The Tour of Slovenia has been added to Mark Cavendish's June race programme as the Dimension Data rider continues his comeback from Epstein-Barr Virus – commonly known as Glandular Fever or Mononucleosis. Last week it was announced that Cavendish would race the British Nationals as he battles to regain health and fitness ahead of the Tour de France.
Cavendish was first diagnosed with the virus back in March and has not raced since Milan-San Remo. The diagnosis was made after a routine UCI blood test and in the weeks since the former Tour de France green jersey and world champion has set about recovering. The Tour de France was meant to be centre point to his 2017 campaign and it's still unknown if he will be able to line up for the Grand Depart in Dusseldorf on July 1. The team are giving their star sprinter all the time needed to prove his fitness, while they also wait on Steve Cummings to return to racing after the double Tour stage winner was injured in a crash earlier this year.
At the start of the Dauphine Cyclingnews spoke to Dimension Data's Roger Hammond about Cavendish's return to full health.
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"Mark still recovering. That's the whole point. He's not here and he's not going to the Tour de Suisse. We're trying to look after him as best we can but frustrating as this answer is for you, it's the same for us, this is Epstein-Barr Virus and it's not a broken collar bone so there's not a time line or tried and tested method. It's individualised for each person. So it's an unknown."
"The fact that he's put his name down for nationals is progress. He's not getting worse at the moment but we're bland with the answers not to play mind games it's just that we don't know. It's a gradual thing but he is back on the bike."
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