Mark Cavendish detailed the personal problems and clinical depression he faced while battling the Epstein-Barr virus in 2018-2019, with doctors deeply concerned about his condition.

Cavendish was the subject of a Netflix documentary, "Mark Cavendish: 3]

Cavendish crashed on stage 8 of the Tour de France, finishing second in the sprint in Bordeaux and having the speed to record his 35th stage win in the Tour de France. He is currently recovering from surgery, a day after confirming.

The Manxman was scheduled to visit Paris on Sunday to talk with Astana Kazakstan team manager Alexander Vinokurov about his return to racing and to the 2024 Tour de France. Vinokurov has already said he is open to making Cavendish an offer and is ready to bolster his lead-out train.

The 38-year-old Cavendish has announced that he will retire at the end of 2023, but may want to extend his career.

He has already made a remarkable comeback from the Epstein-Barr virus, and a Netflix documentary reveals the full extent of his personal battle to return to full health and race again.

In the 90-minute documentary, Cavendish details his mental health and how he overcame it with the help of family and medical specialists.

"You can't go from being the best player in the world to not even being good enough," Cavendish said in the documentary. 'I don't know how it came to this. It was a nightmare to live with."

"I had nothing, I wanted nothing, I did nothing, I felt nothing," Cavendish said of his clinical depression.

"Emptiness. A sense of worthlessness. I lost being human, being a father, being a friend, being a husband, all those things." [Cavendish added. I was going crazy."

Fortunately, Cavendish sought medical help and was treated by his attending physician, Dr. Helge Riepenhoff, at the BG Hospital in Hamburg.

Through Dimension Data, he also worked with Dr. David Spindler, a cognitive neuroscientist who now works for UAE Team Emirates.

"We made sure the situation was not so serious that we had to call someone to hospitalize him," Spindler said in the documentary.

"Peta was very worried about her husband. Cavendish had this to say." Is my life worth any more? This is not worth it."[26

The Netflix documentary shows that he became the best sprinter in professional cycling, had personal problems, and won four stages and the green points jersey at the 2021 Tour de France, tying the stage victory record set by Eddy Merckx The full personal story of Cavendish's return to success in the Detunic Quick-Step is revealed.

The documentary will also tell the story of Cavendish's joy at winning the world title in Copenhagen in 2011, his ride for and with Bradley Wiggins in the 2012 Tour de France, as well as Cavendish's behind-the-scenes arguments with team management when he struggled with the Dimension Data team. It also includes interviews with his wife Peta, former teammates Marc Renshaw, Bernard Eisel, Peter Kennaugh, and longtime team staff members such as Rolf Aldag.

Promotional image of Mark Cavendish: Never Enough is a 2021 film about overcoming mental and physical problems stemming from the Epstein-Barr virus and winning the Tour de France for the first time in three years. The trailer features tense moments in Dimension Data.

The documentary was produced prior to this year's Tour de France, Cavendish's retirement announcement, and his crash.

"As long as I believe I can win, I will keep trying to win," Cavendish said in the trailer.

Cavendish will now play the lead role in the second series of the "Tour de France Unchained" Netflix series, and will probably return to the 2024 Tour de France to race on his own terms and in good physical and mental health.