Mark Cavendish has abandoned the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France after breaking his collarbone in a crash amid the peloton with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:60km remaining on stage 8.

Cavendish crashed with a small number of other riders including 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pello Bilbao, and was visibly the most severely hurt 🌜by the crash. Live broadcast images showed Cavendish ominously rubbing his collarbone before he was assessed by the race doctor. 

🎐Shortly afterwards, he was taken to an ambulance and his abandonment was confirmed, though the extent of his injuries was not initially known.

"Mark Cavendish broke his right collarbone," Astana Qazaqstan confirmed in a statement later on Saturday evening. "Moreover because of the fracture an osteosynthesis screw in the acromioclavicular joint (being there since his 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:crash in the 2017 Tour de France) is loose."

Stage 8 was always likely to be a race for the punchers given the hilly terrain in the latter half, and so 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Cavendish was riding defensively in the peloton. However, the crash seemed to be caused by a clash of wheels within the peloton which took down a handful of rid♎ers just ♔outside 60km to go.

Astana Qazaqstan confi꧑rmed the abandonment on Twitter shortly after Cavendish left the🌜 roadside. 

"[Mark Cavendish] crashed 60 km from fini💜sh with Pello Bilbao and was forced to abandon. He left the race in t𝐆he ambulance," the announcement read. "Updates will follow as soon as there is more news."

The🍸 team subsequently confirmed details of the injuries on Saturday evening.

Cavendish narrowly 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:missed a record-breaking 3𒀰5th st𒁏age win on stage 7 on Saturday, outsprinted by Jasper Philipsen while also suffering a mechan﷽i▨cal.

The sprint on stage 7 was tumultuous, with Philipsen deviating from his racing line in a move that resulted in a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:complaint from Astana Qazakstan director Alexand✃er Vinokourov - which ultimately did not find Philipsen ಞat fault.

He hit the highest speed of the group sprint on stage 7, at a speed of 74.7kph with 300m remaining - in a glimpse of form that offered some h🎶ope of seeing the Manxman break the infamous Tour de France🍸 stage win record set by Eddy Merckx.

Speaking after the race, T𒐪our de France d💧irector Christian Prudhomme paid tribute to the historic sprinter. 

"It is an emotional day," Prudhomme 🦋said. "He was so sad just after the fall. He's the best sprinter in 𓃲the history of the Tour de France.

"He wanted to try to win a 35th staꦅge. And he was second yesterday. During two or three secoᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚnds yesterday we thought he would succeed in doing his goal, and today, it's over. So he is sad, we are sad, Le Tour de France is sad."

Prudhomme made clear that the sprinter who he regards as the r🍃ace's greatest will always be welcome at the Tour. "Mark deserves the respect of the Tour," he said. "He always will be welcome with or without his bike."

His departure from the Tour de France on stage 8 marks a sad ending to the sprinter’s career, following his ann🔜ouncement at the Giro d’Italia that this would be his final season.

Fans across the world were hoping to see Cavendish complete his career, one that marks him as one of the greatest sprinters o༒f all time, with a final stage win at the French race. His abandonment will be a disappointment for the race, his team, and fans across the globe.