Astana Qazaqstan has confirmed that triple Scheldeprijs winner Mark Cavendish will not be taking part in the race this year after illness saw the Briton miss out on several Classics this spring.
Cavendish won the largely flat Classic, held midweek between the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix, in 2008, 2011 and 2014. He will instead race the Tour of Türkiye in the second half of April, followed by the Tour de Hongrie in early May as he builds towards the summer and the Tour de France.
Although Cavendish did not get any wins in Türkiye in 2023, he has taken a total of 11 in previous editions, most recently four in 2021.
Astana Qazaqstan will be one of four WorldTour teams in the 2.HC, 1,253km event, which starts in Antalya on Sunday, April 21st and finishes a week later in Istanbul. Bora-Hansgrohe, Alpecin-Deceuninck and DSM-Firmenich are the other three WorldTour teams participating.
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