Cycling-Cavendish must earn his Tour de France spot - team boss

[ASFN Admin]

British sprint specialist Mark Cavendish is not guaranteed to compete at the Tour de France with Bahrain McLaren and must earn his spot on the team by winning World Tour events before the race in June and July, general manager Rod Ellingworth has said. The "Manx Missile", who has won 30 Tour de France stages, is a part of a team roster that includes Spaniard Mikel Landa, Dutchman Wout Poels and 2019 Tour stage winner Dylan Teuns of Belgium. Cavendish, 34, has struggled with fitness since he was diagnosed with the Epstein-Barr virus in 2017.

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