List of career achievements by Mark Cavendish
Mark Cavendish is a Manx professional racing cyclist for UCI WorldTeam, Deceuninck–Quick-Step.[1] Originally a track cyclist in the madison, points race, and scratch race, he has also competed on the road since 2006. Cavendish is a cycling sprinter, and is a prolific winner of individual stages in stage races. Cavendish has won 30 Tour de France stages, putting him second on the all-time list. With 48 Grand Tour stage victories he is joint third on the all-time list.
Mark Cavendish winning the final stage of the 2012 Tour de France, wearing the world champion's rainbow jersey
Career highlights
- 2005
- Won the first of his Madison UCI Track Cycling World Championships titles.[2]
- 2006
- Won the Scratch Race at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, bringing the Isle of Man's third ever gold medal at the Games.
- 2007
- He equalled Alessandro Petacchi's record of 11 professional wins in a début season.[3]
- 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.[4]
- Became first British rider to wear the general classification leader's pink jersey at the Giro d'Italia.[5]
- Passed Barry Hoban's record of 8 for most Tour de France stage wins by a British rider[6] and Chris Boardman's record of 41 for most professional victories by a British rider.[7]
- 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 Espana, his first points classification victory in a Grand Tour.[8]
- 2011
- Tied Piet Oellibrandt for the most wins in the Scheldeprijs one day semi-classic, with a third victory at the Antwerp race.[9]
- At the 2011 Tour de France he became the first British rider to win the Tour de France points classification.[10]
- 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 four years in a row (2009–2012).
- Became the first rainbow jersey holder to win the final stage of the Tour de France.[11]
- 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.[12]
- 2013
- Claimed the second overall classification win of his career at the Tour of Qatar, with four consecutive stage victories out of six.[13]
- Achieved 100 professional wins with victory on stage 12 of the 2013 Giro d'Italia.[14]
- 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.[15]
- 2015
- Claimed the third overall victory of his career at the 2015 Dubai Tour, winning two of the four stages.[16]
- 2016
- Claimed the fourth overall victory of his career at the Tour of Qatar, winning one of the five stages.[17]
- Completed his set of overall classification lead jerseys in Grand Tours upon winning the opening stage of the Tour de France.[18]
- Claimed first Olympic medal, winning the silver medal in the Rio 2016 Omnium.
Major results
Track
- 2001
- National Junior Track Championships
- 2nd
Points race - 3rd
Scratch race
- 2nd
- 2003
- National Junior Track Championships
- 1st
Kilo - 2nd Scratch race
- 2nd Sprint
- 1st
- 2004
- National Track Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Madison (with Ed Clancy)
- 1st
- 1st Madison 6 Kilometres, Revolution (with Ed Clancy)
- 1st Madison, UIV Talent Cup, Munich (with Matt Brammeier)
- 2005
- 1st
Madison, UCI Track World Championships (with Rob Hayles) - 1st
Points race, UEC European Track Championships - National Track Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Scratch race
- 1st
- 1st Madison, UIV Talent Cup, Bremen (with Geraint Thomas)
- 2005–06 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
- 2nd Team pursuit, Sydney
- 2nd Team pursuit, Manchester
- 3rd Madison, Sydney (with Tom White)
- 3rd Madison, Manchester (with Rob Hayles)
- 2nd
- 2006
- 1st
Scratch race, Commonwealth Games - 3rd Madison, 2006–07 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Sydney (with Geraint Thomas)
- 2007
- 1st 15km Scratch race, Revolution 16
- 2nd Madison, 2006–07 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Beijing (with Bradley Wiggins)
- 2008
- 1st Madison, UCI Track World Championships (with Bradley Wiggins)
- 1st Madison, National Track Championships (with Peter Kennaugh)
- 2011
- 1st 15km Scratch race, Revolution 34
- 2014
- 1st Six Days of Zürich (with Iljo Keisse)
- 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Iljo Keisse)
- 2015
- 1st Madison (with Bradley Wiggins), Revolution Series Round 1 – Derby
- 2016
- 1st Madison, UCI Track World Championships (with Bradley Wiggins)
- 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Bradley Wiggins)
- 1st Omnium, Panevėžys Track 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)
Road
- 2003
- 2nd Road race, National Junior Road 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
- 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
- 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 Stage 3
- 6th Philadelphia International Championship
- 2008 — Team High Road
- 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 Road Championships
- 2009 — Team Columbia–High Road
- 1st Milan–San Remo
- 1st Sparkassen Giro Bochum
- Tour de France
- 1st Stages 2, 3, 10, 11, 19 & 21
- Held after Stages 1–6, 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
- 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
- 1st Road race, UCI Road 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
- 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
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st
Overall Tour of Qatar
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 3, 4, 5 & 6
- 1st
- Tour de France
- 1st Stages 5 & 13
Combativity award Stage 13
- 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 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
- 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
- 1st Overall Dubai Tour
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 4
- 1st
- 1st Clásica de Almería
- 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 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 Road Championships
- 2016 — Team Dimension Data
- 1st 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 Road World Championships
