Cycling legends: The ultimate guide to Mark Cavendish - order now

Mark Cavendish is the best road race sprinter ever. That’s not us saying it, not a magazine based in the UK, it’s the French sports newspaper L’Equipe, who in 2012 declared that Mark Cavendish is the best-ever Tour de France sprinter. It’s also statistics, Mark Cavendish has won 26 Tour de France stages. He’s third in the all-time winners list behind Eddy Merckx, with 34, and Bernard Hinault, 28. The nearest sprinter to Cavendish, Frenchman Andre Darrigade, is fifth in with 22.

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