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At the 2011 Tour de France he became the first British rider to win the Tour de France points classification. [11] Became the second British rider—after Tom Simpson—to win the UCI Road Race World Championship. 2012. Became the first rider to win the final Champs-Élysées stage in the Tour de France four years in a row (2009–2012).
Cavendish at the 2024 Tour de France. On 14 June 2024, it was announced that Cavendish would receive a knighthood in the King’s birthday honours. [269] On 3 July 2024, Cavendish took win number 35 on stage 5 finishing in Saint-Vulbas, breaking the all-time record for greatest number of Tour de France stage wins.
Mark Cavendish has revealed the key to his record-breaking 35th Tour de France stage win and the secrets to his sprint success.. The British rider surpassed the tally of Eddy Merckx during his ...
Mark Cavendish on stage 20 - on his second to last Tour stage. The next stage, from Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Saint-Vulbas, was a return to flat terrain. It was won by sprinter Mark Cavendish, taking his 35th Tour de France stage win – the most in the Tour history, passing Eddy Merckx, with whom he had been tied since 2021.
Mark Cavendish made cycling history on Wednesday, winning a record-breaking 35th stage at the Tour de France. The 39-year-old has now surpassed legendary cyclist Eddy Merckx after winning a ...
FILE - Britain's sprinter Mark Cavendish, all-time record 35 Tour de France stage winner, waits for the start of the sixth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 163.5 kilometers (101.6 ...
FEATURE: Explosive on the bike and off it, the Manx missile is on the cusp of winning the most Tour de France stages in history. Lawrence Ostlere speaks to allies and opponents about the fast and ...
Overall Speed of the Tour de France. The 2022 edition was the fastest Tour de France in history. Jonas Vingegaard rode 3,349,8 km in 79h 33' 20", thus realising an overall speed of 42.102 km/h (26.161 mph). [17] The slowest Tour de France was the edition of 1919, when Firmin Lambot's average speed was 24.1 km/h. [18]