Mark Cavendish will probably be sad on the sofa on Sunday. The Brit set Eddy Merckx’s record last year in Carcassonne with his 34th Tour stage win and wanted to overtake him this year.
But Cavendish was not nominated for the 109th Tour de France, which rolls on the 15th stage over 202.5 kilometers from Rodez to Carcassonne. That should be the biggest factor in the fight for the day’s victory weather will. Temperatures of 39 degrees are predicted for the destination. There is only a light wind from the north-northwest, which will not cool much.
