British sprinter to compete in the Tour for 5th time
British sprinter Mark Cavendish, who holds the record with 34 stage victories in the Tour de France and 11 in the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, will compete in the Tour for the fifth time.ISTANBUL (IGFA) - Cavendish, who started his professional racing career in 2005 and won the World Champion title in 2011, suffered great difficulties for four years after being diagnosed with the Epstein-Barr virus in 2017 and clinical depression in 2018.Cycling circles thought the Cavendish era was over. One of the greatest sprinters the sport has ever seen, Mark signaled he may have run his last race after finishing 74th in Gent-Wevelgem in October 2020. But his passion for excitement and adrenaline drew him back to racing. In January 2021, he returned to the peloton and began to fight f...