British cycling ace Mark Cavendish out with glandular fever

    Mark Cavendish is unable to compete due to his contraction of glandular fever.

    The British cyclist has not rode for his team, Team Dimension Data, since the Milan-San Remo race on the 18 March.

    It now looks unclear whether he will be able to continue to race in any of the other spring one-day classics. His team claim that the main focus for Cavendish is this year’s edition of the Tour de France.

    The 31-year-old sprint specialist has won 30 stages of the Tour, only four behind the all-time record holder Eddy Merckx.

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