# Talk:Mark Cavendish

Editors keep warring over this claim: "He is widely considered the greatest road sprinter of all time". At present one and only one cited reference, the magazine Peloton, states he is the greatest sprinter of all time; the other reference supporting this puts him in the top 10. So the claim that he is " widely considered the greatest road sprinter of all time" is not supported by our current references. It may be that editors are thinking of the Peloton article, which also also cites L'Equipe saying that he is the greatest Tour sprinter, but this is not quite the same thing as him being the greatest sprinter. Ericoides (talk) 16:56, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

Indubitably the #1 sprinter in TdF history in terms of results but edged in Grand Tour stages wins by Mario Cipollini 57-52.  I'd put it in a table if I knew how.  Super Mario has 12 TdF stages wins, 42 at the Giro and 3 at the Vuelta; Cav's stats are 34-15-3 as of the end of the 2021 Tour.  Merckx is ahead of both, with 64, but was good against the clock and uphill too.  Which is dashed unsportsmanlike. Mr Larrington (talk) 14:37, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
I'd agree that such a claim needs the opinion of more than one journalist as supporting evidence. Firestar47 (talk) 20:42, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Hi all I have added his second book to the 'Personal Life' section. I did wonder though whether his publications should have a section of their own. Firestar47 (talk) 20:36, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

The opening section says Cav is British but as a citizen of the Isle of Mann is not also a dual national? Firestar47 (talk) 21:16, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

@Firestar47 According to [1] "The Isle of Man currently has its own British passport variant, but it does not have its own citizenship" So no he is not a dual national. Paulpat99 (talk) 22:09, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

{{ITN note}} Paul W (talk) 20:52, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

When Mark Cavendish won his first Tour de France stage I was sure he was in HTC - Colombia, but that team isn't shown as any of thd professional teams in which he rode. 2A02:C7C:50A9:C600:B542:4766:F6DD:32E7 (talk) 20:21, 29 September 2025 (UTC)