Mark Cavendish: The Tour de France comeback for 'cycling's greatest sprinter'
Mark Cavendish's enthralling comeback at last summer's Tour de France brought him level with a cycling legend. Will he be back this year?
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Mark Cavendish's enthralling comeback at last summer's Tour de France brought him level with a cycling legend. Will he be back this year?
Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe won the first stage of the Tour de France, a 197.8km stage from Brest, to take the inaugural leader's y
Updated: Jun 27 2021, 10:30 ET Jack Figg Invalid Date, ONE fan's hand-written sign at the Tour de France caused one of the biggest crashes in decades. The spectator was stood holding up a cardboard sign with ‘Allez Opi-Omi!’ written on it in black marker. 3 One fan's hand-written sign at the Tour de France caused one of the biggest crashes in decadesCredit: discovery + 3 3 It translates to 'Come on granddad-granny', in a mix of French and German. The fan was looking straight at the TV camera on the passing bike and failed to notice the riders rapidly approaching her spot. Just minutes ...
“The Tour of Turkey is not the Tour de France, but just to win again after some years of physical and psychological difficulties is something special,” Cavendish wrote. “To be able to do it with The Wolfpack is a dream come true. Raising my hands is super emotional, as I felt a lot of people had just given up on me over the last years. But Patrick believed in me, I owe him so much. He is my hero.” Cavendish won half of the Tour of Turkey’s eight stages, winning bunch sprints on stages 2, 3, 4, and 8 against a sprint lineup that included Andre Greipel and Jasper Philipsen. That first...
Aussie Vine and reborn Cav shine in Turkey AAP 3 hrs ago Ian Chadband © EPA PHOTO Mark Cavendish completed his brilliant Tour of Turkey by winning a fourth stage of the race. While world cycling celebrates the renaissance of Mark Cavendish after he sprinted to his fourth stage win at the Tour of Turkey, the sport in Australia could enjoy the significant breakthrough of newcomer Jay Vine as he finished the race as runner-up overall. Britain's former world champion Cavendish edged out Belgian Jasper Philipsen on the finish line of the tour's eighth and final stage on Sunday...