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Revision as of 15:37, 18 July 2008
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Mark Cavendish |
| Nickname | Cav Manx Express Little Cowboy |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Columbia |
| Discipline | Road and track |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Major wins | |
| Template:FlagiconUCI World Championship, Madison (2005, 2008) Tour de France, 4 stages Giro d'Italia, 2 stages Grote Scheldeprijs (2007, 2008) | |
| Medal record | ||
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| Track cycling | ||
Representing  Great Britain
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| World Championships | ||
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2005 Los Angeles | Madison |
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2008 Manchester | Madison |
Representing  Isle of Man
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| Commonwealth Games | ||
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2006 Melbourne | Scratch race |
Template:FixBunching Mark Cavendish (born 21 May 1985) is a Manx racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team Columbia. Originally a track cyclist competing in the Madison, points race, and scratch race, he moved on to become a professional road racing cyclist in 2007. He made his track debut for Great Britain in the 2004 Moscow World Cup. As a road cyclist, he has quickly risen to prominence as a sprinter. Cavendish was introduced to the world of cycling about the age of 12, having previously been a keen BMXer. He now splits his time living and training between Manchester and Tuscany, Italy.
Career biography
Cavendish is a confident, some might say arrogant, [1] young British sprinter. His cycling career started as a successful track cyclist. Among his best results were his gold medal in the 2006 Commonwealth Games scratch race, riding for the Isle of Man; and gold medals in the 2005 World championships madison and 2005 European championship point races. Also during 2005, he began road racing, riding the Tour of Berlin and the Tour of Britain.
"Cavendish is the fastest in the world in the last 50 metres of a sprint."
Daniele Bennati, May 2008[2]
Cavendish began the 2006 road season riding for the Continental team Team Sparkasse. In June, he won two stages in the Tour of Berlin, as well as the points competition and the sprints competition.[3] This led to his gaining a post as a stagiare with T-Mobile from August until the end of the season.[4] His best result for T-Mobile in 2006 came during the Tour of Britain, where he took three second places and won the points classification. This helped secure a full-time professional contract with T-Mobile for 2007 and 2008.[5]
Cavendish's 2007 season began with a win in the Belgian semi-classic, the Grote Scheldeprijs, followed by two in each of the Four Days of Dunkirk and the Volta a Catalunya. This led to his selection in the 2007 Tour de France. However, his Tour was not successful. Crashes in stages 1 and 2 removed him from contention for two of the stages won by sprinters, and left him heavily bruised.[6] He abandoned the Tour on stage 8, in a planned withdrawal as soon as the race reached the high Alps, having taken two top-ten placings but stating that he was unhappy not to have had at least one top-five placing.[7] His debut season continued with ten stage wins by mid-September, ahead of Robbie McEwen's record of eight wins in his first season as a professional, and one behind Alessandro Petacchi.[8] By early October, Cavendish had taken his 11th win, the Circuit Franco-Belge, to equal Petacchi's record. Among the wins were three in UCI ProTour events, the two in the Volta a Catalunya and one in the Eneco Tour of Benelux. Following his win there, Cavendish said: "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."[9]
Cavendish and Francaise des Jeux rider Sandy Casar were the first riders to sign the UCI's anti-doping charter, introduced before the 2007 Tour de France.[10]
In 2008 Cavendish returned to the track ahead of the Olympic Games in Beijing, which he stated was his priority for the season.[11] On 29 March 2008 Cavendish and his partner Bradley Wiggins became world champions in the Madison winning a close race at the UCI World Championships in Manchester.[12] [13] On the road, Cavendish continued to compete successfully and won his first stages of a Grand Tour, by picking up 2 victories in the 2008 Giro d'Italia.[14] Cavendish continued his success by recording his first stage win in the biggest race of all, the 2008 Tour de France when he stormed home to take Stage 5 from Cholet to Châteauroux.[15] He won again on stages 8 and 12, thereby becoming the first Briton to win three stages of the Tour de France in the same year.[16]
Career highlights
Major track results
- UCI Track World Championships
- 2005 - Los Angeles, 1st, Madison (with Rob Hayles)
- Rob Hayles and Mark gave Britain their fourth gold at the UCI Track World Championships in Los Angeles, California in the men's Madison. The pair finished one lap ahead of the field to claim the 200-lap race, ahead of the Dutch and Belgian teams.
- Mark was only taken to Los Angeles to get some senior experience and the two had not raced together before.[17]
- 2008 - Manchester, 1st, Madison (with Bradley Wiggins)
- Commonwealth Games
- 2006 - Melbourne, 1st Scratch Race
- Over 80 laps of the Melbourne track in the Commonwealth Games 2006, Cavendish raced to get a lap up on the field, with four other cyclists. Only the five racers managed to get the one lap up and in the final sprint for the line to decide the medals, with a lead from Rob Hayles, Cavendish (racing for the Isle of Man), won the gold medal, beating Ashley Hutchinson (Australia) and James McCallum (Scotland). He finished with a time of 23 mins 05.540 secs and an average speed of 51.965 km/hour.
- UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
- 2005 - Manchester, 2nd Team pursuit
- 2005 - Manchester, 3rd Madison
- 2005 - Sydney, 3rd, Madison (with Tom White)
- 2005 - Sydney, 2nd, Team pursuit 4:11.728/4:10.735, (with Brammeier, White, Clancy)
- 2007 - Beijing, 2nd, Madison (with Bradley Wiggins)
- European Championships
- 2005 - 1st Points race
- 2005 - 4th Scratch Race
- British Championships
- 2008 - 1st Madison, British Senior Track Championship (with Peter Kennaugh)
- 2005 - 1st Circuit Road Race Championship (Otley)
- 2005 - 3rd Scratch Race (Track)
- 2004 - 2nd, Madison, British Senior Track Championship (with Ed Clancy)
- 2003 - 2nd, Scratch Race, British Junior Championships
- 2003 - 2nd, Sprint, British Junior Championships
- 2003 - 2nd, Road Race, British Junior Championships
- Others
- 2007 - 1st, Revolution 16, 15km Scratch Race
- 2004 - 1st, Bremen UIV Talent Cup Madison (with Geraint Thomas)
- 2004 - 1st, Munich UIV Talents Cup Madison (with Matt Brammeier)
- 2004 - 1st, Revolution 6 Madison Kilometre, (Current record Holder) 57.457s (with Ed Clancy)
Major road results
- 2004
- 1st, Tour of Britain Support Circuit race, Westminster
- 2005 - Team Sparkasse
- 1st, Stage win, Tour of Berlin
- 2006 - T-Mobile (Stagiare) and Team Sparkasse
- 1st, Stage 3, Course de la Solidarité Olympique
- 1st, Points classification, Tour of Britain
- 2nd, Tour of Berlin
- 1st, Stage 4
- 1st, Stage 5
- 2007 - T-Mobile
- 1st, Grote Scheldeprijs
- 1st, Points classification, Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st, Stage 3,
- 1st, Stage 6,
- 3rd, Stage 2
- 1st, Points classification, Volta a Catalunya[18]
- 1st, Stage 2, Volta a Catalunya
- 1st, Stage 6, Volta a Catalunya[19]
- 1st, Stage 4, Ster Elektrotoer[20]
- 1st, Points classification Post Danmark Rundt
- 1st, Points classification Eneco Tour of Benelux
- 1st, Points classification Tour of Britain[26]
- 1st, Sprints classification Tour of Britain[27]
- 1st, Stage 3, Circuit Franco-Belge
- 2008 - Team High Road / Team Columbia
- Three Days of De Panne
- 1st, Stage 2
- 1st, Stage 3A
- 1st, Grote Scheldeprijs
- 1st, Prologue, Tour de Romandie
- 1st, Stage 5, Ster Elektrotoer
- Giro d'Italia
- Tour de France
References
- ^ Cavendish primed for Tour success Eurosport UK; 04-07-08; Accessed 13-07-08
- ^ Cavendish edged out of Giro stage BBC Sport; 22-05-08; Accessed 23-05-08
- ^ Cavendish shows he's the fastest in Berlin
- ^ Cavendish to Tour of Britain
- ^ Cavendish signs with T-Mobile
- ^ Hoping for Happy Camping in Compeigne
- ^ 'My race is over. I was trying to do things I am physically incapable of.'
- ^ Cavendish scores eighth season win
- ^ www.cyclingnews.com, August 24th, 2007
- ^ www.cyclingnews.com, June 16th 2007
- ^ Wiggins and Cavendish miss Tour de France to focus on Olympics Moore, Richard; The Guardian; 23-11-07; Accessed 14-05-08
- ^ BBC Cavendish and Wiggins strike Gold in Madison
- ^ BBC Watch Cav and Wiggins Victory
- ^ Cavendish secures Giro stage win 13-05-08; BBC Sport; Accessed 14-05-08
- ^ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/7497203.stm Cavendish wins Stage 5 of Tour De France
- ^ "Cavendish Completes Treble Victory". Eurosport. 2008-07-17. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ BBC 28/3/05
- ^ Rogers GC runner-up behind Karpets
- ^ Cavendish doubles up
- ^ British Cycling
- ^ Stage 1 Result
- ^ Stage 4 Result
- ^ Stage 6 Result
- ^ ENECO Tour Stage 2 Results
- ^ ENECO Tour Stage 5 Results
- ^ Tour of Britain Points competition final standings
- ^ Tour of Britain Sprints competition final standings
- ^ Prologue Stage Result
- ^ "Stage 1 Stage Result". www.tourofbritain.com. 2007-09-10. Retrieved September 11.
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