Apparently the threshold is only to do with the number of antibodies in his system, and could well mean that he actually "defeated" the illness several months before going below threshold.
Even without Cav, DD seem to be a team having to carry each other.
If you look at their roster i can't see where a win is coming from. Nizzolo maybe but only if other sprinters don't turn up.
Cavendish struggled to keep pace with the peloton at ToC yesterday and rolled home with Eisel over 30 mins down.
Hope this is symptomatic of a guy just finding his feet again. You do wonder how long DD will want to carry him as a passenger.
He’s cleared the Epstein Barr threshold apparently (whatever that means).