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Mark Cavendish
Mark Cavendish at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships
Personal information
Full nameMark Simon Cavendish
NicknameManx Missile[1]
Born (1985-05-21) 21 May 1985 (age 39)[2]
Douglas, Isle of Man
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
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DisciplineRoad and Track
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Points classification (2011)
20 stages (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
Giro d'Italia
7 stages, 2 TTT (2008, 2009, 2011)
Vuelta a España
Points classification (2010)
3 stages, 1 TTT (2010)

Single-Day Races and Classics

UCI World Road Race Champion (2011)
UCI Madison World Champion (2005, 2008)
Milan – San Remo (2009)
Grote Scheldeprijs (2007, 2008, 2011)
Medal record
Road bicycle racing
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Copenhagen Road race
Track cycling
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Los Angeles Madison
Gold medal – first place 2008 Manchester Madison
Representing  Isle of Man
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Melbourne Scratch race

Mark Cavendish MBE (born 21 May 1985) is a Manx professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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On the track Cavendish won gold in the madison at the 2005 and 2008 World Championshps, with Rob Hayles and Bradley Wiggins respectively and in the scratch race at the 2006 Commonwealth Games riding for Isle of Man.

As a road cyclist he achieved eleven wins in his first professional season, equalling the record held by Alessandro Petacchi. Cavendish has won a total 20 Tour de France stages putting him joint 6th on the all-time list with Nicolas Frantz and joint 11th with Costante Girardengo on the all-time list of Grand Tour stage winners with 30 victories. Other notable wins include the 2009 Milan – San Remo classic and the points classification in both the 2010 Vuelta a España and the 2011 Tour de France.

Early life

Cavendish was born in Douglas, Isle of Man, the son of David Cavendish also from the Isle of Man, and Adele from Yorkshire.[3] He began riding BMX at a young age, racing at the National Sports Centre in Douglas. He said: "I was always riding a bike, getting dropped in little races." Cavendish started racing informally at 12, as a mountain-bike rider.[4] My mum would laugh at me, and I said it was because all my mates had mountain bikes, so I asked for a mountain bike for my 13th birthday and got one. The very next day I went out and beat everyone."[4] It was at that time that Cavendish met David Millar at a race on the Isle of Man. Cavendish said he was inspired by Millar. Cavendish worked in a bank for two years after leaving school. He concentrated on earning enough money to support himself as a full-time cyclist later on, as he attempted to turn professional.[2]

Career

Early years

Mark Cavendish (right, in pink helmet) sprinting for stage 6 of the 2006 Tour of Britain against Tom Boonen (left) while riding for You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead: Alerting users * {{alert/first}} ({{Contentious topics/alert/first}}) is used, on a user's talk page, to "alert", or draw a user's attention, to the contentious topics system if they have never received such an alert before. In this case, this template must be used for the notification. * {{alert}} ({{Contentious topics/alert}}) is used, on a user's talk page, to "alert", or draw a user's attention, to the fact that a specific topic is a contentious topic. It may only be used if the user has previously received any contentious topic alert, and it can be replaced by a custom message that conveys the contentious topic designation. * {{alert/DS}} ({{Contentious topics/alert/DS}}) is used to inform editors that the old "discretionary sanctions" system has been replaced by the contentious topics system, and that a specific topic is a contentious topic. * {{Contentious topics/aware}} is used to register oneself as already aware that a specific topic is a contentious topic. Editnotices * {{Contentious topics/editnotice}} is used to inform editors that a page is covered by the contentious topics system using an editnotice. Use the one below if the page has restrictions placed on the page. * {{Contentious topics/page restriction editnotice}} is used to inform editors that the page they are editing is subject to contentious topics restrictions using an editnotice. Use the above if there are no restrictions placed on the page. Talk page notices * {{Contentious topics/talk notice}} is used to provide additional communication, using a talk page messagebox (tmbox), to editors that they are editing a page that is covered by the contentious topics system. The template standardises the format and wording of such notices. Use the below if there are restrictions placed on the page. * {{Contentious topics/page restriction talk notice}} is used to inform editors that page restrictions are active on the page using a talk page messagebox (tmbox). Use the above if there are no restrictions placed on the page. * If a user who has been alerted goes on to disruptively edit the affected topic area, they can be reported to the arbitration enforcement (AE) noticeboard, where an administrator will investigate their conduct and issue a sanction if appropriate. {{AE sanction}} is used by administrators to inform a user that they have been sanctioned. Miscellaneous * {{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia.

Mark Cavendish began his career with the British Track Cycling team. He won gold in the madison with Rob Hayles at the 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Los Angeles. They had not raced together before. They finished one lap ahead of the field to claim the gold medal, ahead of the Dutch and Belgian teams, giving Britain its fourth gold at the championships. It was Cavendish's first world champion's jersey.[5] Cavendish also won the 2005 European championship points race. He began road racing in 2005, riding the Tour of Berlin and 2005 Tour of Britain as a trialist with Team Sparkasse.

