The curtain could have come down on Mark Cavendish’s illustrious profession after he rode his final Tour de France stage in Good on Sunday in what was “doubtless so” his ultimate race earlier than retirement, nonetheless, he ought to be again racing – albeit not competitively – as quickly as this week in two of the ‘post-Tour crits’.
It was a fairytale goodbye for Cavendish in his fifteenth and ultimate Tour de France, after he broke the stage win report he shared with Eddy Merckx on stage 5 into Saint-Vulbas and survived all the way in which to complete stage 21, the place he had his personal podium ceremony to recognise his legendary profession.
Set to deliver pleasure to Dutch followers, Cavendish was introduced to be beginning on the criteriums in Chaam on Wednesday, July 24 and Heerlen on Friday, July 26, by occasion organisers, who had been delighted at his participation.
“That is nice for us and for the spectators who will quickly come to Heerlen. With particular due to Jos van de Mortel. With out him, the cope with Cavendish would by no means have been profitable,” revealed organiser Chris Tiekstra, praising Van de Mortel – the proprietor of group Parkhotel Valkenburg for serving to with charges.
“Cavendish gained the dash on July 3 and thus reached a legendary variety of 35 Tour victories. However he additionally gained 17 levels within the Giro d’Italia and three within the Tour of Spain. A real biking nice who additionally competed in Heerlen in 2008.”
He’ll be joined on the beginning line in Heerlen by Dutch Astana Qazaqstan teammate Cees Bol and breakthrough rider Frank van den Broek, after he netted a well-known 1-2 for DSM-Firmenich PostNL on the Tour’s opening stage alongside Romain Bardet.
The criteriums are a long-running custom within the week following the Tour having gotten began on Monday, the day after the Tour completed, in Boxmeer and Aalst, the place stage winners Dylan Groenewegen and Victor Campenaerts repeated their success with ‘wins’.
They function extra of an exhibition for the general public to take pleasure in than precise races, removed from something UCI official, with jersey winners from the Tour using of their well-known jerseys and infrequently taking the ‘win’ and a pleasant look price for collaborating.
Put up-Tour de France 2024 criteriums
July 22, Boxmeer: 1 Dylan Groenewegen, 2 Mike Teunissen, 3 Wout Poels
July 22, Aalst: 1 Victor Campenaerts, 2 Jasper Philipsen, 3 Biniam Girmay
July 23, Surhuisterveen: Tadej Pogačar, Jasper Philipsen, Bauke Mollema…
July 23, Roeselare: Mathieu van der Poel, Biniam Girmay, Yves Lampaert…
July 24, Chaam: Mark Cavendish, Biniam Girmay, Olav Kooij…
July 25, Wateringen: Jasper Philipsen, Marijn van den Berg, Frank van den Broek…
July 25, Herentals: Biniam Girmay, Arnaud De Lie, Steff Cras…
July 26, Heerlen: Mark Cavendish, Frank van den Broek, Cees Bol…
July 27, Maarheeze: Mike Teunissen, Cees Bol, Danny van Poppel…
July 28, Emmen: Dylan Groenewegen, Marianne Vos, Mischa Bredewold…
July 29, Roosendaal: Biniam Girmay, Bauke Mollema, Dylan Groenewegen
