Rider Profile Mark Cavendish

Rider Profile – Mark Cavendish

 

Age: 23

 

Date of Birth: 21^st May 1985

 

Place of Birth: Isle of Man

 

Current Team: Team Columbia

 

Former Teams: Sparkasse, T-Mobile, Team High Road

 

In brief:

 

Mark is one of the hottest properties in professional cycling and his sprinting ability has already given him two stage victories in the Giro d’Italia in 2008. His talents have also enabled him to win prologue time trials and World Championship gold medals on the track in the specialist discipline of Madison racing.

 

Selected results:

 

2008

1^st UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Madison (With Bradley Wiggins)

2 x stage wins Three Days of De Panne

1^st Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen

1^st Prologue Tour De Romandie

Two stage wins Giro d'Italia

Two stage wins Tour de France

 

Selected for the British track cycling team at the Beijing Olympics (Madison)

 

Career highlights

Stage win and 2nd overall Circuit Franco Belge

2 x stage wins, sprints jersey and points jersey Tour of Britain 2007

Stage win and points jersey ENECO-Tour 2007

Stage win Ster Elektrotoer 2007

Stage win Tour of Denmark 2007

2 x stage wins Tour of Catalonia 2007

1^st Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen 2007

2 stage wins and points jersey '4 Jours de Dunkerque' 2007

1^st Commonwealth Games Scratch Race 2006

1^st UCI Track Cycling World Championships 2005 - Madison (With Rob Hayles)