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Mark Cavendish

British professional road racing cyclist

Person

Born: 1985-05-21

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Acting · Douglas, Isle of Man, UK

Sir Mark Simon Cavendish KBE (born 21 May 1985) is a Manx professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Astana Qazaqstan Team. As a track cyclist he specialises in the madison, points race, and scratch race disciplines; as a road racer he is a sprinter. He is widely considered one of the greatest road sprinters of all time, and in 2021 was called "the greatest sprinter…

Known for

Mark Cavendish: Never Enough — Self2023
Patrick Lefevere. Godfather van de koers — Self2023
A League Of Their Own: European Road Trip — Self2019
Chasing Legends — Himself2010
Road Cycling World Championships 2011 — Himself
525 : The Unstoppable Eddy Merckx

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Type: Group

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 12
Total plays: 32

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Key facts

2004: Team Persil
2012: Team Sky
2020: Bahrain–McLaren
Full name: Mark Simon Cavendish
Nickname: Manx Missile
Born: ( 1985-05-21 ) 21 May 1985 (age 41) , Douglas, Isle of Man
Height: 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight: 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Disciplines: Road Track
Role: Rider
Rider type: Sprinter
2005 2006: Team Sparkasse
2006 2011: T-Mobile Team

Key dates

Born: 21 May 1985

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Mark
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Douglas
Spouse: Peta Todd
Occupation: sport cyclist
Languages spoken: English language
Award: Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Sport: road bicycle racing

Article

Sir Mark Simon Cavendish (born 21 May 1985) is a Manx retired professional cyclist. As a track cyclist he specialised in the madison, points race and scratch race disciplines; as a road racer he was a sprinter. He is widely considered one of the greatest road sprinters of all time.

In his first years as an elite track rider, Cavendish won gold in the madison at the 2005 and 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships riding for Great Britain, with Rob Hayles and Bradley Wiggins respectively, and in the scratch race at the 2006 Commonwealth Games riding for Isle of Man. After failing to win a medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics he did not compete on track again until 2015, subsequently winning his third UCI Track Cycling World Championships title with Wiggins in the madison in 2016, and an individual silver medal in the omnium at the 2016 Summer Olympics.