The first stage runs from Leeds to Harrogate with a second stage from York to Sheffield on Sunday.
The first stage ran from October 1945 to January 1946 and involved the discharge of 249,159 personnel, which was higher than the targets of 10,000 members of the Royal Australian Navy, 135,000 soldiers and 55,000 airmen specified in the demobilisation plan.
Cavendish's team has now confirmed that the injury, thought to be the worst of the sprinter's eight-year career, means he will miss today's second stage running from York to Sheffield.
The 21-stage, 3,664km (2,277-mile 2,277-mileted in Leeds with the second stage raceing from York to startedld and the thind from Cambridge to Leedsn, before 18 more stages culminate in the French capital on 27 July.
The wet weather hit the Giro 10 days ago, on stage four, and Thursday was the fourth stage run in rain and cold; Wiggins had lost time on stages four and seven in the grim conditions.
The second stage runs 155km from Bastia in the north across the rocky spine of the island and through Corte (the capital during Corsica's brief 18th-century interlude of independence).
Sunday's second stage runs for 156km across Corsica from Bastia to Ajaccio.
Tuesday's third stage runs over 197km from Orchies to Boulogne-sur-Mer and features five climbs in the last 35km.
Saturday's 174km second stage runs from Selby to York, with Sunday's 167km finale from Wakefield to Leeds.
Sunday's second stage runs 201km from York to Sheffield and features around 3,000m of climbing, spread across nine categorised ascents.