Cavendish began 2006 with the Continental team, Team Sparkasse, a feeder squad for You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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His success at the Tour of Berlin led to a post as a stagiaire with You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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2007

I'm an old-school sprinter. I can't climb a mountain but if I am in front with 200 metres to go then there's nobody who can beat me.

— Mark Cavendish, at the 2007 Eneco Tour[11]

Cavendish's breakthrough came at the 2007 Grote Scheldeprijs race in Belgium, which he won overall.[12] He went on to win stages at the Four Days of Dunkirk[13][14] and the 2007 Volta a Catalunya[15][16] and that brought selection for the 2007 Tour de France. He crashed in stages 1 and 2.[17][18] and abandoned on stage 8 as the race reached the Alps, having taken two top-ten placings but unhappy not to have had a top-five placing.[19] His debut season continued moving on to 10 stage wins, one behind Alessandro Petacchi's record 11 for a début season.[20] Cavendish took his 11th win in early October—the Circuit Franco-Belge—to equal Petacchi's record.[21] Among the wins were three in UCI ProTour events, the two in the Volta a Catalunya and one in the 2007 Eneco Tour.[22]

2008

Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish on their way to becoming the 2008 world madison champions in Manchester

In 2008, Cavendish returned to the track, winning the Madison 2008 Track World Championships in Manchester with Bradley Wiggins, as Great Britain topped the medal table.[23][24]

On the road, Cavendish won his first stages of a grand tour, by picking two victories in the 2008 Giro d'Italia.[25] Cavendish won four further stages in the 2008 Tour de France, his first coming in stage 5[26] from Cholet to Châteauroux.[27] He won again on stage 8,[28] stage 12[29] and stage 13,[30] making him the first British rider to collect four stages in a single Tour.[31] Overnight, at the age of just 22, he became the fourth most successful British professional in history.[32] After stage 14, Cavendish abandoned the Tour to concentrate on the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[33] He and Team Columbia manager[34] Bob Stapleton agreed that riding the Alps was a risk to his hopes.[35] But Cavendish, with Bradley Wiggins, failed to win a medal, finishing joint eighth in the madison. He was the only British track cyclist not to win a medal.[36] Cavendish was left frustrated and the friends did not speak for months.[37] Following the Olympics, Cavendish remained angry with British Cycling for giving insufficient attention to the madison, though Chris Boardman stated that Cavendish's professional commitments also interfered with his build up to the Olympics. In November, Cavendish revealed that he had no further plans to return to track cycling.[38]

The rest of his season was successful, with a total of eleven further race wins, including three each at the 2008 Tour of Ireland[39][40][41] which he abandoned on the final day, and the 2008 Tour of Missouri,[42][43][44] winning his only points classification of the season at the latter. At the 2008 Tour de Romandie, Cavendish won the prologue time-trial, beating compatriot Bradley Wiggins and emphasising his short-distance time-trial abilities.[45]

2009

Maarten Wynants and Mark Cavendish at the 2009 Gent–Wevelgem

Cavendish's 2009 season began at the 2009 Tour of Qatar, where he renewed his rivalry with Tom Boonen.[46] Boonen won the race and one stage, though Cavendish took two stages; he also won two stages at the 2009 Tour of California, again beating Boonen in the sprint finishes.[47] The Tour of California also saw Cavendish win his first points of classification of the 2009 season.[48] Cavendish was a surprise inclusion in the British squad for the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, where he competed in the scratch race and the madison, failing to pick-up medals in either.[49] He took up the European season at Tirreno–Adriatico, the Italian one-week stage race, where he won one stage.[50] He then entered his first classic race, 2009 Milan – San Remo, and, after a week of uncharacteristically humble pre-race statements, rode effectively over the climbs that his rivals had said made this race impossible for him to win – and then tracked down Heinrich Haussler in the last 200 meters to narrowly win the sprint and the race, Cavendish's first victory in a race known as one of the five monuments of cycling.[51]

Cavendish repeated his two-stage victory at the Three Days of De Panne from 2008, also winning the points classification.[52] At the start of the 2009 Giro d'Italia Team Columbia-High Road won the Team Time Trial and he was given the Maglia Rosa leaders jersey, becoming the first British rider to ever wear it.[53] The first 2 road stages however were fruitless for Cavendish, who was beaten to the line by Alessandro Petacchi in the first stage and was caught behind a crash and failed to make it back for the sprint the next day. Cavendish soon asserted his sprinting dominance on the race however, gaining 3 stage wins before abandoning following stage 13, citing a need to rest for beginning preparations for the Tour de France. He continued his preparation by racing the 2009 Tour de Suisse where he won stage 3[54] and stage 6.[55][56]

