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professional racing cyclist for UCI WorldTeam . Originally a
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in the
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, points race, and
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, he has also competed
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since 2006. Cavendish is a cycling sprinter, and is a prolific winner of individual stages in
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s. Cavendish has won a record 35
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...
stages. With 55
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stage victories he is third on the all-time list, and his 165 professional victories – as of – rank him second of all time.


Career highlights

;2005 * Won the first of his
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UCI Track Cycling World Championships titles. ;2006 * Won the
Scratch Race A scratch race is a track cycling race in which all riders start together and the objective is simply to be first over the finish line after a certain number of laps. UCI regulations specify that a scratch race should be held over 15 km for ...
at the
2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...
, bringing the
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's third ever gold medal at the Games. ;2007 * He equalled Alessandro Petacchi's record of 11 professional wins in a début season. ;2009 * Became the second British rider—after
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—to win one of the five monuments of cycling with victory in the 2009 Milan – San Remo. * Became first British rider to wear the general classification leader's pink jersey at the Giro d'Italia. * Passed Barry Hoban's record of 8 for most Tour de France stage wins by a British rider and Chris Boardman's record of 41 for most professional victories by a British rider. ;2010 * Became the second British rider—after
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—to win a stage in all three of the Grand Tours with victory at stage 12 of the
2010 Vuelta a España The 2010 Vuelta a España was held from 28 August to 19 September and was won by Vincenzo Nibali. The race began in Seville and ended, as is tradition, in Madrid. The race covered . There was critical analysis that this Vuelta, which commemorate ...
. He went on to win the points classification in the Vuelta a Espana, his first points classification victory in a Grand Tour. ;2011 * Tied Piet Oellibrandt for the most wins in the Scheldeprijs one day semi-classic, with a third victory at the Antwerp race. * At the
2011 Tour de France The 2011 Tour de France was the 98th edition of the race. It started on 2 July at the Passage du Gois and ended on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 24 July. The cyclists competed in 21 stages over 23 days, covering a distance of . The route en ...
he became the first British rider to win the Tour de France points classification. * Became the second British rider—after Tom Simpson—to win the UCI Road Race World Championship. ;2012 * Became the first rider to win the final
Champs-Élysées stage in the Tour de France Every year since 1975, the final stage of the Tour de France has concluded on the Champs-Élysées, an emblematic street of the city of Paris. As the final stage of the most recognised bike race in the world, winning it is considered very prestig ...
four years in a row (2009–2012). * Became the first rainbow jersey holder to win the final stage of the
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...
. * Became the most successful sprinter in Tour de France history with his 23rd stage victory giving him more mass start stage victories in the Tour than any other rider. ;2013 * Claimed the second overall classification win of his career at the Tour of Qatar, with four consecutive stage victories out of six. * Achieved 100 professional wins with victory on stage 12 of the
2013 Giro d'Italia The 2013 Giro d'Italia was the 96th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started in Naples and finished in Brescia. Vincenzo Nibali of team Astana won the general classification. Teams As a UCI World Tour race, the ...
. * Completed his set of Grand Tour points classifications with his points classification win at the Giro d'Italia, becoming the 5th rider in history to do so. ;2015 * Claimed the third overall victory of his career at the
2015 Dubai Tour The 2015 Dubai Tour was a four-stage men's professional road cycling race. It was the second running of the Dubai Tour; it started on 4 February at Dubai International Marine Club and finished on 7 February at the Burj Khalifa. The race was part o ...
, winning two of the four stages. ;2016 * Claimed the fourth overall victory of his career at the Tour of Qatar, winning one of the five stages. * Completed his set of overall classification lead jerseys in Grand Tours upon winning the opening stage of the
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...
. * Claimed first Olympic medal, winning the silver medal in the Rio 2016 Omnium. ;2021 * Cavendish claimed his 50th Grand Tour stage victory, winning stage 6 of the
2021 Tour de France The 2021 Tour de France was the 108th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's three grand tours. Originally planned for the Danish capital of Copenhagen, the start of the 2021 Tour (known as the ) was transferred to Brest because of the ...
. * Cavendish equalled Eddy Merckx's record for the most number of
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...
stage wins. ;2024 * Cavendish sets the record for most stage wins of the Tour de France, claiming his 35th stage victory.


