Mark Cavendish: Tour de France 2023 has 'ample opportunities for bunch sprints'

Fast man thinks there might be seven or eight sprint chances, but he has to find a team first

Mark Cavendish Tour de France 2021
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Don't listen to the marketing bumf, Mark Cavendish reckons there will be seven or eight opportunities for the fast men in next year's Tour de France.

Having sat through the route presentation at the Palais des Congrès in Paris on Thursday, the Manx sprinter told the media that despite it being the "hardest" start to a Tour he has seen in his career, there should be "ample" chances for bunch sprints later in the race.

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