In 2018, racing for Dimension Data, Cavendish missed out on the time cut on phase 11 of the Tour, on a stage which included 2 of the very same climbs up as Sundays stage– the Col du Pré and the Cormet de Roselend.This time, nevertheless, he and his colleagues will race on after Mondays rest day, with a possible three sprint phases lying in wait prior to race hits the Pyrenees. Victor Campenaerts (Qhubeka NextHash), Jelle Wallays (Cofidis), Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Team BikeExchange), and Greg Van Avermaet (AG2R Citroën) made it by simply 5 seconds, finishing at 37:15 from OConnor to race on after Mondays rest day.In contrast to these riders, it was bad news for seven others who started the day in Cluses as they missed the time cut.Groupama-FDJ sprinter Arnaud Démare was the most significant name to miss out at the end of a gruelling stage, with fellow sprinter Bryan Coquard (B&B Hotels p/b KTM) also out of the race.Démares lead-out guy Jacopo Guarnieri joined the 29-year-old in missing the cut, while Loïc Vliegen (Intermarché-Wanty Gobert), and Stefan De Bod (Astana-Premier Tech), who crashed on stage 8, are also out of the race.Anthony Delaplace (Arkéa-Samsic) broke down in tears after crossing the line out of time, while Qhubeka NextHash rider Nicholas Dlamini– the first black South African to ride the Tour– was the last man to cross the line after crashing previously in the day. The time cut ruling indicates that 165 guys continue in the Tour de France after stage 9, after 177 riders had finished stage 8.

Image 1 of 2Cavendish finishes phase 9 along with Tim Declercq and Michael Mørkøv (Image credit: Getty Images Sport) Image 2 of 2The green jersey holder mentally thanked his teammates after making the time cut (Image credit: Getty Images Sport) Green jersey holder Mark Cavendish (Deceuninck-QuickStep) was amongst the last males to make the time cut on an extremely tough stage 9 of the Tour de France in the Alps on Sunday, finishing with three teammates just 1:32 ahead of the 37:20 cut-off point.Cavendish was the 160th of 165 finishers, 35:49 down on the winner Ben OConnor (AG2R Citroën) on a 145km stage which saw the riders tackle five classified climbs – consisting of the 21-kilometre Montée des Tignes– in abject conditions.The double stage winner got home together with Michael Mørkøv and Tim Declercq, with colleague Dries Devenyns six seconds up. Cavendish could be seen thanking his teammates for their efforts shortly after finishing.” This was one phase I was terrified of,” Cavendish said after finishing. “Im emotional I got over it. Im delighted Im still on the race … But the worst part exists are lots of days like this to come. As much as I missed out on the Tour de France, I didnt think about these mountain phases.”” In the last couple of years, watching the race on TELEVISION, I was a bit jealous that Deceuninck-QuickStep always got someone dropped to look after their sprinter while, in my last involvement, I was delegated my own gadgets. Today I might depend on Tim and Michael to support me. Im so humbled and physically broken.” Its not the first time Cavendish has actually had time cut troubles in the Alps. In 2018, racing for Dimension Data, Cavendish missed the time cut on stage 11 of the Tour, on a phase which included 2 of the very same climbs up as Sundays stage– the Col du Pré and the Cormet de Roselend.This time, nevertheless, he and his colleagues will race on after Mondays day of rest, with a possible 3 sprint stages lying in wait prior to race hits the Pyrenees. He continues in green with a minimized 38-point lead over Michael Matthews (Team BikeExchange) after the Australian got points at the days intermediate sprint.André Greipel (Israel Start-Up Nation), who was also dropped in the Alps in 2018, directly made the time cut at 36:28, while a group of 4 riders scraped house simply 6 seconds above the time cut. Victor Campenaerts (Qhubeka NextHash), Jelle Wallays (Cofidis), Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Team BikeExchange), and Greg Van Avermaet (AG2R Citroën) made it by just 5 seconds, finishing at 37:15 from OConnor to race on after Mondays rest day.In contrast to these riders, it was bad news for 7 others who started the day in Cluses as they missed out on the time cut.Groupama-FDJ sprinter Arnaud Démare was the most notable name to lose out at the end of a gruelling phase, with fellow sprinter Bryan Coquard (B&B Hotels p/b KTM) also out of the race.Démares lead-out male Jacopo Guarnieri signed up with the 29-year-old in missing out on the cut, while Loïc Vliegen (Intermarché-Wanty Gobert), and Stefan De Bod (Astana-Premier Tech), who crashed on phase 8, are likewise out of the race.Anthony Delaplace (Arkéa-Samsic) broke down in tears after crossing the line out of time, while Qhubeka NextHash rider Nicholas Dlamini– the first black South African to ride the Tour– was the last guy to cross the line after crashing earlier in the day. He crossed the line one hour and 24 minutes after OConnor. The time cut judgment means that 165 males continue in the Tour de France after phase 9, after 177 riders had finished stage 8. Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) and Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) both left the race on Sunday early morning, while Nans Peters (AG2R Citroën), Tim Merlier (Alpecin-Fenix), and Jasper De Buyst (Lotto Soudal) abandoned during the stage. & #x 1f91d; A psychological @MarkCavendish after the @deceuninck_qst “Wolfpack” pulls together to end up within the time limitation. & #x 1f91d; Le “Wolfpack” se mobilise pour finir, ensemble, une étape difficile et rentrer dans les délais! #TDF 2021 pic.twitter.com/3vdWv8tj3cJuly 4, 2021See more