Sir Mark Cavendish KBE is a Manx professional racing cyclist for UCI WorldTeam Astana Qazaqstan Team .[ 1] Originally a track cyclist in the madison , points race , and scratch race , he has also competed on the road since 2006.
List of career achievements by Mark Cavendish
Road
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Points classification (2011 , 2021 )
35 individual stages (2008 –2013 , 2015 , 2016 , 2021 , 2024 )
Giro d'Italia
Points classification (2013 )
17 individual stages (2008 , 2009 , 2011 –2013 , 2022 , 2023 )
2 TTT stages (2009 , 2011 )
Vuelta a España
Points classification (2010 )
3 individual stages (2010 )
1 TTT stage (2010 )
Stage races
Ster ZLM Toer (2012 )
Tour of Qatar (2013 , 2016 )
Dubai Tour (2015 )
One-day races and Classics
World Road Race Championships (2011 )
National Road Race Championships (2013, 2022)
Milan–San Remo (2009 )
Scheldeprijs (2007 , 2008 , 2011 )
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne (2012 , 2015 )
Milano–Torino (2022 )
Münsterland Giro (2021 )
Track
World Championships
Madison (2005, 2008 , 2016 )
Cavendish is a cycling sprinter , and is a prolific winner of individual stages in stage races . Cavendish has won a record 35 Tour de France stages. With 55 Grand Tour stage victories he is third on the all-time list , and his 165 professional victories – as of 19 August 2024 – rank him second of all time.[ 2]
2005
2006
2007
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2015
Claimed the third overall victory of his career at the 2015 Dubai Tour , winning two of the four stages.[ 17]
2016
Claimed the fourth overall victory of his career at the Tour of Qatar , winning one of the five stages.[ 18]
Completed his set of overall classification lead jerseys in Grand Tours upon winning the opening stage of the Tour de France .[ 19]
Claimed first Olympic medal, winning the silver medal in the Rio 2016 Omnium.
2021
2024
Cavendish sets the record for most stage wins of the Tour de France, claiming his 35th stage victory.
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2003
2nd Road race , National Junior Championships
2004 – Team Persil
1st Stage 1 Girvan 3 Day
2005 – Team Sparkasse
1st Stage 5 Tour de Berlin
8th Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
2006 – Team Sparkasse, T-Mobile Team (1 pro win)
1st Points classification, Tour of Britain
1st Stage 3 Course de la Solidarité Olympique
1st Stage 4 Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
2nd Overall Tour de Berlin
1st Stages 3b & 4
4th Sparkassen Giro Bochum
7th Road race , Commonwealth Games
2007 — T-Mobile Team (11)
1st Scheldeprijs
Four Days of Dunkirk
1st Points classification
1st Stages 3 & 6
Tour of Britain
1st Points classification
1st Sprints classification
1st Prologue & Stage 1
Danmark Rundt
1st Points classification
1st Stage 6
Eneco Tour
1st Points classification
1st Stage 2
Volta a Catalunya
1st Stages 2 & 6
1st Stage 4 Ster Elektrotoer
2nd Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 3
6th Philadelphia International Championship
2008 — Team High Road (17)
1st Scheldeprijs
Tour de France
1st Stages 5, 8, 12 & 13
Giro d'Italia
1st Stages 4 & 13
Tour of Missouri
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1, 2 & 6
Tour of Ireland
1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
Three Days of De Panne
1st Stages 2 & 3a
1st Prologue Tour de Romandie
1st Stage 5 Ster Elektrotoer
5th Road race , National Championships
2009 — Team Columbia–High Road (23)
1st Milan–San Remo
1st Sparkassen Giro Bochum
Tour de France
1st Stages 2, 3, 10, 11, 19 & 21
Held after Stages 2–6, 10 & 11
Giro d'Italia
1st Stages 1 (TTT ), 9, 11 & 13
Held & after Stages 1 & 2
Tour of California
1st Sprints classification
1st Stages 4 & 5
Three Days of De Panne
1st Points classification
1st Stages 2 & 3a
Tour de Suisse
1st Stages 3 & 6
Tour of Missouri
1st Stages 1 & 2
1st Stage 7 Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 2 Tour of Ireland
4th Amstel Curaçao Race
8th UCI World Ranking
9th Overall Tour of Qatar
1st Stages 4 & 6
2010 — Team HTC–Columbia (11)
Tour de France
1st Stages 5, 6, 11, 18 & 20
Vuelta a España
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1 (TTT ), 12, 13 & 18
Held after Stages 1 & 2
Held after Stage 1
1st Stage 2 Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 2 Tour de Romandie
1st Stage 1 Tour of California
2nd Clásica de Almería
3rd Coppa Bernocchi
7th Road race , Commonwealth Games