George Hincapie and Mark Cavendish in the green jersey during stage 3 of the 2009 Tour de France

During the season, Cavendish developed a remarkable partnership with his leadout man, Mark Renshaw. Continuing his run of success, Cavendish won stage 2,[57] stage 3,[58] stage 10,[59] stage 11,[60] stage 19[61] and stage 21[62] of the 2009 Tour de France. In winning the third stage he became the first Briton to hold the green jersey for two days in a row.[63] Cavendish's win on stage 11 enabled him to reclaim the green jersey from rival Thor Hushovd, and equalled Barry Hoban's British record of eight stage wins.[64] Winning stage 19, Cavendish set a new record for Tour de France stage wins by a British rider.[65] In winning the last stage, he led home a remarkable 1–2 for his team, when his team mate and leadout man, Mark Renshaw, finished second on the Champs-Élysées.[62]

Following on from the Tour de France, Cavendish won the Sparkassen Giro Bochum and took part in the 2009 Tour of Ireland, winning stage two.[66] On 7 September he recorded the 50th win of his road racing career in a sprint finish in the opening stage of the 2009 Tour of Missouri.[67] Before the race he confirmed he will remain with Team Columbia-HTC in 2010, ending speculation linking him with a move to newly created British team, Team Sky.[67] Cavendish retained the leader's jersey by sprinting to victory on stage two but finished 5th on stage 3, losing the overall lead to Thor Hushovd,[68] and was forced to withdraw from the race before stage four due to a lung infection.[69] Although selected for the British team for the Men's Road Race at the 2009 UCI Road World Championships, his illness prevented him from taking part.[70]

2010

Following a dental problem, Cavendish delayed the start of his 2010 season until the 2010 Ruta del Sol, in mid-February.[71] Following the lay off his form was poor, and he failed to defend his victory at the 2010 Milan – San Remo, coming in six minutes down in 89th place.[72] Cavendish's pre-season goals were to win the green jersey in the Tour de France and win the Road Race at the 2010 World Championships.[73] Cavendish also said that he would race in the 2010 Tour of Flanders but said he wouldn't win it, stating that the Tour of Flanders requires training, but he sees himself winning it in the future.[74]

Mark Cavendish celebrates winning stage 1 of the 2010 Tour of California

Following a poor start to the season, Cavendish found form at the 2010 Volta a Catalunya, finishing seventh in the time-trial and winning stage 2.[75] His team withdrew Cavendish from the 2010 Tour de Romandie after he made an offensive gesture after winning the second stage.[76][77] Missing the 2010 Giro d'Italia, Cavendish instead chose to compete at the 2010 Tour of California starting on 16 May, where he won stage 1, for only his third victory of the season.[78] On 15 June Cavendish crashed heavily whilst sprinting in the closing metres of the stage 4 of the 2010 Tour de Suisse, appearing to veer off line and bring down Heinrich Haussler and several other riders, raising criticism from other teams regarding his riding style.[79] Cavendish entered the 2010 Tour de France. During stage 1, Cavendish crashed out of the final sprint, with just under 3 km (1.9 mi) remaining in the stage. Overhead camera footage showed Cavendish failing to negotiate a corner after entering too fast and turning too late. He then leaned his shoulder into a fellow rider as he travelled away from the apex.[80][81][82] Cavendish returned to form by winning the stage 5,[83] stage 6,[84] stage 11,[85] stage 18[86] and stage 20,[87] bringing his career total to 15 stage wins.[88] He ended up second in the points classification, 11 points behind Alessandro Petacchi.[89] Cavendish's next race was the 2010 Vuelta a España, in which his team won the team time trial with Cavendish crossing the line first taking the leader's jersey.[90] He could only place second or third on the subsequent sprint stages, but returned to form later in the race winning stage 12,[91] stage 13,[92] stage 18[93] and the points classification.[94]

2011

Cavendish had a slow start to 2011 failing to win a race until late February when he won the stage 6 of the 2011 Tour of Oman.[95] He continued to race and came to his second victory of the season in the 2011 Grote Scheldeprijs. His third win of the Grote Scheldeprijs, following his previous triumphs in 2007 and 2008, brought him to the record tied with Piet Oellibrandt.[96] At the 2011 Paris–Roubaix he failed to finish.[97] He came second in the second stage of the 2011 Giro d'Italia in contentious circumstances (Cavendish gestured at winner Alessandro Petacchi for appearing to move across his path in the final sprint), to take the pink jersey into stage 3. Cavendish got his first grand tour victory of the year by winning stage 10 of the Giro, shrugging off claims that he had illegally held on to his team car when climbing Mount Etna on stage 9.[98] He won his second Giro victory of 2011 on stage 12 before leaving the race.[99] On 11 June it was announced that Mark Cavendish was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours.[100][101]