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd Scheldeprijs
- 6th Overall Giro della Toscana
- 6th Paris–Tours
- 2017 – Team Dimension Data
- Abu Dhabi Tour
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 6th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 8th Overall Dubai Tour
- 2018 – Team Dimension Data
- 1st Stage 3 Dubai Tour
Classic results timeline
| Monument | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | 1 | 89 | 52 | DNF | 9 | 5 | 46 | 110 | 101 | DNF | — | — |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | DNF | 110 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | NH |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | Has not contested during his career | |||||||||||||
| Giro di Lombardia | ||||||||||||||
| Classic | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | NH | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | 17 | 59 | — | 60 | 58 | 18 | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | 74 |
| Scheldeprijs | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 143 |
| Paris–Tours | — | — | — | — | 42 | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | DNF | — |
Major championship results timeline
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Olympic Games |
Not held | — | Not held | 29 | Not held | — | Not held | ||||||||
| World Championships |
— | — | DNF | — | — | DNF | 1 | DNF | DNF | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| National Championships |
15 | — | — | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | DNS | 2 | 2 | 21 | DNF | 22 |
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DNS | Did not start |
Grand Tour record
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro | — | 132 | DNF-13 | — | DNF-13 | 145 | 127 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stages won | — | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 3 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Points classification | — | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour | DNF-8 | DNF-14 | 131 | 154 | 130 | 142 | 148 | DNS-2 | 142 | DNS-17 | DNS-5 | HD-11 | — |
| Stages won | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Points classification | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| Vuelta | — | — | — | 144 | DNF-4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 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 (no started on stage x) |
| HD | 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 Criterium 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
Awards
Cavendish 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.[24]
References
- "Deceuninck - Quick-Step". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- "Cav eyes Olympic Gold". Manx Radio. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- Fotheringham, Alasdair (6 October 2007). "Cavendish gets win number 11 in 2007". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
- "Mark Cavendish Rider Profile". Cycling Weekly. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- "Cavendish nabs historic Giro lead". BBC News. 9 May 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
- "Mark Cavendish makes it five". BikeRadar. Archived from the original on 12 July 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- "All time list of British Pro Winners". Cycling Weekly. 23 December 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- Birnie, Lionel (9 September 2010). "Cavendish completes the set of grand tour stage wins". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- "Mark Cavendish wins Scheldeprijs Classic for third time". BBC Sport. 6 April 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- "Mark Cavendish wins historic green jersey". BBC Sport. 24 July 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- "Cavendish on top in Paris". Team Sky. BSkyB. 22 July 2012. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- "Letour Guide Historique 2012" (PDF). Letour.fr. 10 July 2012. p. 125. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- Ryan, Barry (8 February 2013). "Tour of Qatar: Cavendish wins final stage and overall". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- "Mark Cavendish wins Giro d'Italia stage but Wiggins struggles". BBC Sport. London: BBC. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- Andrew Hood (26 May 2013). "Mark Cavendish caps stellar 2013 Giro d'Italia with 5th stage win, points jersey". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- "Dubai Tour 2015: Stage 5 Results". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- "Tour of Qatar: Cavendish seals overall victory, beaten by Kristoff on final stage". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- "Mark Cavendish claims first Tour de France yellow jersey of his career at Utah Beach". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- "Mark Cavendish". Cycling Archives. de Wielersite. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- "Mark Cavendish (Great Britain)". The-Sports.org. Québec, Canada: Info Média Conseil. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- "Mark Cavendish fails to finish Milan-San Remo classic". BBC Sport. London: BBC. 17 March 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- "HSBC UK ǀ National Road Race Championships 2018". British Cycling. Northumberland: British Cycling. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- "World Championship withdrawal 'gutting' for Mark Cavendish". Eurosport. Northumberland: Eurosport. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- "Sports Personality of the Year 2011: Mark Cavendish wins BBC award". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
External links
- List of career achievements by Mark Cavendish at ProCyclingStats
- Mark Cavendish at Cycling Archives
- Cycling Weekly – Profile and road racing victories of Mark Cavendish
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