The sprinter for Omega Pharma-Quick Step crashed out spectacularly in the final sprint yesterday as he pushed to capture the dream of wearing the first yellow jersey in his mother's home town.
Cavendish has since apologised and said it was '[his] fault' for 'trying to find a gap that wasn't really there' when he leaned hard against the Australian Simon Gerrans, sending the pair tumbling from their bikes.
Seconds later Cavendish was slumped on the ground, in tears and clutching his right shoulder. When he had recovered himself sufficiently he gingerly pedalled towards the finish line and then a race medical vehicle took him to hospital.
Cavendish's team has now confirmed that the injury, thought to be the worst of the sprinter's eight-year career, will rule him out for the rest of this year's competition. More follows
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