# List of career achievements by Mark Cavendish

Sir Mark Cavendish KBE is a Manx professional racing cyclist for UCI WorldTeam Astana Qazaqstan Team. 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 a record 35 Tour de France stages. With 55 Grand Tour stage victories he is third on the all-time list, and his 165 professional victories – as of 11 November 2024 – rank him second of all time.

## Career highlights
### 2005

* Won the first of his Madison UCI Track Cycling World Championships titles.

### 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.

### 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.
* Became first British rider to wear the general classification leader's pink jersey at the Giro d'Italia.
* Passed Barry Hoban's record of 8 for most Tour de France stage wins by a British rider and Chris Boardman's record of 41 for most professional victories by a British rider.

### 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.

### 2011

* Tied Piet Oellibrandt for the most wins in the Scheldeprijs one day semi-classic, with a third victory at the Antwerp race.
* At the 2011 Tour de France he became the first British rider to win the Tour de France points classification.
* 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.
* 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.

### 2013

* Claimed the second overall classification win of his career at the Tour of Qatar, with four consecutive stage victories out of six.
* Achieved 100 professional wins with victory on stage 12 of the 2013 Giro d'Italia.
* 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.

### 2015

* Claimed the third overall victory of his career at the 2015 Dubai Tour, winning two of the four stages.

### 2016

* Claimed the fourth overall victory of his career at the Tour of Qatar, winning one of the five stages.
* Completed his set of overall classification lead jerseys in Grand Tours upon winning the opening stage of the Tour de France.
* Claimed first Olympic medal, winning the silver medal in the Rio 2016 Omnium.

### 2021

* Cavendish claimed his 50th Grand Tour stage victory, winning stage 6 of the 2021 Tour de France.
* Cavendish equalled Eddy Merckx's record for the most number of Tour de France stage wins.

### 2024

* Cavendish sets the record for most stage wins of the Tour de France, claiming his 35th stage victory.

## Major results
### Road

Sources:

#### 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
    Tour of Britain
       1st Points classification
       1st Sprints classification
       1st Prologue & Stage 1
    Danmark Rundt
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 6
    Eneco Tour
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 2
    Volta a Catalunya
       1st Stages 2 & 6
    1st Stage 4 Ster Elektrotoer
    2nd Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stage 3
    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
    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
    Three Days of De Panne
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 2 & 3a
    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 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
    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
    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
    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
    Tour du Poitou-Charentes
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1 & 2
    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 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
    1st Clásica de Almería
    Tour of California
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1, 2, 5 & 8
    Tour of Turkey
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1, 2 & 7
    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 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
    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
    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

Source:
| 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 | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career |
| Giro di Lombardia | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career |
| 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 | 59 | — | 60 | 58 | 18 | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | 74 | — | — | — | — |
| Scheldeprijs | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 143 | 3 | — | 3 | — |
| Hamburg Cyclassics | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 66 | — | — | — | — | NH | NH | — | — | — |
| Münsterland Giro | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | NH | 1 | — | — | — |
| Paris–Tours | — | — | — | — | 42 | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — |

#### Major road championships results timeline

Source:
| | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Olympic Games | Not held | Not held | Not held | — | Not held | Not held | Not held | 29 | Not held | Not held | Not held | — | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | — | Not held | Not held | — |
| World Championships | — | — | DNF | — | — | DNF | 1 | DNF | DNF | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — |
| National Championships | 15 | — | — | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | DNS | 2 | 2 | 21 | DNF | 22 | NH | DNF | 1 | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| 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 | — | 132 | DNF-13 | — | DNF-13 | 145 | 127 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 145 | 120 | — |
| 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 | — | — | 139 | — | DNF-8 | 141* |
| 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 | — | — | — | 144 | DNF-4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stages won | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Points classification | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Legend :
| 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 | Finished outside time limit (occurred on stage x) |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| N/A | Race/classification not held |
| NR | Not ranked in this classification |

##### 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

#### 2003

    National Junior Championships
       1st Kilo
       2nd Scratch
       2nd Sprint

#### 2004

    National Championships
       1st Team pursuit
       2nd Madison (with Ed Clancy)
    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
    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 | Event | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Olympic Games | Madison | — | Not held | Not held | Not held | 9 | Not held | Not held | Not held | — | Not held | Not held | Not held | — |
| Olympic Games | Omnium | — | Not held | Not held | Not held | — | Not held | Not held | Not held | — | Not held | Not held | Not held | 2 |
| World Championships | Madison | — | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| World Championships | Omnium | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| World Championships | Points race | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| World Championships | Scratch | — | 4 | DNF | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| National Championships | Madison | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| National Championships | Scratch | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| National Championships | Team pursuit | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Awards

Cavendish won the international Flandrien Award twice, in 2009 and 2011.
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.