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Yet when pressed about 35, a victory that would put Cavendish in a class of his own, he demurred much like he has been since the Tour started and the chatter of the all-time record heated up with each victory. “It’s the same ambition to win one more as it was to win one 13 years ago,” he said during a Zoom call. “Every opportunity there is for a sprint I’d like to win. That’s why we’re here to try to perform. There is no sentiment to the thinking of wanting to win, but just wanting to win every time the situation arises. ....
Published July 10, 2021, 9:03 AM Stage winner Team Deceuninck Quickstep’s Mark Cavendish of Great Britain wearing the best sprinter’s green jersey crosses the finish line at the end of the 13th stage of the 108th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 219 km between Nimes and Carcassonne, on July 9, 2021. (Photo by Philippe LOPEZ / AFP) Mark Cavendish equalled the all-time tally of Tour de France stage wins when he sped over the finish line at Carcassonne on Friday for a landmark 34th victory in the race. It was Cavendish’s fourth win on the 2021 edition and sees the British sprinter equal Eddy Merckx’s 46-year-old record. ....
Published July 7, 2021, 9:16 AM Stage winner Team Deceuninck Quickstep’s Mark Cavendish of Great Britain wearing the best sprinter’s green jersey celebrates as he crosses the finish line at the end of the 10th stage of the 108th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 190 km between Albertville and Valence, on July 06, 2021. (Photo by Philippe LOPEZ / AFP) Mark Cavendish won his third stage on the 2021 Tour de France on Tuesday to move within one of Eddy Merckx’s all-time record of 34 victories but said he is motivated more by inspiring people to overcome difficulties. At the end of a flat run from Albertville to Valence, the 36-year-old Briton edged Belgians Wout van Aert and Jasper Philipsen over the line to also keep a firm grip on the sprint points green jersey with hs 33rd win on the world’s greatest bike race. ....
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Published July 2, 2021, 8:10 AM Team Deceuninck Quickstep’s Mark Cavendish of Great Britain (L) sprints to win in the 6th stage of the 108th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 160 km between Tours and Chateauroux, on July 01, 2021. (Photo by Guillaume Horcajuelo / POOL / AFP) The Mark Cavendish comeback gathered pace Thursday as he won his second stage in three days with a triumph on a day for pure sprinters along a 1.7km home straight at Chateauroux. After a barren five-year spell on the Tour, the win on stage six took Cavendish’s tally on the world’s greatest bike race to 32, just two short of Belgian great Eddy Merckx’s all-time record of 34. ....