Cavendish wins final race of career

Britain's Mark Cavendish, the astir palmy sprinter successful cycling history, ended his vocation with triumph successful the Tour de France Criterium successful Singapore.

The 39-year-old, who said connected Saturday that this would beryllium his last contention earlier retirement, triumphed successful a sprint decorativeness to assertion the 166th triumph of a 19-year nonrecreational career.

Cavendish wore contention fig 35 to people his grounds for signifier wins successful the Tour de France.

He signed autographs and took selfies with fans earlier the contention and received a 'wheel of honour' - different riders held their bikes up connected 1 instrumentality and spun the different - connected the commencement enactment of the race, made up of 25 laps of a 2.3km course.

Cavendish won the roadworthy satellite rubric successful 2011 arsenic good arsenic 17 stages successful the Giro d'Italia and 3 successful the Vuelta a Espana. He received a knighthood successful October.

On the track, Cavendish won omnium metallic astatine the 2016 Olympics and was a three-time madison satellite champion.

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