2011 — HTC–Highroad (12)
1st Road race , UCI World Championships
1st Scheldeprijs
1st London–Surrey Cycle Classic
Tour de France
1st Points classification
1st Stages 5, 7, 11, 15 & 21
Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 1 (TTT ), 10 & 12
Held after Stage 2
Tour of Britain
1st Stages 1 & 8b
1st Stage 6 Tour of Oman
2012 — Team Sky (15)
1st Overall Ster ZLM Toer
1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
Tour de France
1st Stages 2, 18 & 20
Giro d'Italia
1st Stages 2, 5 & 13
Held after Stages 2 & 11–19
1st Azzurri d'Italia classification
1st Most combative rider classification
Tour of Britain
1st Stages 3, 4 & 8
1st Stage 2 Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 6 Danmark Rundt
6th Overall Tour of Qatar
1st Stages 3 & 5
2013 — Omega Pharma–Quick-Step (19)
1st Road race , National Championships
1st Overall Tour of Qatar
1st Points classification
1st Stages 3, 4, 5 & 6
Giro d'Italia
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1, 6, 12, 13 & 21
Held after Stage 1
1st Azzurri d'Italia classification
1st Most combative rider classification
Tour de France
1st Stages 5 & 13
Combativity award Stage 13
Tour of Britain
1st Stages 4, 7 & 8
1st Stage 1 Tour de San Luis
1st Stage 1 (TTT ) Tirreno–Adriatico
2nd Scheldeprijs
3rd Overall Ster ZLM Toer
6th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
7th Overall Danmark Rundt
1st Stage 6
9th Milan–San Remo
10th Overall Three Days of De Panne
1st Stage 2
2014 — Omega Pharma–Quick-Step (11)
Tour of Turkey
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1, 2, 4 & 8
Tour du Poitou-Charentes
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1 & 2
Tour of California
1st Stages 1 & 8
Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stages 1 (TTT ) & 6
1st Stage 5 Volta ao Algarve
1st Stage 4 Tour de Suisse
5th Milan–San Remo
5th Vattenfall Cyclassics
2015 — Etixx–Quick-Step (14)
1st Overall Dubai Tour
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1 & 4
1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
1st Clásica de Almería
Tour of California
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1, 2, 5 & 8
Tour of Turkey
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1, 2 & 7
1st Stage 7 Tour de France
1st Stage 7 Tour de San Luis
2nd Road race , National Championships
2016 — Team Dimension Data (10)
1st Overall UCI Asia Tour
1st Overall Tour of Qatar
1st Stage 1
Tour de France
1st Stages 1, 3, 6 & 14
Held after Stage 1
Held after Stages 1, 3 & 6–9
Abu Dhabi Tour
1st Points classification
1st Stages 2 & 4
1st Stage 2 Tour of Croatia
1st Stage 8 Tour of California
2nd Road race , UCI World Championships
2nd Road race , National Championships
2nd Scheldeprijs
6th Overall Giro della Toscana
6th Paris–Tours
2017 – Team Dimension Data (1)
Abu Dhabi Tour
1st Points classification
1st Stage 1
6th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
8th Overall Dubai Tour
2018 – Team Dimension Data (1)
1st Stage 3 Dubai Tour
2021 – Deceuninck–Quick-Step (10)
1st Münsterland Giro
Tour de France
1st Points classification
1st Stages 4, 6, 10 & 13
Tour of Turkey
1st Stages 2, 3, 4 & 8
1st Stage 5 Tour of Belgium
2nd Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré
2nd Elfstedenronde
3rd Scheldeprijs
2022 – Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team (5)
1st Road race , National Championships
1st Milano–Torino
1st Stage 3 Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 2 UAE Tour
1st Stage 2 Tour of Oman
2nd Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
3rd Heistse Pijl
2023 – Astana Qazaqstan Team (1)
1st Stage 21 Giro d'Italia
3rd Scheldeprijs
9th Overall ZLM Tour
2024 – Astana Qazaqstan Team (3)
1st Stage 5 Tour de France
1st Stage 2 Tour de Hongrie
1st Stage 4 Tour Colombia
Classic results timeline
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Major road championships results timeline
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Source:[ 26] [ 27]
Legend
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Did not compete
DNF
Did not finish
DNS
Did not start
NH
Not held
Legend
1
Winner
2–3
Top three-finish
4–10
Top ten-finish
11–
Other finish
DNE
Did not enter
DNF-x
Did not finish (retired on stage x)
DNS-x
Did not start (not started on stage x)
HD
Finished outside time limit (occurred on stage x)
DSQ
Disqualified
N/A
Race/classification not held
NR
Not ranked in this classification
Critériums
2004