Major results


Road

Sources: ;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 The Tour de Berlin was a road bicycle race held annually between 1953 and 2016 in Germany. From 2007 to its demise, the race was organised as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing com ...
: 8th
Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt ( en, Tour of Old Town Nuremberg) is an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing event held each September in the old town section of Nuremberg, Germany. Past winners Women The women's event w ...
;2006 – Team Sparkasse, (1 pro win) : 1st Points classification,
Tour of Britain The Tour of Britain is a multi-stage cycling race, conducted on British roads, in which participants race across Great Britain to complete the race in the fastest time. The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after the S ...
: 1st Stage 3
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: 1st Stage 4
Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 was a bicycle road race held annually in the German state of Thuringia. It was a stage race reserved to athletes under the age of 23. Since 2005, it was organized as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour. After the 201 ...
: 2nd Overall
Tour de Berlin The Tour de Berlin was a road bicycle race held annually between 1953 and 2016 in Germany. From 2007 to its demise, the race was organised as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing com ...
::1st Stages 3b & 4 : 4th Sparkassen Giro Bochum : 7th Road race,
Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
;2007 — (11) : 1st Scheldeprijs :
Four Days of Dunkirk The Four Days of Dunkirk (french: Quatre Jours de Dunkerque) is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Despite the name of the race, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has been h ...
::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 3 & 6 :
Tour of Britain The Tour of Britain is a multi-stage cycling race, conducted on British roads, in which participants race across Great Britain to complete the race in the fastest time. The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after the S ...
::1st Points classification ::1st Sprints classification ::1st Prologue & Stage 1 :
Danmark Rundt Danmark Rundt is a Danish stage race for professional road bicycle racers organized as a part of the UCI Continental Circuits. It is currently sponsored by the Danish national postal agency, PostNord, and the race is therefore also known as PostN ...
::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 6 : Eneco Tour ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 2 :
Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of th ...
::1st Stages 2 & 6 : 1st Stage 4 Ster Elektrotoer : 2nd Overall
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::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stage 3 : 6th
Philadelphia International Championship The Philadelphia International Championship was an annual bicycle race held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was described as "America's top international cycling classic, and one of the richest and most prestigious one day races outside of Euro ...
;2008 — (17) : 1st Scheldeprijs :
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...
::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 The Tour of Ireland (Irish: Turas na hÉireann, known from 1985 to 1992 as the Nissan Classic) was a bicycle stage race held in August, which ran for 35 editions over a 56-year period. Irish rider Seán Kelly recorded the most wins, four. Th ...
::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 — (23) : 1st
Milan–San Remo Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is t ...
: 1st Sparkassen Giro Bochum :
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...
::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 The Tour de Suisse ( en, Tour of Switzerland) is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France ...
::1st Stages 3 & 6 : Tour of Missouri ::1st Stages 1 & 2 : 1st Stage 7 Tirreno–Adriatico : 1st Stage 2
Tour of Ireland The Tour of Ireland (Irish: Turas na hÉireann, known from 1985 to 1992 as the Nissan Classic) was a bicycle stage race held in August, which ran for 35 editions over a 56-year period. Irish rider Seán Kelly recorded the most wins, four. Th ...
: 4th
Amstel Curaçao Race The Amstel Curaçao Race was a road bicycle race held on Curaçao, an island off the Venezuelan coast. The last race was held in 2014. The race was generally about 80 kilometres long and was held at the end of the cycling season. Since it is not a ...
: 8th UCI World Ranking : 9th Overall Tour of Qatar ::1st Stages 4 & 6 ;2010 — (11) :
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...
::1st Stages 5, 6, 11, 18 & 20 :
Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the r ...
::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 The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of th ...
: 1st Stage 2 Tour de Romandie : 1st Stage 1 Tour of California : 2nd
Clásica de Almería The Clásica de Almería ( en, Classic of Almería) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February or March in Almería, Spain, starting and finishing in Almería itself. Established in 1986, the race was run as an amateur event in i ...
: 3rd
Coppa Bernocchi The Coppa Bernocchi is a European bicycle race held in Legnano, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 1919 the business magnate Antonio Bernocchi founded the Coppa Bernocchi (or Bernocchi Cup) ...
: 7th Road race,
Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
;2011 — (12) : 1st Road race, UCI World Championships : 1st Scheldeprijs : 1st
London–Surrey Cycle Classic The London–Surrey Cycle Classic was a one-off, one-day bicycle race that served as one of three U.K. events in the year-long 2010–11 UCI Europe Tour and acted as the test event for the 2012 Summer Olympics. The race was part of the London Pr ...
:
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...
::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 The Tour of Britain is a multi-stage cycling race, conducted on British roads, in which participants race across Great Britain to complete the race in the fastest time. The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after the S ...
::1st Stages 1 & 8b : 1st Stage 6 Tour of Oman ;2012 — (15) : 1st Overall Ster ZLM Toer : 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne :
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...
::1st Stages 2, 18 & 20 : Giro d'Italia ::1st Stages 2, 5 & 13 ::Held after Stages 2 & 11–19 ::1st
