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Last Updated: Sunday July 20 2008 10:26 GMT

Cavendish pulls out of Tour

Mark Cavendish

After a record-breaking performance, British cyclist Mark Cavendish has pulled out of the Tour de France.

His team say he's exhausted, and will now turn his attention to the Olympics, where he will next be competing.

The 23-year-old cyclist is the first British person to win four stages of the Tour de France, although he was a long way off the lead of the race.

Cavendish was in 140th place overall in the Tour when he pulled out, nearly two hours behind leader Cadel Evans.