Mark Cavendish said he will begin the Tour de France on Saturday without the burden of expectation on his shoulders after his late call-up into the Deceuninck-QuickStep squad. I will do absolutely everything to honour #thewolfpack boys, the @deceuninck_qst jersey and the greatest race on the planet @LeTour. The moment that Mark Cavendish claimed his first win after 1159 days! “Wilfried Peeters (sports director) called me and I was just a little bit quiet.”But though the call-up was unexpected, Cavendish is confident in his form. “Mark Cavendish returns to the Tour, he has a long, long love story and also a hate story with the Tour I think,” Lefevere said.

Source: Express June 23, 2021 15:56 UTC