Azzurri d'Italia classification The points classification in the Giro d'Italia is one of the secondary classifications in the Giro d'Italia. It is determined by points awarded for placings in the daily stages, regardless of time gaps. From 1967 to 1969 the leader wore a red jers ...
::1st Most combative rider classification :
Tour of Britain The Tour of Britain is a multi-stage cycling race, conducted on British roads, in which participants race across Great Britain to complete the race in the fastest time. The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after the S ...
::1st Stages 3, 4 & 8 : 1st Stage 2 Tirreno–Adriatico : 1st Stage 6
Danmark Rundt Danmark Rundt is a Danish stage race for professional road bicycle racers organized as a part of the UCI Continental Circuits. It is currently sponsored by the Danish national postal agency, PostNord, and the race is therefore also known as PostN ...
: 6th Overall Tour of Qatar ::1st Stages 3 & 5 ;2013 — (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 The points classification in the Giro d'Italia is one of the secondary classifications in the Giro d'Italia. It is determined by points awarded for placings in the daily stages, regardless of time gaps. From 1967 to 1969 the leader wore a red jers ...
::1st Most combative rider classification :
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...
::1st Stages 5 & 13 ::
Combativity award The combativity award is a prize given in road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional sport, professional form of ...
Stage 13 :
Tour of Britain The Tour of Britain is a multi-stage cycling race, conducted on British roads, in which participants race across Great Britain to complete the race in the fastest time. The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after the S ...
::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 Dwars door West-Vlaanderen is a road bicycle race through the Belgian province of West Flanders. History The race was originally created unter the name Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen (''English'': Tour of the Flemish Ardennes) in 1945 as a one-day ...
: 7th Overall
Danmark Rundt Danmark Rundt is a Danish stage race for professional road bicycle racers organized as a part of the UCI Continental Circuits. It is currently sponsored by the Danish national postal agency, PostNord, and the race is therefore also known as PostN ...
::1st Stage 6 : 9th
Milan–San Remo Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is t ...
: 10th Overall Three Days of De Panne ::1st Stage 2 ;2014 — (11) : Tour of Turkey ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1, 2, 4 & 8 :
Tour du Poitou-Charentes Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a road bicycle race held annually in the former region of Poitou-Charentes (now Nouvelle-Aquitaine) France. It was first held in 1987 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI E ...
::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 The Volta ao Algarve (Portuguese; en, Tour of the Algarve) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Algarve, Portugal. Since 2017, it has been organised as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became part of the new UCI P ...
: 1st Stage 4
Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse ( en, Tour of Switzerland) is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France ...
: 5th
Milan–San Remo Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is t ...
: 5th
Vattenfall Cyclassics The Hamburg Cyclassics (currently known as the Bemer Cyclassics for sponsorship purposes) is an annual one-day professional and amateur cycling race in and around Hamburg, Germany. Although the route varies, its distance is always around 250  ...
;2015 — (14) : 1st Overall Dubai Tour ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 4 : 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne : 1st
Clásica de Almería The Clásica de Almería ( en, Classic of Almería) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February or March in Almería, Spain, starting and finishing in Almería itself. Established in 1986, the race was run as an amateur event in i ...
: 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 The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...
: 1st Stage 7 Tour de San Luis : 2nd Road race, National Championships ;2016 — (10) : 1st Overall
UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, th ...
: 1st Overall Tour of Qatar ::1st Stage 1 :
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...
::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 Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m, ...
;2017 – (1) : Abu Dhabi Tour ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 1 : 6th Grand Prix d'Isbergues : 8th Overall Dubai Tour ;2018 – (1) : 1st Stage 3 Dubai Tour ;2021 – (10) : 1st
Münsterland Giro The Münsterland Giro is a cycling race annually held in Münsterland, Germany. It was first held in 2006 as a 1.2 race of the UCI Europe Tour, becoming a 1.1 race in 2007 and a 1.HC race in 2015. The race became part of the new UCI ProSeries ...
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Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...
::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 The Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré is a one-day cycling race held annually in Belgium, named after Jean-Pierre Monseré. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were intro ...
: 2nd
Elfstedenronde The Elfstedenronde is a one-day road cycling race held annually in Belgium. It was held originally from 1943 until 1989, and returned in 2017 as the Bruges Cycling Classic. The race has also been called the Tour des Onze Villes and the Circuit des ...
: 3rd Scheldeprijs ;2022 – (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 Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen (previously GP Rik Van Steenbergen) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Arendonk, Belgium. The race, paying respect to the famous Belgian rider of the 1940s and 1950s, quickly gained importa ...
: 3rd Heistse Pijl ;2023 – (1) : 1st Stage 21 Giro d'Italia : 3rd Scheldeprijs : 9th Overall ZLM Tour ;2024 – (3) : 1st Stage 5
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...
: 1st Stage 2
Tour de Hongrie The Tour de Hongrie ( en, Tour of Hungary) is a professional road bicycle stage race organized in Hungary since 1925. History The inaugural Tour de Hongrie took place on 27 June 1925. The cyclists hit the road as early as four in the morning, an ...
: 1st Stage 4 Tour Colombia


