List of career achievements by Mark Cavendish
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This is a list of career achievements by Mark Cavendish, a former professional racing cyclist from the Isle of Man, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2024.[1]
Originally competing in endurance events in track cycling, Cavendish won gold medals at the 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and the 2006 Commonwealth Games before he moved into road racing in 2006, specialising as a sprinter. During his road racing career, Cavendish won the road race at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships,[2] a record 35 stages at the Tour de France,[3] and ranks third overall for Grand Tour stage wins with 55. With a total of 165 professional victories, he ranks second on the all-time list to Eddy Merckx.[4] Cavendish won a further two world titles at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, and a silver medal in the omnium at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5]
He was voted as the winner of the 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award following his World Championships victory,[6] and received the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award in 2024.[7] For his services to British cycling, Cavendish was appointed as an MBE in the 2011 Birthday Honours,[8] and was knighted in the 2024 Birthday Honours.[9]
Career highlights
- 2005
- Won the first of his Madison UCI Track Cycling World Championships titles.[10]
- 2006
- Won the scratch race at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, for the Isle of Man's third ever gold medal at the Games.[11]
- 2007
- He equalled Alessandro Petacchi's record of 11 professional wins in a début season.[12]
- 2009
- Became the second British rider—after Tom Simpson—to win one of the five monuments of cycling with victory in the 2009 Milan–San Remo.[13]
- Became first British rider to wear the general classification leader's pink jersey at the Giro d'Italia.[14]
- Passed Barry Hoban's record of 8 for most Tour de France stage wins by a British rider[15] and Chris Boardman's record of 41 for most professional victories by a British rider.[16]
- 2010
- Became the second British rider—after Robert Millar—to win a stage in all three of the Grand Tours with victory at stage 12 of the 2010 Vuelta a España. He went on to win the points classification in the Vuelta a España, his first points classification victory in a Grand Tour.[17]
- 2011
- Tied Piet Oellibrandt for the most wins in the Scheldeprijs one day semi-classic, with a third victory at the Antwerp race.[18]
- At the 2011 Tour de France he became the first British rider to win the Tour de France points classification.[19]
- Became the second British rider—after Tom Simpson—to win the UCI Road Race World Championship.[20]
- 2012
- Became the first rider to win the final Champs-Élysées stage in the Tour de France four years in a row (2009–2012).[21]
- Became the first rainbow jersey holder to win the final stage of the Tour de France.[22]
- 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.[23]
- 2013
- Claimed the second overall classification win of his career at the Tour of Qatar, with four consecutive stage victories out of six.[24]
- Achieved 100 professional wins with victory on stage 12 of the 2013 Giro d'Italia.[25]
- 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.[26]
- 2015
- Claimed the third overall victory of his career at the 2015 Dubai Tour, winning two of the four stages.[27]
- 2016
- Claimed the fourth overall victory of his career at the Tour of Qatar, winning one of the five stages.[28]
- Completed his set of overall classification lead jerseys in Grand Tours upon winning the opening stage of the Tour de France.[29]
- Claimed his first Olympic medal, winning the silver medal in the omnium at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[5]
- 2021
- Cavendish claimed his 50th Grand Tour stage victory, winning stage 6 of the 2021 Tour de France.[30]
- Cavendish equalled Eddy Merckx's record for the most number of Tour de France stage wins (34), with his third stage win during the 2021 Tour de France.[31]
- 2024
- Cavendish sets the record for most stage wins at the Tour de France, claiming his 35th stage victory.[3]
Major results
Road
- 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
- 8th Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
- 2006 – Team Sparkasse, T-Mobile Team (1 pro win)
- 1st
Points classification, Tour of Britain - 1st Stage 3 Course de la Solidarité Olympique
- 1st Stage 4 Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 2nd Overall Tour de Berlin
- 1st Stages 3b & 4
- 4th Sparkassen Giro Bochum
- 7th Road race, Commonwealth Games
- 2007 — T-Mobile Team (11)
- 1st Scheldeprijs
- Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 3 & 6
- 1st
- Tour of Britain
- 1st Points classification
- 1st
Sprints classification - 1st Prologue & Stage 1
- 1st
- Danmark Rundt
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 6
- 1st
- Eneco Tour
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stages 2 & 6
- 1st Stage 4 Ster Elektrotoer
- 2nd Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 6th Philadelphia International Championship
- 2008 — Team High Road (17)
- 1st Scheldeprijs
- Tour de France
- 1st Stages 5, 8, 12 & 13
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 4 & 13
- Tour of Missouri
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1, 2 & 6
- 1st
- Tour of Ireland
- 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 — Team Columbia–High Road (23)
- 1st Milan–San Remo
- 1st Sparkassen Giro Bochum
- Tour de France
- 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