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Cavendish won stage 5,[102] stage 7,[103] stage 11,[104] stage 15[105] and stage 21 of the 2011 Tour de France—bringing his total to 20 career Tour de France stage wins,[106][107] and the first person ever to win the final stage three years in succession. Even though he was docked 20 points for finishing outside the time limit after stage 18[108] and again after stage 19.[109] Cavendish went on to win the points classification; in doing so, he became the first British cyclist to ever win the maillot vert.[110][111] Over the following weeks Cavendish took part in the post-Tour Criteriums. He won the Stiphout Criterium in The Netherlands, beating Andy Schleck and Frank Schleck to the line,[112] then he won the Profcriterium Wolvertem-Meise[113] and following that he won the Wateringse Wielerdag.[114] On 4 August Cavendish's team HTC-Highroad announced that they would fold at the end of the season,[115] fuelling speculation of Cavendish moving to Team Sky.[116] On 14 August, Cavendish won the London–Surrey Cycle Classic; racing for Team Great Britain, it was the official test event for the 2012 Summer Olympics road race and part of the London Prepares series.[117] Less than a week later, Cavendish started the 2011 Vuelta a España, but abandoned during stage 4 due to the searing heat.[118] After withdrawing from the Vuelta Cavendish was allowed to be a late addition for the line up of the 2011 Tour of Britain.[119] Cavendish won stage 1 in Dumfries to take the leader's jersey at that point in the race,[120] and the final stage in London.[121]

Matthew Goss, Mark Cavendish and André Greipel on the podium after the road race at the 2011 World Championships

At the end of September Cavendish went to the 2011 UCI Road World Championships in Copenhagen taking part in the road race with an eight-strong British team. After the team controlled the whole race it came down to a sprint finish with Cavendish crossing the line in first place taking the Rainbow jersey. He became the second British World Champion after Tom Simpson in 1965.[122][123] After much speculation, it was announced Cavendish would join You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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In November Cavendish made a cameo return to the track, competing in the Revolution event at the Manchester Velodrome. He won the scratch race, his first win on the track of any kind since 2008.[126] He announced that he was starting his training for the 2012 season earlier than in previous years, with the aim of being more competitive in the Classics.[127] Cavendish won the 2011 Most Inspirational Sportsman of the Year Award at the Jaguar Academy of Sport Annual Awards at The Savoy on 27 November.[128] In December Cavendish became the winner of the 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award with 169,152 (49.47%) of the votes cast.[129]

2012

Cavendish began his 2012 season at the Tour of Qatar, where after struggling with illness, he won stage 3 to take his first victory for Team Sky.[130] He also won stage 5 later in the week, moving back into the top ten of the overall classification.[131] He finished the race in sixth place, despite crashing on the final stage.[132]

Riding style

Cavendish has been compared to an athletics sprinter pushing on the starting blocks.[133] At the 2009 Tour de France the points that he gained in the intermediate sprint in stage 14 were removed after he was judged to have driven Thor Hushovd too close to barriers on the course.[134] After stage 19 he said that he was "embarrassed" for his comments about "deserving" green jersey wearer Hushovd.[65] After stage four of the 2010 Tour of Switzerland, Cavendish was found to be at fault for a crash involving himself and Heinrich Haussler during the end of stage sprint.[135] The crash caused Haussler, Arnaud Coyot and Lloyd Mondory to quit the race because of their injuries, though Cavendish was able to continue.[136] Cavendish received a thirty second penalty and a CHF200 fine. The start of the next stage was disrupted by fellow riders protesting at Cavendish's riding and style, and what they claimed was a lack of respect from Cavendish.[136]

Personality

Mark Cavendish at the 2010 Tour of California with his autobiography Boy Racer

Cavendish has been described as confident, even arrogant. In 2008 he said:

When journalists at the Tour de France ask me if I am the best sprinter, I answer Yes, and that's seen as arrogance, but if they don't ask me, I don't say I'm the best sprinter in the world.[133]

In June 2009 his autobiography, Boy Racer, which covered his career to date, was published.[3] At a press conference in London ahead of the 2009 Tour de France, Cavendish explained that the book was "more a biography of last year's Tour stage wins" than an autobiography.[137] His "biggest motivation for writing it had been to explain himself better", to counter the way he came across during interviews immediately after races.[137]

Personal life

He lives on the Isle of Man and has a training base in Quarrata, Tuscany, Italy.[138][139] Cavendish is in a relationship with former glamour model and Page Three girl Peta Todd.[140][140][141][142] On 22 October 2011, the couple announced via the media that Todd is pregnant.[143]

Career highlights

Main article: List of career achievements by Mark Cavendish

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