Classic results timeline

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Major road championships results timeline

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Grand Tour record

;Critériums ;2004 : 1st Tour of Britain Support Circuit ;2005 : 1st
National Championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...
: 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 Profronde van Stiphout ( en, Proftour of Stiphout), also known as Bavaria Profronde Stiphout due to sponsorship reasons is an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in Stiphout, Netherlands ) , anthem ...
;2009 : 1st
Draai van de Kaai Draai van de Kaai ( en, Turn of the Quay) is an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in Roosendaal, Netherlands on the second Monday after the Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's ...
: 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 Profronde van Stiphout ( en, Proftour of Stiphout), also known as Bavaria Profronde Stiphout due to sponsorship reasons is an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in Stiphout, Netherlands ) , anthem ...
: 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


Track

;2001 : National Junior Championships ::2nd Points race ::3rd Scratch ;2003 : National Junior Championships ::1st
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::2nd Scratch ::2nd
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Ed Clancy Edward Franklin Clancy (born 12 March 1985) is a British former professional track and road bicycle racer, who competed between 2004 and 2021. During his career, Clancy won four medals (three gold, one bronze) at the Summer Olympic Games, ...
) : Madison, UIV Talent Cup ::1st
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Geraint Thomas Geraint Howell Thomas, (; born 25 May 1986) is a Welsh professional racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam , Wales and Great Britain. He is one of the few riders in the modern era to achieve significant elite success as both a tra ...
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(with Matt Brammeier) : 1st Madison, Revolution Series (with
Ed Clancy Edward Franklin Clancy (born 12 March 1985) is a British former professional track and road bicycle racer, who competed between 2004 and 2021. During his career, Clancy won four medals (three gold, one bronze) at the Summer Olympic Games, ...
) ;2005 : 1st
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, UCI World Championships (with
Rob Hayles Robert John Hayles (born 21 January 1973) is a former track and road racing cyclist, who rode for Great Britain and England on the track and several professional teams on the road. Hayles competed in the team pursuit and Madison events, until h ...
) : 1st Points race, UEC European Championships :
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::1st Team pursuit ::2nd Scratch : UCI World Cup Classics ::2nd Team pursuit,
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::3rd Madison,
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(with Tom White) ::3rd Madison,
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(with
Rob Hayles Robert John Hayles (born 21 January 1973) is a former track and road racing cyclist, who rode for Great Britain and England on the track and several professional teams on the road. Hayles competed in the team pursuit and Madison events, until h ...
) ;2006 : 1st Scratch,
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: 3rd Madison, UCI World Cup Classics,
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(with
Geraint Thomas Geraint Howell Thomas, (; born 25 May 1986) is a Welsh professional racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam , Wales and Great Britain. He is one of the few riders in the modern era to achieve significant elite success as both a tra ...
) ;2007 : 1st Scratch, Revolution Series 16 : 2nd Madison, UCI World Cup Classics,
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(with Bradley Wiggins) ;2008 : 1st