1st Tour of Britain Support Circuit
2005
1st National Championships
1st Großer Silber–Pils Preis
1st Kleve
2nd Westerwald
2nd Bad Oeynhausen
2006
2nd Sparkassen Giro Bochum (Derny)
2007
2nd Wetteren (Derny)
2008
1st RaboRonde Heerlen
1st Ronde van Made
1st Nacht van Peer
1st Herentals
2nd Aalst
3rd Profronde van Stiphout
2009
1st Draai van de Kaai
1st Profronde van Almelo
1st Aalst
1st Nacht van Peer
1st Sparkassen Giro Bochum (Derny)
1st Antwerpen (Derny)
2010
1st Welser Sparkassen Innenstadt
1st Linz
2011
1st Profronde van Stiphout
1st Profronde van Wateringen
1st Wolvertem (Eddy Merckx)
1st RaboRonde Heerlen
2012
1st Ninove
1st Lacq–Audejos
1st Profronde van Surhuisterveen
1st Oslo
2nd Bavikhove
2017
1st Saitama Criterium
2021
1st Criterium Roeselare
2023
2nd Tour de France Singapore
2001
National Junior Championships
2nd Points race
3rd Scratch
2003
National Junior Championships
1st Kilo
2nd Scratch
2nd Sprint
2004
National Championships
1st Team pursuit
2nd Madison (with Ed Clancy )
Madison, UIV Talent Cup
1st Bremen (with Geraint Thomas )
1st Munich (with Matt Brammeier )
1st Madison, Revolution Series (with Ed Clancy )
2005
1st Madison , UCI World Championships (with Rob Hayles )
1st Points race, UEC European Championships
National Championships
1st Team pursuit
2nd Scratch
UCI World Cup Classics
2nd Team pursuit, Sydney
2nd Team pursuit, Manchester
3rd Madison, Sydney (with Tom White)
3rd Madison, Manchester (with Rob Hayles )
2006
1st Scratch , Commonwealth Games
3rd Madison, UCI World Cup Classics , Sydney (with Geraint Thomas )
2007
1st Scratch, Revolution Series 16
2nd Madison, UCI World Cup Classics , Beijing (with Bradley Wiggins )
2008
1st Madison , UCI World Championships (with Bradley Wiggins )
1st Madison , National Championships (with Peter Kennaugh )
2011
1st Scratch, Revolution Series 34
2014
1st Six Days of Zürich (with Iljo Keisse )
2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Iljo Keisse )
2015
1st Madison, Revolution Series , Derby (with Bradley Wiggins )
2016
1st Madison , UCI World Championships (with Bradley Wiggins )
1st Six Days of Ghent (with Bradley Wiggins )
1st Omnium, Panevėžys Cup
2nd Omnium , Olympic Games
2nd Six Days of London (with Bradley Wiggins )
2017
2nd Six Days of London (with Peter Kennaugh )
2019
2nd Six Days of London (with Owain Doull )
Major track championships results timeline
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^ "Mark Cavendish Rider Profile" . Cycling Weekly. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2011 .
^ "Cavendish nabs historic Giro lead" . BBC News . 9 May 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2009 .
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^ "All time list of British Pro Winners" . Cycling Weekly. 23 December 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2011 .
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^ "Mark Cavendish wins Scheldeprijs Classic for third time" . BBC Sport . 6 April 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011 .
^ "Mark Cavendish wins historic green jersey" . BBC Sport . 24 July 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2011 .
^ "Cavendish on top in Paris" . Team Sky . BSkyB. 22 July 2012. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2012 .
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^ "Tour of Qatar: Cavendish seals overall victory, beaten by Kristoff on final stage" . Cyclingnews.com. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016 .
^ "Mark Cavendish claims first Tour de France yellow jersey of his career at Utah Beach" . Cyclingnews.com. 2 July 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016 .
^ "Tour de France: History repeats as Cavendish wins stage 6 in Châteauroux" . July 2021.
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^ "HSBC UK ǀ National Road Race Championships 2018" . British Cycling . Northumberland. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018 .
^ "World Championship withdrawal 'gutting' for Mark Cavendish" . Eurosport . Northumberland. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018 .
^ "Het 15e Gala van de Flandrien wordt spannender dan ooit: Van Avermaet, Gilbert of toch een verrassing?" . Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 7 November 2017.
^ "Sports Personality of the Year 2011: Mark Cavendish wins BBC award" . BBC Sport . BBC . 22 December 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2020 .