Mark Cavendish out for six weeks after shoulder surgery
Mark Cavendish to have surgery on shoulder injury sustained as a result of crash on stage one of Tour de France
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Mark Cavendish will undergo surgery on Wednesday to correct an injury to his right shoulder sustained as a result of a crash in the finale of the opening stage of the Tour de France in Harrogate on Saturday.
According to a statement issued by his Omega Pharma-QuickStep team on Monday, Cavendish will then be out of competition for six weeks.
The lengthy recovery period rules him out of the Commonwealth Games, RideLondon-Surrey road race and possibly the Vuelta a Espana.
Cavendish was denied the chance to win Saturday's Tour stage and wear the coveted yellow jersey for the first time. Instead, he ruptured the ligaments around his acromioclavicular joint at the top of his shoulder and will have to watch the rest of the Tour at home.
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Nigel Wynn worked as associate editor on CyclingWeekly.com, he worked almost single-handedly on the Cycling Weekly website in its early days. His passion for cycling, his writing and his creativity, as well as his hard work and dedication, were the original driving force behind the website’s success. Without him, CyclingWeekly.com would certainly not exist on the size and scale that it enjoys today. Nigel sadly passed away, following a brave battle with a cancer-related illness, in 2018. He was a highly valued colleague, and more importantly, n exceptional person to work with - his presence is sorely missed.
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