Mark Cavendish: It’s another win on the Tour de France and what I’ve dreamed of as a kid

Mark Cavendish wins stage 13 at the Tour de France
Mark Cavendish wins stage 13 at the Tour de France (Image credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

An emotional, tired but happy Mark Cavendish (Deceuninck-QuickStep) struggled to understand that he had equalled Eddy Merckx’s record of 34 stage wins at the Tour de France after going deep during the long, hot stage 13 to Carcassonne and then in the hectic, rising sprint.   

“I can’t even think about it,” he said, still trying to recover from his sprint effort and the stage.    

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Stephen Farrand
Head of News

Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.