Mads Pedersen claims Tour de France stage eight win after Mark Cavendish crashes out
1 year, 6 months ago

Mads Pedersen claims Tour de France stage eight win after Mark Cavendish crashes out

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Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mark Cavendish’s bid to take a record-breaking 35th Tour de France stage win is over after he was forced to abandon the race following a crash on Saturday. Mads Pedersen took the stage win, powering up the slight rise to the line and holding on to deny the hard-charging Jasper Philipsen a fourth victory of this Tour, but there was only a muted sense of celebration afterwards, with Philipsen paying an eloquent tribute to the master sprinter. Hopefully I can do the last race he’s going to do to honour a legend who stops in cycling.” Cavendish’s former team-mate Mark Renshaw, brought in by the Astana-Qazaqstan team as a consultant to help a team with little sprinting pedigree prior to Cavendish’s arrival this year, admitted to crying in the team car when he realised it was over for his friend. He is sad, we are sad, the Tour de France is sad.” It means Cavendish, who announced in May that he will retire at the end of the season, will finish his career level with Eddy Merckx on 34 Tour stage wins – barring a decision to keep racing.

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How record-breaking Mark Cavendish became a Tour de France legend – according to fierce rivals and loyal teammates
3 weeks, 1 day ago

How record-breaking Mark Cavendish became a Tour de France legend – according to fierce rivals and loyal teammates

The Independent  

A version of this piece was first published on 3 July 2023 -- Mark Cavendish once gave me the look. “I don’t think you could have two Mark Cavendishs in a team and that would work,” Renshaw says gravely, as if genuinely disturbed by the image he has created. It was evident that Renshaw could have been a winner in …

Mark Cavendish reveals the key to historic Tour de France stage win
1 month ago

Mark Cavendish reveals the key to historic Tour de France stage win

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Sir Mark Cavendish’s glorious farewell immortalises him in cycling’s history
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Sir Mark Cavendish’s glorious farewell immortalises him in cycling’s history

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Sprint ace Mark Cavendish ends cycling career in style with Singapore win
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Sprint ace Mark Cavendish ends cycling career in style with Singapore win

Associated Press  

SINGAPORE — Mark Cavendish, one of the best road sprinters in cycling history, retired in style on Sunday by winning the Tour de France Criterium in Singapore. The 39-year-old from the Isle of Man broke famed Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx’s long-standing record for most career Tour de France stage wins with his 35th victory in July. “With the future of …

A look at Sir Mark Cavendish’s achievements after ending record-breaking career
1 month, 4 weeks ago

A look at Sir Mark Cavendish’s achievements after ending record-breaking career

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Cycling great Cavendish wins final race in Singapore
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Cycling great Cavendish wins final race in Singapore

The Hindu  

Mark Cavendish sprinted to one last victory on Sunday as he took the Singapore Criterium in a signature surge to the line. I passed the flamme rouge for the last time in my career.” Coming out of the last bend, Cavendish, who holds the record for most stage wins in the Tour de France, briefly latched onto the wheel of …

Cycling legend Mark Cavendish announces retirement
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Cycling legend Mark Cavendish announces retirement

The Hindu  

Mark Cavendish will compete in his final professional race at the two-day Tour de France Criterium in Singapore, the British cyclist said on Saturday, bringing down the curtain on his glittering career. Cavendish, the world’s most decorated sprinter, announced his retirement last year before reversing that decision and breaking the all-time record for most stage wins at the Tour de …

Mark Cavendish confirms retirement ahead of final race on Sunday
2 months ago

Mark Cavendish confirms retirement ahead of final race on Sunday

The Telegraph  

Mark Cavendish has confirmed he will bring the curtain down on his glittering career in Singapore on Sunday. There was some doubt over when his final race would be, with Cavendish offering a cryptic response when asked on stage about his plans at last week’s 2025 Tour de France route unveiling. I saw things a bit differently.” Asked whether he …

Sir Mark Cavendish hints he could U-turn on retirement to race 2025 Tour de France
2 months, 1 week ago

Sir Mark Cavendish hints he could U-turn on retirement to race 2025 Tour de France

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Mark Cavendish on sacrifice, the winning moment and his final Tour de France: ‘I feel complete’
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Mark Cavendish on sacrifice, the winning moment and his final Tour de France: ‘I feel complete’

The Independent  

For the past few months, every aspect of Mark Cavendish’s life had been transfixed on the Tour de France. I dreamed of riding the Tour de France as a kid and I’ve got to do it Mark Cavendish “There were definitely some hard points, days when we were alone in the mountains as a unit trying to get through,” he …

Mark Cavendish reveals retirement plans after final Tour de France: ‘Likely so, yeah’
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Mark Cavendish reveals retirement plans after final Tour de France: ‘Likely so, yeah’

