The winning Mark Cavendish has deserted the peloton, and the depression may have had something to do with it. The British sprinter told The Times that he had gone through two years of clinical depression. "It's not just my physical health that has been compromised in the past two years," the 34-year-old sprinter told The Times. “I fought a lot against depression during this period. I was diagnosed with clinical depression in August 2018. ”
"I was dark. And I'm on the other side, thank you. I think I got out of it, and it's good to get out of it, ”continued the Bahrain rider. “Cav”, which has some 146 road victories in its record, notably won the 2011 world championship. In the big tours, it won 48 times, including 30 on the Tour de France, four lengths the absolute record of Belgian legend Eddie Merckx (34).
However, with the coronavirus pandemic, the native of the Isle of Man is not guaranteed to have a chance to beat this record this year on the Tour, whose departure is scheduled for the moment on June 27. Cavendish clarified that he refused to take antidepressants - "I did not take any medication" - but that he sought the advice of an expert: "This is neither the time nor the place - we will do something about it at some point - but I got help. ”
More so far from its 2016 level
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Cavendish is back home on the Isle of Man after accepting, like his teammates, a three-month salary deferral. "Being able to do what parents do makes me happy, it motivates me a lot and it keeps me sane, I guess," said the father of three.
His mentor, manager Rod Ellingworth, whom he found in his new team, thinks that "Cav" is in great shape: "his form is not yet that of 2016 but he is approaching it".
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