Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) after finishing stage 15 on the Mont Ventoux summit
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Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) wins stage 13 ahead of Peter Sagan (Cannondale) and Bauke Mollema (Belkin)
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Stage winner Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma Quick Step)
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Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) is all smiles in Tours prior to stage 13
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Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma Quick Step) signals for help after a crash
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Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) ensured Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) didn't win for a fifth time on the Champs-Élysées on Sunday evening, but the Manxman still walked away from the 2013 Tour de France a happy man.
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Cavendish won stages 5 and 13, finishing as runner-up to a dominant Peter Sagan (Cannondale).
"We're definitely happy," said Cavendish following the final stage of this year's Tour. "But we'll take some things into next year and we'll see."
Of Omega Pharma-QuickStep's 40 victories so far this season, 15 belong to Cavendish with five of those coming from the Giro d'Italia.
"I'm on my 90th race day already," Cavendish explained. "That's more than most riders do in a season."
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