manxman said continuing would have had a "detrimental effect" on his hopes for the Games, which begin on 5 August.
Cavendish, 31, won four stages at this year's Tour to increase his tally to 30 overall - second on the all-time list behind Belgian great Eddy Merckx.
The Team Dimension Data rider will compete in the omnium in Rio.
It is a multi-discipline track event consisting of six races held across two days.
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Cavendish will be riding in his third Olympics, having failed to win a medal in his first two Games.
He said he took the decision to leave the Tour "with great sadness".
"To leave a race and organisation I hold so much respect for and a team I have such a special bond with, has not been an easy decision at all," he said.
"I want to say thank you to them, along with all the fans for their support and encouragement, today and over the past 16 stages."
Cavendish claimed victories at Utah Beach, Angers, Montauban and Villars-les-Dombes on this year's Tour but would not have won the green jersey.
Slovakia's Peter Sagan is more than 100 points ahead and will claim the green jersey for the fifth successive Tour if he makes it to Paris on Sunday.
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Hope he recovers for the olympics and gets the gold he's missing.
Go Cav!
Putting your foot in it again. Why comment on something you know absolutely nothing about?
There is no point someone the size of Cav slogging his way through days of mountains just to get to Paris. A win on the Champs-Élysées would have been great, but in an Olympic year there are other fish to fry.
Our national football team should adopt the same attitude.
Yes, im talking to you England.
top Man
next year get back there and take the most stage wins title
best of luck in the Olympics
thanks
He is there for stage wins - not the jerseys
He has won 4 stages - his team could not be happier
The man is a king in the cycling mad parts of Europe
As usual the GB public can't wait to criticise anyone who might have succeeded
From all real cycling fans - well done Mark - you are a star
Good Luck in Rio
For those commenting saying you don't care about cycling, don't read the story then & sod off to story about the England manager probably more at your level
This tour has been one of the best, MC has been a major part of it.
Fingers crossed for a UK 1st and 2nd.
Good job from Cav.
Cav, and the other pure sprinters, are not in the TdF to win the overall race. They primarily compete to win the individual flat stages, of which there is only one left after days of high mountains. They just hang on as best they can when there are climbs involved.