List of career achievements by Mark Cavendish Last updated September 17, 2025
List of career achievements by Mark Cavendish Road Grand Tours
Tour de France Points classification (2011 , 2021 ) 35 individual stages2008 –2013 , 2015 , 2016 , 2021 , 2024 ) Giro d'Italia Points classification (2013 ) 17 individual stages2008 , 2009 , 2011 –2013 , 2022 , 2023 ) 2 TTT stages (2009 , 2011 ) Vuelta a España Points classification (2010 ) 3 individual stages (2010 ) 1 TTT stage (2010 ) Stage races
Ster ZLM Toer (2012 ) Tour of Qatar (2013 , 2016 ) Dubai Tour (2015 ) One-day races and Classics
World Road Race Championships (2011 ) National Road Race Championships (2013, 2022) Milan–San Remo (2009 ) Scheldeprijs (2007 , 2008 , 2011 ) Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne (2012 , 2015 ) Milano–Torino (2022 ) Münsterland Giro (2021 ) Track World Championships Madison (2005, 2008 , 2016 )
This is a list of career achievements by Mark Cavendish , a former professional racing cyclist from the Isle of Man , who rode professionally between 2005 and 2024. [ 1]
Originally competing in endurance events in track cycling , Cavendish won gold medals at the 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and the 2006 Commonwealth Games before he moved into road racing in 2006, specialising as a sprinter . During his road racing career, Cavendish won the road race at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships , [ 2] a record 35 stages at the Tour de France , [ 3] and ranks third overall for Grand Tour stage wins with 55. With a total of 165 professional victories, he ranks second on the all-time list to Eddy Merckx . [ 4] Cavendish won a further two world titles at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships , and a silver medal in the omnium at the 2016 Summer Olympics . [ 5]
He was voted as the winner of the 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award following his World Championships victory, [ 6] and received the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award in 2024. [ 7] For his services to British cycling, Cavendish was appointed as an MBE in the 2011 Birthday Honours , [ 8] and was knighted in the 2024 Birthday Honours . [ 9]
Career highlights 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2015 Claimed the third overall victory of his career at the 2015 Dubai Tour , winning two of the four stages. [ 27] 2016 2021 2024 Cavendish sets the record for most stage wins at the Tour de France, claiming his 35th stage victory. [ 3] Major results Road Sources: [ 32] [ 33] [ 34]
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 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 1st Stages 3 & 6 Tour of Britain 1st 1st 1st Prologue & Stage 1 Danmark Rundt 1st 1st Stage 6 Eneco Tour 1st 1st Stage 2 Volta a Catalunya 1st Stages 2 & 6 1st Stage 4 Ster Elektrotoer 2nd Overall Circuit Franco-Belge 1st 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 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 Giro d'Italia 1st Stages 1 (TTT ), 9, 11 & 13 Held Tour of California 1st 1st Stages 4 & 5 Three Days of De Panne 1st 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 Held 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 Tour of Britain 1st Stages 1 & 8b 1st Stage 6 Tour of Oman 2012 — Team Sky (15) 1st Ster ZLM Toer 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Tour de France 1st Stages 2, 18 & 20 Giro d'Italia 1st Stages 2, 5 & 13 Held 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 Tour of Qatar 1st 1st Stages 3, 4, 5 & 6 Giro d'Italia 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1, 6, 12, 13 & 21 Held 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 1st Stages 1, 2, 4 & 8 Tour du Poitou-Charentes 1st 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 Dubai Tour 1st 1st Stages 1 & 4 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 1st Clásica de Almería Tour of California 1st 1st Stages 1, 2, 5 & 8 Tour of Turkey 1st 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 Tour of Qatar 1st Stage 1 Tour de France 1st Stages 1, 3, 6 & 14 Held Held Abu Dhabi Tour 1st 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 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: [ 33] [ 35]
Major road championships results timeline Source: [ 36] [ 37]
Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish OTL Outside time limit DNS Did not start NH Not held
Grand Tour record 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-x Finished outside time limit (occurred on stage x) DSQ Disqualified N/A Race/classification not held NR Not ranked in this classification
Critériums 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 References ↑ "Mark Cavendish: British cycling legend announces retirement with last race this weekend" . 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