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Peta Cavendish missed the moment husband Mark broke Tour de France record
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Peta Cavendish missed the moment husband Mark broke Tour de France record

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Frustrated Tom Pidcock narrowly beaten in chaotic and dusty Tour de France stage
6 months ago

Frustrated Tom Pidcock narrowly beaten in chaotic and dusty Tour de France stage

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Tour de France 2024 Stage 9: Anthony Turgis wins ninth stage on gravel roads, Pogacar keeps the lead
6 months ago

Tour de France 2024 Stage 9: Anthony Turgis wins ninth stage on gravel roads, Pogacar keeps the lead

The Hindu  

Frenchman Anthony Turgis emerged victorious from a long breakaway through the dust of gravel roads to claim the ninth stage of the Tour de France after an hectic day of racing on Sunday. The tough stage took riders on a nearly 200-kilometre trek through 14 sections of so-called white roads — including six in the stage finale — that have …

Tour de France 2024: Dutch sprinter Groenewegen wins Stage 6, beats Jasper Philipsen in photo finish
6 months ago

Tour de France 2024: Dutch sprinter Groenewegen wins Stage 6, beats Jasper Philipsen in photo finish

The Hindu  

Dutch champion Dylan Groenewegen won the sixth stage of the Tour de France after a mass sprint that was decided in a photo finish on Thursday. Groenewegen earned a sixth career stage victory at cycling’s biggest race ahead of Jasper Philipsen and Biniam Girmay. About 85 kilometers from the finish, Vingegaard’s teammates Wout van Aert and Christophe Laporte moved to …

How Mark Cavendish out-thought his rivals to win a record 35th Tour de France stage
6 months ago

How Mark Cavendish out-thought his rivals to win a record 35th Tour de France stage

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How record-breaking Mark Cavendish became a Tour de France legend – according to fierce rivals and loyal teammates
6 months ago

How record-breaking Mark Cavendish became a Tour de France legend – according to fierce rivals and loyal teammates

The Independent  

Mark Cavendish once gave me the look. “I don’t think you could have two Mark Cavendishs in a team and that would work,” Renshaw says gravely, as if genuinely disturbed by the image he has created. It was evident that Renshaw could have been a winner in his own right, and “the world’s best lead-out man” was soon recognised, not …

Mark Cavendish breaks Eddy Merckx’s long-standing record for most career Tour de France stage wins with 35th victory
6 months ago

Mark Cavendish breaks Eddy Merckx’s long-standing record for most career Tour de France stage wins with 35th victory

Hindustan Times  

Mark Cavendish wrote a new chapter of Tour de France history in what is expected to be his last appearance at cycling's biggest race. The veteran Isle of Man sprinter broke Eddy Merckx’s long-standing record for most career Tour de France stage wins with his 35th victory on Wednesday. Britain's sprinter Mark Cavendish celebrates as crosses the finish line to …

How does Mark Cavendish compare to previous record holder Eddy Merckx?
6 months ago

How does Mark Cavendish compare to previous record holder Eddy Merckx?

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Mark Cavendish makes history with record-breaking stage win at Tour de France
6 months ago

Mark Cavendish makes history with record-breaking stage win at Tour de France

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A record that will take some beating – Mark Cavendish’s road to history
6 months ago

A record that will take some beating – Mark Cavendish’s road to history

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Cavendish breaks Merckx’s record for most career Tour de France stage wins with his 35th victory
6 months ago

Cavendish breaks Merckx’s record for most career Tour de France stage wins with his 35th victory

Associated Press  

SAINT-VULBAS, France — Mark Cavendish wrote a new chapter of Tour de France history in what is expected to be his last appearance at cycling’s biggest race. The veteran Isle of Man sprinter broke Eddy Merckx’s long-standing record for most career Tour de France stage wins with his 35th victory on Wednesday. Astana put a big gamble on this year …

Mark Cavendish is the greatest sprinter ever – here is why
6 months ago

Mark Cavendish is the greatest sprinter ever – here is why

The Telegraph  

It is 17 years since a rosy-cheeked 22-year-old Mark Cavendish was first seen at the Tour de France, barrelling around London in the opening-day prologue. On that occasion Cavendish was a T-Mobile team-mate of Axel Merckx; on Wednesday he pulled one stage win clear of another Merckx – Axel’s father Eddy – to become the Tour’s outright all-time record stage …

Mark Cavendish takes historic 35th Tour de France stage victory
6 months ago

Mark Cavendish takes historic 35th Tour de France stage victory

The Telegraph  

The win was all the more remarkable for the fact that Cavendish suffered so badly in the first few days of the race, vomiting on stage 1 in the searing heat of Tuscany, and then grinding his way through an equally hot second stage to Bologna featuring six more categorised climbs. Tuesday’s stage saw the peloton crest the Galibier, the …

