Mark Cavendish
- Birthday: 21.05.1985
- Nationality: GroĂźbritannien (UK)
- Weight: 70 kg
- Height: 175 cm
- Team:Astana Qazaqstan Team
| Season | Wins | Race days |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
Teams
- 2023-2024Astana Qazaqstan Team (WT)
- 2022-2022Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team (WT)
- 2021-2021Deceuninck - Quick Step (WT)
- 2020-2020Bahrain - McLaren (WT)
- 2016-2019Team Dimension Data (WT)
- 2015-2015Etixx - Quick Step (WT)
- 2013-2014Omega Pharma - Quick-Step (WT)
- 2012-2012Sky Procycling (WT)
- 2011-2011HTC - High Road (WT)
- 2010-2010Team HTC - Columbia (WT)
- 2009-2009Team Columbia - HTC (WT)
- 2008-2008Team Columbia (WT)
- 2007-2007T-Mobile Team (WT)
- 2006-2006T-Mobile Team (WT)
- 2005-2006Team Sparkasse (CT)
Mark Cavendish was born on 21 May 1985 in Laxey on the Isle of Man. The Briton has made a name for himself in his career primarily as a successful sprinter. Cavendish has achieved great success both on the track and on the road. Cavendish is a four-time cycling world champion, three times in the Madison on the track and once in the road race.
With 55 stage wins in Grand Tours, he is one of the most successful sprinters in road cycling. Cavendish got into cycling at a young age through BMX riding. In 2004, he finished second in the British Championships Madison on the track together with Ed Clancy. At the 2005 UCI Track World Championships in Los Angeles, he then won the gold medal in the Madison together with Rob Hayles. Mark Cavendish made his final breakthrough in 2007 when he signed a professional contract with Team T-Mobile and immediately became the first Briton ever to win one of the oldest Belgian cycling races, the Scheldeprijs, ahead of his great role model Robbie McEwen.
Mark Cavendish: victories in tours and one-day races
This was followed by major triumphs, including in the classics (Milan-San Remo 2009), 35 sprint victories (2008 - 2024) in the Tour de France17 stage wins at the Giro d'Italia (2008 - 2024) and three stage wins at the Vuelta (2010). Marc Cavendish has been married since 2013. He is the father of three children.
Mark Cavendish: Retirement from retirement
At the end of the 2023 season, Mark Cavendish actually wanted to hang up his racing bike. On the second rest day of the 2023 Giro d'Italia the Briton announced the end of his career. But after dropping out of the 2023 Tour de France due to a crash, the top sprinter changed his mind. He wanted to make another attempt in 2024 and secure the sole record for the most stage wins at the Tour de France.
"I was looking forward to not getting up in the morning and training every day and being so far away from home for a long time. I love cycling, I love the races, but I was happy with the decision. But crashing at the Tour de France wasn't the career ending I was hoping for, Cavendish declared his resignation from retirement on 4 October 2023.
35th stage win - sole record holder at the Tour de France
The endeavour was a success. On the Stage 5 of the Tour de France 2024, Cavendish struck. The Brit won the 177.4-kilometre stage between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Saint-Vulbas in a bunch sprint, taking his 35th stage win in the Tour of France. It was then clear that the sprinter's career would probably come to an end at the end of the year. At the Singapore Criterium - a show event in the Far East, Cavendish contested his last cycling race on 11 November 2024, which he finished with a victory.