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.
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, a record 35 stages at the Tour de France, 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. 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.
He was voted as the winner of the 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award following his World Championships victory, and received the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award in 2024. For his services to British cycling, Cavendish was appointed as an MBE in the 2011 Birthday Honours, and was knighted in the 2024 Birthday Honours.
Career highlights 2005 Won the first of his Madison UCI Track Cycling World Championships titles.
2006 Won the scratch race at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, for the Isle of Man's third ever gold medal at the Games.
2007 He equalled Alessandro Petacchi's record of 11 professional wins in a début season.
2009 Became the second British rider—after Tom Simpson—to win one of the five monuments of cycling with victory in the 2009 Milan–San Remo. Became first British rider to wear the general classification leader's pink jersey at the Giro d'Italia. Passed Barry Hoban's record of 8 for most Tour de France stage wins by a British rider and Chris Boardman's record of 41 for most professional victories by a British rider.
2010 Became the second British rider—after Robert Millar—to win a stage in all three of the Grand Tours with victory at stage 12 of the 2010 Vuelta a España. He went on to win the points classification in the Vuelta a España, his first points classification victory in a Grand Tour.
2011 Tied Piet Oellibrandt for the most wins in the Scheldeprijs one day semi-classic, with a third victory at the Antwerp race. At the 2011 Tour de France he became the first British rider to win the Tour de France points classification. Became the second British rider—after Tom Simpson—to win the UCI Road Race World Championship.
2012 Became the first rider to win the final Champs-Élysées stage in the Tour de France four years in a row (2009–2012). Became the first rainbow jersey holder to win the final stage of the Tour de France. Became the most successful sprinter in Tour de France history with his 23rd stage victory giving him more mass start stage victories in the Tour than any other rider. 2013 Claimed the second overall classification win of his career at the Tour of Qatar, with four consecutive stage victories out of six. Achieved 100 professional wins with victory on stage 12 of the 2013 Giro d'Italia. Completed his set of Grand Tour points classifications with his points classification win at the Giro d'Italia, becoming the 5th rider in history to do so.
2015 Claimed the third overall victory of his career at the 2015 Dubai Tour, winning two of the four stages.
2016 Claimed the fourth overall victory of his career at the Tour of Qatar, winning one of the five stages. Completed his set of overall classification lead jerseys in Grand Tours upon winning the opening stage of the Tour de France. Claimed his first Olympic medal, winning the silver medal in the omnium at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
2021 Cavendish claimed his 50th Grand Tour stage victory, winning stage 6 of the 2021 Tour de France. Cavendish equalled Eddy Merckx's record for the most number of Tour de France stage wins (34), with his third stage win during the 2021 Tour de France.
2024 Cavendish sets the record for most stage wins at the Tour de France, claiming his 35th stage victory.
Major results Road Sources:
2003 Island Games 1st Team road race 1st Team time trial 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, (1 pro win) 1st Points classification, 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 — (11) 1st Scheldeprijs Four Days of Dunkirk 1st Points classification 1st Stages 3 & 6 Tour of Britain 1st Points classification 1st Sprints classification 1st Prologue & Stage 1 Danmark Rundt 1st Points classification 1st Stage 6 Eneco Tour 1st Points classification 1st Stage 2 Volta a Catalunya 1st Stages 2 & 6 1st Stage 4 Ster Elektrotoer 2nd Overall Circuit Franco-Belge 1st Young rider classification 1st Stage 3 6th Philadelphia International Championship