Mark Cavendish struggles in heat on brutal first stage of Tour de France
6 months, 1 week ago

Mark Cavendish struggles in heat on brutal first stage of Tour de France

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Tour de France 2024: Romain Bardet claims first yellow jersey in Stage one
6 months, 1 week ago

Tour de France 2024: Romain Bardet claims first yellow jersey in Stage one

The Hindu  

Romain Bardet claimed the first yellow jersey of this year’s Tour de France, and the first of his career, as he won the opening stage of the world’s biggest race following a bold move on Saturday. The Frenchman, who announced his retirement for June next year and is twice a Tour podium finisher, attacked 50km from the line and benefited …

Mark Cavendish vomits on the road as he struggles on stage one of Tour de France
6 months, 1 week ago

Mark Cavendish vomits on the road as he struggles on stage one of Tour de France

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I have nothing to lose: Mark Cavendish ready for one more shot at TdF history
6 months, 1 week ago

I have nothing to lose: Mark Cavendish ready for one more shot at TdF history

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Geraint Thomas makes Mark Cavendish prediction ahead of Tour de France record bid
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Geraint Thomas makes Mark Cavendish prediction ahead of Tour de France record bid

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Mark Cavendish set for Tour de France record bid after delaying retirement
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Mark Cavendish set for Tour de France record bid after delaying retirement

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Mark Cavendish delays retirement to chase outright record for Tour de France stage wins
1 year, 3 months ago

Mark Cavendish delays retirement to chase outright record for Tour de France stage wins

The Hindu  

Ace sprinter Mark Cavendish wants another go at becoming the outright record-holder for most career stage wins at the Tour de France. Cavendish equaled cycling great Eddy Merckx’s record of 34 stage wins during the 2021 Tour, 13 years after his first success, and came close to winning a 35th in the seventh stage of the 2023 edition. Known as …

Ace sprinter Mark Cavendish delays retirement to chase outright record for Tour de France stage wins
1 year, 3 months ago

Ace sprinter Mark Cavendish delays retirement to chase outright record for Tour de France stage wins

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — Veteran sprinter Mark Cavendish wants another go at becoming the outright record-holder for most career stage wins at the Tour de France. Cavendish equaled cycling great Eddy Merckx’s record of 34 stage wins during the 2021 Tour, 13 years after his first success, and came close to winning a 35th in the seventh stage of the 2023 edition. …

Philipsen wins Tour de France stage 11 as Vingegaard retains yellow jersey
1 year, 5 months ago

Philipsen wins Tour de France stage 11 as Vingegaard retains yellow jersey

The Hindu  

Jasper Philipsen cemented his status as this year’s sprinting star when he claimed his fourth stage win in the Tour de France on Wednesday. The Belgian was a cut above the rest in the 11th stage, a 180km ride from Clermont Ferrand, easily beating Dutch Dylan Groenewegen and German Phil Bauhaus to take his career tally of wins in the …

Cavendish offered another Tour chance by Astana-Qazaqstan despite planned retirement
1 year, 6 months ago

Cavendish offered another Tour chance by Astana-Qazaqstan despite planned retirement

The Hindu  

Astana-Qazaqstan has offered Mark Cavendish a contract extension to ride on the Tour de France next year despite the Briton’s planned retirement at the end of this season, the team’s general manager Alexander Vinokourov said. The 38-year-old Cavendish’s hopes of breaking the record for stage wins on the Tour ended cruelly on Saturday when he crashed out of this year’s …

Mark Cavendish’s Tour de France record attempt ends with stage eight crash
1 year, 6 months ago

Mark Cavendish’s Tour de France record attempt ends with stage eight crash

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Pedersen wins Tour de France mass sprint after Cavendish crashes; Vingegaard keeps yellow jersey
1 year, 6 months ago

Pedersen wins Tour de France mass sprint after Cavendish crashes; Vingegaard keeps yellow jersey

Associated Press  

LIMOGES, France — With Mark Cavendish out of the picture, former world champion Mads Pedersen claimed a second career stage win at the Tour de France on Saturday with a big burst of power to win a mass sprint. Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard kept the yellow jersey after the 201-kilometer eighth stage from Libourne to Limoges in central France. The …

Tour de France 2023: Pedersen wins stage eight, Vingegaard retains overall lead
1 year, 6 months ago

Tour de France 2023: Pedersen wins stage eight, Vingegaard retains overall lead

The Hindu  

Denmark’s Mads Pedersen won the eighth stage of the Tour de France, a 200-km ride from Libourne on Saturday. However, Mark Cavendish’s hopes of breaking the record for stage wins at the Tour de France ended in cruel fashion when the Briton crashed out of this year’s race, which he has long said will be his last. Cavendish’s withdrawal comes …

