Team principal questions Mark Cavendish’s Tour de France future

Mark Cavendish said he was not ready to race at this year’s Tour de France (Steven Paston/PA)

Bahrain-McLaren team principal Rod Ellingworth has admitted it is “hard to say” whether Mark Cavendish will race at the Tour de France again.

Cavendish, whose 30 career Tour stage wins put him second only to Eddy Merckx’s 34, was left off the team’s roster for this year’s race, with the Manxman admitting he was not ready to compete after a season heavily disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.