2008 — (17) 1st Scheldeprijs Tour de France 1st Stages 5, 8, 12 & 13 Giro d'Italia 1st Stages 4 & 13 Tour of Missouri 1st Points classification 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 — (23) 1st Milan–San Remo 1st Sparkassen Giro Bochum Tour de France 1st Stages 2, 3, 10, 11, 19 & 21 Held after Stages 2–6, 10 & 11 Giro d'Italia 1st Stages 1 (TTT), 9, 11 & 13 Held & after Stages 1 & 2 Tour of California 1st Sprints classification 1st Stages 4 & 5 Three Days of De Panne 1st Points classification 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 — (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 after Stages 1 & 2 Held after Stage 1 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 — (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 after Stage 2 Tour of Britain 1st Stages 1 & 8b 1st Stage 6 Tour of Oman
2012 — (15) 1st Overall Ster ZLM Toer 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Tour de France 1st Stages 2, 18 & 20 Giro d'Italia 1st Stages 2, 5 & 13 Held after Stages 2 & 11–19 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 — (19) 1st Road race, National Championships 1st Overall Tour of Qatar 1st Points classification 1st Stages 3, 4, 5 & 6 Giro d'Italia 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1, 6, 12, 13 & 21 Held after Stage 1 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 — (11) Tour of Turkey 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1, 2, 4 & 8 Tour du Poitou-Charentes 1st Points classification 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 — (14) 1st Overall Dubai Tour 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1 & 4 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 1st Clásica de Almería Tour of California 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1, 2, 5 & 8 Tour of Turkey 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1, 2 & 7 1st Stage 7 Tour de France 1st Stage 7 Tour de San Luis 2nd Road race, National Championships
2016 — (10) 1st Overall UCI Asia Tour 1st Overall Tour of Qatar 1st Stage 1 Tour de France 1st Stages 1, 3, 6 & 14 Held after Stage 1 Held after Stages 1, 3 & 6–9 Abu Dhabi Tour 1st Points classification 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 – (1) Abu Dhabi Tour 1st Points classification 1st Stage 1 6th Grand Prix d'Isbergues 8th Overall Dubai Tour
2018 – (1) 1st Stage 3 Dubai Tour
2021 – (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 – (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 – (1) 1st Stage 21 Giro d'Italia 3rd Scheldeprijs 9th Overall ZLM Tour
2024 – (3) 1st Stage 5 Tour de France 1st Stage 2 Tour de Hongrie 1st Stage 4 Tour Colombia
Classic results timeline Source: Monument 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Milan–San Remo — —1 89 52 DNF95 46 110 101 DNF — — — — 150 — Tour of Flanders — — — DNF 110 — — — — — — — — DNF — — — — Paris–Roubaix — — — — DNF — — — — 30 — — —NH — — — — Liège–Bastogne–LiègeDid not contest during his career Giro di Lombardia Classic 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne — — — — —1NH —1 — — — — — — — — — Milano–Torino — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —1 33 DNF Gent–Wevelgem — 17 55 — 60 58 18 — DNF — — — — 74 — — DNS — Scheldeprijs11 — —1 —2 — —2 — — — 1433 —3 — Hamburg Cyclassics — — — — — — —5 66 — — — —NHNH — — — Münsterland Giro — — — — — — — — — — 28 — —1 — — — Paris–Tours — — — — 42 — — — —6 56 — DNF — — — — —
Major road championships results timeline Source: 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Olympic GamesNot held —Not held 29Not held —Not held —NH World Championships — — DNF — — DNF1 DNF DNF — —2 — — — — DNF — National Championships 15 — —56 — — —1 DNS22 OTL DNF 22 NH DNF1
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish OTL Outside time limit DNS Did not start NH Not held
Grand Tour record 200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024 Giro d'Italia DNE 132 DNF-13 DNE DNF-13 145 127 DNE DNE DNE DNE DNE DNE DNE DNE 145 120 DNEStages won — 2 3 — 2 3 5 — — — — — — — — 1 1 —Points classification — 4 — — — 2 1 — — — — — — — — 3 4 — Tour de France DNF-8 DNF-14 131 154 130 142 148 DNS-2 142 DNS-17 DNS-5 HD-11 DNE DNE 139 DNE DNF-8 141Stages won 0 4 6 5 5 3 2 0 1 4 0 0 — — 4 — 0 1Points classification — — 2 2 1 4 2 — 4 — — — — — 1 — — 56 Vuelta a España DNE DNE DNE 144 DNF-4 DNE DNE DNE DNE DNE DNE DNE DNE DNE DNE DNE DNE DNEStages won — — — 3 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — —Points classification — — — 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Critériums
2003 1st Individual criterium, Island Games 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