Sounds like knee injury meant he's been off bike and now can't hit the numbers he needs. Hard to say if this is dropped as Cav has been performing better than anyone expected, so I suppose they had quite a decision to make / someone came in with some extra Cav cash....
edit - didn't see extra stirring from Lefevere above.
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/sam-bennett-ruled-out-of-tour-de-france-through-injury-1.4599287
Sounds like knee injury meant he's been off bike and now can't hit the numbers he needs. Hard to say if this is dropped as Cav has been performing better than anyone expected, so I suppose they had quite a decision to make / someone came in with some extra Cav cash....
edit - didn't see extra stirring from Lefevere above.