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, UCI World Championships (with Bradley Wiggins) : 1st
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Peter Kennaugh Peter Robert Kennaugh MBE (born 15 June 1989) is a Manx former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2019 for and . In 2012 he won the gold medal as part of the Great Britain Team Pursuit team at the 2012 Summer ...
) ;2011 : 1st Scratch, Revolution Series 34 ;2014 : 1st
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(with Iljo Keisse) : 2nd
Six Days of Ghent The Six Days of Ghent ( nl, Zesdaagse Vlaanderen-Gent) is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Ghent, Belgium. It takes place in the Kuipke velodrome in Ghent's ''Citadelpark''. The 2006 event from 21 November to 26 November was marred ...
(with Iljo Keisse) ;2015 : 1st Madison, Revolution Series,
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(with Bradley Wiggins) ;2016 : 1st
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, UCI World Championships (with Bradley Wiggins) : 1st
Six Days of Ghent The Six Days of Ghent ( nl, Zesdaagse Vlaanderen-Gent) is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Ghent, Belgium. It takes place in the Kuipke velodrome in Ghent's ''Citadelpark''. The 2006 event from 21 November to 26 November was marred ...
(with Bradley Wiggins) : 1st Omnium, Panevėžys Cup : 2nd
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Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
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Six Days of London The Six Day London is a six-day track cycling race held annually in London, United Kingdom. The competition consists of six consecutive evening sessions of track cycling: Madison, Sprint, Elimination, Keirin, Derny and Team Time Trial discipli ...
(with Bradley Wiggins) ;2017 : 2nd
Six Days of London The Six Day London is a six-day track cycling race held annually in London, United Kingdom. The competition consists of six consecutive evening sessions of track cycling: Madison, Sprint, Elimination, Keirin, Derny and Team Time Trial discipli ...
(with
Peter Kennaugh Peter Robert Kennaugh MBE (born 15 June 1989) is a Manx former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2019 for and . In 2012 he won the gold medal as part of the Great Britain Team Pursuit team at the 2012 Summer ...
) ;2019 : 2nd
Six Days of London The Six Day London is a six-day track cycling race held annually in London, United Kingdom. The competition consists of six consecutive evening sessions of track cycling: Madison, Sprint, Elimination, Keirin, Derny and Team Time Trial discipli ...
(with
Owain Doull Owain Daniel Doull (born 2 May 1993) is a Welsh road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Doull specialises in the team pursuit on the track, and won a gold medal in the discipline at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro; ...
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Major track championships results timeline


Awards

Cavendish won the international Flandrien Award twice, in 2009 and 2011. He was the winner of the 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, becoming the third cyclist (at the time) to win the award, after
Tom Simpson Thomas Simpson (30 November 1937 – 13 July 1967) was one of Britain's most successful professional cyclists. He was born in Haswell, County Durham, and later moved to Harworth, Nottinghamshire. Simpson began road cycling as a teenager b ...
and
Chris Hoy Sir Christopher Andrew Hoy MBE (born 23 March 1976) is a former track cyclist and Racing driver from Scotland who represented Great Britain at the Olympic and World Championships and Scotland at the Commonwealth Games. Hoy is eleven-times a wor ...
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References


External links

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Cycling Weekly – Profile and road racing victories of Mark Cavendish
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