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Manx cyclist Mark Cavendish will not ride in the Tour de France for the first time since 2007 after his team Dimension Data omitted him from their squad.

 

Britain's 2011 world road race champion who has won 30 stages - has struggled with illness since being diagnosed with the Epsten-Barr virus - which causes glandular fever - in April 2017.

 

This year's three-week race starts in Brussels on Saturday.

 

 

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