• Rider profile

Mark Cavendish

Date of birth:

21/05/1985

Nationality:

Great Britain

2011

It was a huge year for Cavendish – his three stage wins at the Giro d’Italia and his win at Scheldeprijs were all just a warm-up for his big campaign to finally win the Points jersey at the Tour de France – and despite fears that the changes to the competition would rule him out of it, he won the jersey in fine style, taking five stage wins in the process, and bringing his total number of Tour victories to twenty.

That could be seen as enough for most riders – but Cav was determined to go one better, and with the World Championships course perfectly suited to his skills, and Team GB taking the lead for most of the race, he was perfectly set up to become a World Champion for the third time, adding the Road jersey to his two track titles.

1st Road World Championships
1st Points competition, Tour de France 2011
1st Stages 5, 7, 11, 15 & 21, Tour de France
1st Stages 1, 10 & 12, Giro d’Italia
1st Scheldeprijs

2010

The year started badly for Cavendish, after complications from dental surgery impacted on his riding, and was followed by controversies in Stage 2 of the Tour de Romandie, Stage 4 of the Tour de Suisse and the first stage of the Tour de France. But although he didn’t meet his goals of the Green Jersey and the World Champion title, his results more than made up for the rest of the year, and his Vuelta wins meant he had won stages in every Grand Tour.

2nd Points competition, Tour de France
1st Stages 5, 6,11,18 & 20, Tour de France
1st Points competition, Vuelta a España
1st Stages 1, 12, 13 & 18, Vuelta a España
Stages wins in the Tour of California, Tour de Romandie& Volta a Catalunya

2009

Cavendish’s win in Milan-San Remo, sprinting to beat Heinrich Haussler right on the line, answered anyone who thought he couldn’t make it over mountains. Other highlights included his six wins at the Tour de France, four at the Giro d’Italia, and becoming the first British rider to ever wear the Giro’s magliarosa.

2ndPoints competition, Tour de France
1st Stages 2, 3, 10, 11, 19, 21, Tour de France
1st Stages 1, 9, 11, 13, Giro d’Italia
Stage 2 in Maglia Rosa, Giro d’Italia
1st Milan San Remo
Stages wins in the Tour of California, Tour de Suisse &Tirreno-Adriatico

2008

After starting the year winning the Madison World Champion jersey with Bradley Wiggins, Cavendish went on to show what he was capable of on the road, winning his first Grand Tour stages in the Giro d’Italia and four stage at the Tour de France. He left the Tour early to race the Madison in the Olympics, but was disappointed to finish ninth.

1st Stages 5, 8,12,13 Tour de France
1st Stages 4 and 13, Giro d’italia
1stScheldeprijs
1st Madison, Track World Championships
9th Madison, Olympic Games

2007

Cavendish’s first road season as a pro included 11 wins, including Scheldeprijs and two stages of the Volta a Catalunya, but crashes in the tour de France meant he couldn’t show what he was capable of, and he abandoned on stage 8.

1stScheldeprijs
2 stages and 2nd in points competition, Volta a Catalunya

2006

1st, Scratch race, Commonwealth Games

2005

1stMadison, Track World Championships

• Current Team:

• Sky Procycling

• Web: www.teamsky.com

Team Affiliations:

• 2012- Sky Procycling
• 2011- HTC-Highroad
• 2010- Team HTC - Columbia
• 2009- Team Columbia - HTC
• 2008- TEAM COLUMBIAT-MOBILE TRACK TEAM
• 2007- T-Mobile Team
• 2006- Team Sparkasse
• 2005- Team Sparkasse