Mark Cavendish snubbed from Tour de France again after team-mate Tim Declercq tests positive for Covid
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Updated 28/06/2022 at 10:55 GMT
With Tim Declercq set to miss the Tour de France after testing positive for Covid, a door had perhaps opened for Mark Cavendish - who missed out on the initial eight-man Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl team - to get a call-up. However, the place instead went to Florian Senechal who was first reserve. Stream the Tour de France live and on-demand on discovery+.
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Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl have announced that Tim Declercq will miss this year’s Tour de France after testing positive for Covid.
Florian Senechal will be his replacement, meaning that Mark Cavandish remains sidelined reserve ahead of the race.
The Manxman was left out of the initial eight-man team, with Fabio Jackobsen selected as the team’s preferred sprinter, and is still set to miss out with Senechal called up as first reserve.
The revised team line-up for the Tour, which begins on July 1 in Copenhagen, is now made up of Kasper Asgreen, Andrea Bagioli, Mattia Cattaneo, Mikkel Honore, Jakobsen, Yves Lampaert, Michael Morkov and Senechal.
On Delercq’s absence, Quick-Step tweeted: “We are sorry to announce that Tim Declercq has tested positive for Covid-19 and will not take part in this year's Tour de France.
“He will be replaced for the race by French champion Florian Senechal. We wish Tim a speedy recovery!”
Cavendish’s disappointment comes just days after winning the British national road race championship in Dumfries and Galloway.
Last year, the 37-year-old equalled Eddy Merckx’s record of 34 Tour de France stage wins.
Senechal himself is also in good form having claimed the French road race title for the first time in his career in Cholet last weekend.
Quick-Step are also set to be without world champion Julian Alaphilippe, who is only just returning to action after his recovery from a big crash at Liege-Bastogne-Liege.
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