Manxman Mark Cavendish won two World Championships in the Madison, having won the event in Manchester at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships along with race partner Bradley Wiggins, and also with Rob Hayles at the Los Angeles World Championships in 2005. In 2006, he won a gold medal in the Scratch race on the track at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. After failing to win a medal in the Madison at the 2008 Olympic Games, Cavendish switched exclusively to road racing. He currently rides for . His sprinting abilities have made him one of the most prolific talents in British cycling, with 34 stage wins to date in the Tour de France between 2008 and 2016, and the green jersey in the 2011 Tour de France. In 2011, Cavendish, with the support of the British team, won the World Championship Road Race.