Cavendish’s Tour record hopes brought to an end as Briton crashes out
1 year, 6 months ago

Cavendish’s Tour record hopes brought to an end as Briton crashes out

The Hindu  

Mark Cavendish’s hopes of breaking the record for stage wins at the Tour de France ended in cruel fashion on Saturday when the Briton crashed out of this year’s race, which he has long said will be his last. The Astana-Qazaqstan rider was looking to become the only man with 35 stage wins on the world’s greatest cycling race to …

Cavendish crashes out of Tour de France in last attempt at outright record
1 year, 6 months ago

Cavendish crashes out of Tour de France in last attempt at outright record

Associated Press  

Mark Cavendish will have to share the record for most career stage wins at the Tour de France. Cavendish equaled Eddy Merckx’s record of 34 stage wins during the 2021 Tour, 13 years after his first success, but was not selected last year. “It’s so sad for a legend to finish the Tour like this,” said former world champion Mads …

Jasper Philipsen pips Mark Cavendish to claim third stage win of Tour de France
1 year, 6 months ago

Jasper Philipsen pips Mark Cavendish to claim third stage win of Tour de France

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Mark Cavendish ‘bitterly disappointed’ after Tour record snatched away on line
1 year, 6 months ago

Mark Cavendish ‘bitterly disappointed’ after Tour record snatched away on line

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Philipsen denies Cavendish to claim Tour de France hat-trick
1 year, 6 months ago

Philipsen denies Cavendish to claim Tour de France hat-trick

The Hindu  

Belgian Jasper Philipsen denied Mark Cavendish a record-breaking victory on the Tour de France to claim his third stage win in this year’s race on Friday. After 170km from Mont de Marsan, Philipsen was the fastest again in the final sprint, although Briton Cavendish almost caught the Alpecin-Deceuninck rider by surprise by launching his effort early. The Briton, chasing a …

Philipsen wins second straight Tour de France stage
1 year, 6 months ago

Philipsen wins second straight Tour de France stage

The Hindu  

Jasper Philipsen won a second consecutive stage of the Tour de France in a sprint at the Nogaro racetrack on Tuesday marred by three high-speed falls. British veteran Mark Cavendish came fifth as he continued to face frustration in his quest for a 35th Tour de France win to break the all-time record he shares with Eddy Merckx. Adam Yates …

Tour de France highlights: Jasper ‘disaster’ Philipsen rebuts Netflix nickname with controversial stage three win
1 year, 6 months ago

Tour de France highlights: Jasper ‘disaster’ Philipsen rebuts Netflix nickname with controversial stage three win

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Mark Cavendish doesn’t need to break Tour de France record – but it would underscore a legacy
1 year, 7 months ago

Mark Cavendish doesn’t need to break Tour de France record – but it would underscore a legacy

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Cycling star Mark Cavendish to retire at end of season
1 year, 7 months ago

Cycling star Mark Cavendish to retire at end of season

Firstpost  

Mark Cavendish said on Monday he will retire at the end of the season, bringing the curtain down on the career of one of cycling’s all-time great sprinters. “I love the sport more than you can even imagine and I can’t see myself going too far from it, that’s for sure.” Over a storied career Cavendish’s deep racing knowledge, a …

Sprint specialist Mark Cavendish to retire from cycling at end of season
1 year, 7 months ago

Sprint specialist Mark Cavendish to retire from cycling at end of season

Associated Press  

COCCAGLIO, Italy — Veteran sprint specialist Mark Cavendish announced Monday that he will retire from cycling at the end of this season, which could see him break the long-standing record for most stage wins at the Tour de France. Cavendish made the announcement on the final rest day of this year’s Giro d’Italia, where he is looking to add to …

Tour de France 2022: Christophe Laporte wins stage 19 as Jonas Vingegaard maintains overall lead
2 years, 5 months ago

Tour de France 2022: Christophe Laporte wins stage 19 as Jonas Vingegaard maintains overall lead

Firstpost  

Laporte, of Jumbo Visma, managed to close a gap from the main peloton to a stubborn escape group around 1km from the line before edging ahead to easily win this largely flat stage. Cahors: Christophe Laporte became the first Frenchman to win on this year’s Tour de France, taking stage 19 at Cahors on Friday, as Jonas Vingegaard maintained his …

Laporte wins Tour Stage 19 and ends drought for France
2 years, 5 months ago

Laporte wins Tour Stage 19 and ends drought for France

Associated Press  

CAHORS, France — Christophe Laporte ended the host’s drought of stage winners when he surged out of the peloton in the finale of the 19th stage and claimed his maiden win on the Tour de France on Friday. Laporte made his move after a trio of breakaway riders was caught with 1.5 kilometers left in the 188.5-kilometer flat stage to …

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