- 1st
- Three Days of De Panne
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 2 & 3a
- 1st
- Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stages 3 & 6
- Tour of Missouri
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st Stage 7 Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Ireland
- 4th Amstel Curaçao Race
- 8th UCI World Ranking
- 9th Overall Tour of Qatar
- 1st Stages 4 & 6
- 2010 — Team HTC–Columbia (11)
- Tour de France
- 1st Stages 5, 6, 11, 18 & 20
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 (TTT), 12, 13 & 18
- Held after Stages 1 & 2
- Held after Stage 1
- 1st
- 1st Stage 2 Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of California
- 2nd Clásica de Almería
- 3rd Coppa Bernocchi
- 7th Road race, Commonwealth Games
- 2011 — HTC–Highroad (12)
- 1st
Road race, UCI World Championships - 1st Scheldeprijs
- 1st London–Surrey Cycle Classic
- Tour de France
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 5, 7, 11, 15 & 21
- 1st
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT), 10 & 12
- Held after Stage 2
- Tour of Britain
- 1st Stages 1 & 8b
- 1st Stage 6 Tour of Oman
- 2012 — Team Sky (15)
- 1st
Overall Ster ZLM Toer - 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- Tour de France
- 1st Stages 2, 18 & 20
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 2, 5 & 13
- Held after Stages 2 & 11–19
- 1st Azzurri d'Italia classification
- 1st Most combative rider classification
- Tour of Britain
- 1st Stages 3, 4 & 8
- 1st Stage 2 Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 6 Danmark Rundt
- 6th Overall Tour of Qatar
- 1st Stages 3 & 5
- 2013 — Omega Pharma–Quick-Step (19)
- 1st
Road race, National Championships - 1st
Overall Tour of Qatar
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 3, 4, 5 & 6
- 1st
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1, 6, 12, 13 & 21
- Held after Stage 1
- 1st Azzurri d'Italia classification
- 1st Most combative rider classification
- 1st
- Tour de France
- 1st Stages 5 & 13
Combativity award Stage 13
- Tour of Britain
- 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
- 7th Overall Danmark Rundt
- 1st Stage 6
- 9th Milan–San Remo
- 10th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 1st Stage 2
- 2014 — Omega Pharma–Quick-Step (11)
- Tour of Turkey
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1, 2, 4 & 8
- 1st
- Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st
- Tour of California
- 1st Stages 1 & 8
- Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 6
- 1st Stage 5 Volta ao Algarve
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Suisse
- 5th Milan–San Remo
- 5th Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 2015 — Etixx–Quick-Step (14)
- 1st
Overall Dubai Tour
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 4
- 1st
- 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 1st Clásica de Almería
- Tour of California
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1, 2, 5 & 8
- 1st
- Tour of Turkey
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1, 2 & 7
- 1st
- 1st Stage 7 Tour de France
- 1st Stage 7 Tour de San Luis
- 2nd Road race, National Championships
- 2016 — Team Dimension Data (10)
- 1st Overall UCI Asia Tour
- 1st Overall Tour of Qatar
- 1st Stage 1
- Tour de France
- 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
- 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
- 2017 – Team Dimension Data (1)
- Abu Dhabi Tour
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 6th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 8th Overall Dubai Tour
- 2018 – Team Dimension Data (1)
- 1st Stage 3 Dubai Tour
- 2021 – Deceuninck–Quick-Step (10)
- 1st Münsterland Giro
- Tour de France
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 4, 6, 10 & 13
- 1st
- Tour of Turkey
- 1st Stages 2, 3, 4 & 8
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Belgium
- 2nd Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré
- 2nd Elfstedenronde
- 3rd Scheldeprijs
- 2022 – Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team (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
- 3rd Heistse Pijl
- 2023 – Astana Qazaqstan Team (1)
- 1st Stage 21 Giro d'Italia
- 3rd Scheldeprijs
- 9th Overall ZLM Tour
- 2024 – Astana Qazaqstan Team (3)
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de France
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Hongrie
- 1st Stage 4 Tour Colombia
Classic results timeline
| Monument | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | 1 | 89 | 52 | DNF | 9 | 5 | 46 | 110 | 101 | DNF | — | — | — | — | 150 | — |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | DNF | 110 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | NH | — | — | — | — |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | Did not contest during his career | |||||||||||||||||
| Giro di Lombardia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classic | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | NH | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Milano–Torino | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 33 | DNF |
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | 17 | 55 | — | 60 | 58 | 18 | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | 74 | — | — | DNS | — |
| Scheldeprijs | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 143 | 3 | — | 3 | — |
| Hamburg Cyclassics | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 66 | — | — | — | — | NH | NH | — | — | — |
| Münsterland Giro | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Paris–Tours | — | — | — | — | 42 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 56 | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — |
