GLASGOW (Reuters) - Britain's former world champion Mark Cavendish has pulled out of the European Championships road race on medical advice, British Cycling announced.
Sunday's projected clash between 2011 world champion Cavendish and Slovakia's current world champion Peter Sagan around the streets of Glasgow had been billed as a final day highlight of the inaugural multi-sports championship.
But the 33-year-old Cavendish, an all-time great road sprinter who has struggled with injury and illness following several crashes this season, has withdrawn after advice from his medical team.
Sagan, who had another triumphant Tour de France by winning the points classification for the sixth time, will still have plenty of high-quality opposition in Sunday's race headed by Norway's defending champion Alexander Kristoff.
*************Britain's former world champion Mark Cavendish