Done deal. The Astana Qazaqstan Team has announced the arrival of British National Champion Mark Cavendish. Their words, not ours. We’d have picked phrasing that made it sound less like he was our new born baby. Anyway, the sprinting legend will join the Kazakh team for the 2023 season, likely with a dream of finally securing the Tour de France’s stage victory record. Mark Cavendish (37) is one of the greatest road sprinters of all times, who shares a phenomenal 34-Tour-de-France-stage-win-record with the legendary Eddy Merckx. Mark is the winner of the sprinter’s jersey in all three Grand Tours and…
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Harold Dalton
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