Major road championships results timeline
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Olympic Games
|
Not held | — | Not held | 29 | Not held | — | Not held | — | NH | |||||||||
| World Championships
|
— | — | DNF | — | — | DNF | 1 | DNF | DNF | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | DNF | — |
| National Championships
|
15 | — | — | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | DNS | 2 | 2 | OTL | DNF | 22 | NH | DNF | 1 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| OTL | Outside time limit |
| DNS | Did not start |
| NH | Not held |
Grand Tour record
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro d'Italia | DNE | 132 | DNF-13 | DNE | DNF-13 | 145 | 127 | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | 145 | 120 | DNE |
| Stages won | — | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 3 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Points classification | — | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | — |
| Tour de France | DNF-8 | DNF-14 | 131 | 154 | 130 | 142 | 148 | DNS-2 | 142 | DNS-17 | DNS-5 | HD-11 | DNE | DNE | 139 | DNE | DNF-8 | 141[a] |
| Stages won | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | — | 0 | 1 |
| Points classification | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 56 |
| Vuelta a España | DNE | DNE | DNE | 144 | DNF-4 | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE |
| Stages won | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Points classification | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | Winner |
| 2–3 | Top three-finish |
| 4–10 | Top ten-finish |
| 11– | Other finish |
| DNE | Did not enter |
| DNF-x | Did not finish (retired on stage x) |
| DNS-x | Did not start (not started on stage x) |
| HD-x | Finished outside time limit (occurred on stage x) |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| N/A | Race/classification not held |
| NR | Not ranked in this classification |
- Critériums
- 2004
- 1st Tour of Britain Support Circuit
- 2005
- 1st National Championships
- 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
- 2009
- 1st Draai van de Kaai
- 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
- 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
- 2024
- 1st Tour de France Singapore
Track
- 2001
- National Junior Championships
- 2nd Points race
- 3rd Scratch
- 2004
- National Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Madison (with Ed Clancy)
- 1st
- Madison, UIV Talent Cup
- 1st Bremen (with Geraint Thomas)
- 1st Munich (with Matt Brammeier)
- 1st Madison, Revolution Series (with Ed Clancy)
- 2005
- 1st
Madison, UCI World Championships (with Rob Hayles) - 1st
Points race, UEC European Championships - National Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Scratch
- 1st
- UCI World Cup Classics
- 2nd Team pursuit, Sydney
- 2nd Team pursuit, Manchester
- 3rd Madison, Sydney (with Tom White)
- 3rd Madison, Manchester (with Rob Hayles)
- 2006
- 1st
Scratch, Commonwealth Games - 3rd Madison, UCI World Cup Classics, Sydney (with Geraint Thomas)
- 2007
- 1st Scratch, Revolution Series 16
- 2nd Madison, UCI World Cup Classics, Beijing (with Bradley Wiggins)
- 2008
- 1st Madison, UCI World Championships (with Bradley Wiggins)
- 1st Madison, National Championships (with Peter Kennaugh)
- 2011
- 1st Scratch, Revolution Series 34
- 2014
- 1st Six Days of Zürich (with Iljo Keisse)
- 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Iljo Keisse)
- 2015
- 1st Madison, Revolution Series, Derby (with Bradley Wiggins)
- 2016
- 1st Madison, UCI World Championships (with Bradley Wiggins)
- 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Bradley Wiggins)
- 1st Omnium, Panevėžys Cup
- 2nd
Omnium, Olympic Games - 2nd Six Days of London (with Bradley Wiggins)
- 2017
- 2nd Six Days of London (with Peter Kennaugh)
- 2019
- 2nd Six Days of London (with Owain Doull)
Major track championships results timeline
| Event | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games
|
Madison | — | Not held | 9 | Not held | — | Not held | — | ||||||
| Omnium | DNE | DNE | — | 2 | ||||||||||
| World Championships
|
Madison | — | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Omnium | Did not exist | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | |||
| Points race | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Scratch | — | 4 | DNF | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| National Championships
|
Madison | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scratch | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Team pursuit | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Awards and honours
Cavendish won the International Flandrien of the Year award twice, in 2009 and 2011.[39]
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 and Chris Hoy.[6] He also received the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award in 2024.[7]
For his services to British cycling, Cavendish was appointed as an MBE in the 2011 Birthday Honours, and was knighted in the 2024 Birthday Honours.[8][9]
Notes
- ^ Cavendish finished as the lanterne rouge of the race.[38]
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- ^ "Het 15e Gala van de Flandrien wordt spannender dan ooit: Van Avermaet, Gilbert of toch een verrassing?" [The 15th Flandrien Gala will be more exciting than ever: Van Avermaet, Gilbert or a surprise?]. Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 7 November 2017.
External links
- List of career achievements by Mark Cavendish at ProCyclingStats
- Mark Cavendish at Cycling Archives (archive)
- Cycling Weekly – Profile and road racing victories of Mark Cavendish Archived 2 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine