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Britain's sprinter Mark Cavendish crosses the finish line to win a record 35th Tour de France stage win to break the record of Belgian legend Eddy Merckx in the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 177.4 kilometers (110.2 miles) with start in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and finish in Saint-Vulbas, France, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Cavendish breaks Merckx’s Tour de France record for most stage wins

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Britain's sprinter Mark Cavendish crosses the finish line to win a record 35th Tour de France stage win to break the record of Belgian legend Eddy Merckx in the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 177.4 kilometers (110.2 miles) with start in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and finish in Saint-Vulbas, France, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Mark Cavendish breaks the record for most career Tour de France stage wins with his 35th victory

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France's Romain Bardet, front, and teammate Netherlands' Frank van den Broek ride breakaway during the first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 206 kilometers (128 miles) with start in Florence and finish in Rimini, Italy, Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Bardet wins hot and hilly opening Tour de France stage in Italy while Cavendish struggles

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Britain's Mark Cavendish is cheered by fans as he completes the sixth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 145 kilometers (90 miles) with start in Tarbes and finish in Cauterets-Cambasque, France, on July 6, 2023. Cavendish has delayed his return to racing as he struggles with health issues in what is expected to be his final professional season. Cavendish has not raced since he abandoned Milano-Torino on March 13, and was expected to return on Wednesday April 3, 2024 at the Scheldeprijs, a Belgian event he has won three times. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File)

Cavendish’s return to cycling delayed as recovery is taking longer than expected

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Stage winner Britain's Mark Cavendish celebrates on the podium after the fourteenth stage of the Tour de France, in Villars-les-Dombes, France, Saturday, July 16, 2016. Mark Cavendish wants another go at the record for most career stage wins at the Tour de France he shares with Eddy Merckx. After announcing his retirement earlier this year, the ace sprinter has backpedaled and will compete with the Astana Qazaqstan team for one more season. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Ace sprinter Mark Cavendish delays retirement to chase outright record for Tour de France stage wins

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

Britain's Mark Cavendish, right, smiles prior to the fourth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 182 kilometers (113 miles) with start in Dax and finish in Nogaro, France, Tuesday, July 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

British rider Mark Cavendish crashes out of Tour de France

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FILE - Stage winner and new overall leader Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard, left, and Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, climb during the eleventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 152 kilometers (94.4 miles) with start in Albertville and finish in Col du Granon Serre Chevalier, France, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. The 110th edition of the Tour de France starting Saturday, July 1, 2023 from Bilbao, Spain, will feature a mouthwatering duel between defending champion Jonas Vingegaard and two-time winner Tadej Pogacar. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Defending Tour de France champion Vingegaard, 2-time winner Pogacar meet for next chapter of rivalry

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

Britain's Prince Harry, left, Prince William, right, and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, watch as Germany's sprinter Marcel Kittel, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, celebrates winning the first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 190.5 kilometers (118.4 miles) with start in Leeds and finish in Harrogate, England, Saturday, July 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

2014 Tour de France opens with Mark Cavendish crash, Marcel Kittel dash

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

FILE &#8211; In this, July 12, 2013, file photo Mark Cavendish of Britain crosses the finish line to win the thirteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 173 kilometers (108.1 miles) with start in in Tours and finish in Saint-Amand-Montrond, western France. Explosive sprinters, svelte climbers, powerful time trialists: the Tour de France is not just about the handful of all-rounders who will vie for the coveted yellow jersey when the race begins on Saturday in Leeds, England. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours, File)

Tour de France: Riders to watch in 2014 race

By Greg Keller - Associated Press

Wiggins takes Tour of California

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Mark Cavendish, center, of Great Britain, riding for the Omega Pharma-Quickstep Cycling Team, pulls up after crossing the finish line ahead of second place finisher John Degenkolb, right, of Germany, riding for Team Giant-Shimano right, to win the Stage I of Tour of California cycling in Sacramento, Calif., Sunday, May 11, 2014. In a nearly photo-finish Cavendish completed the 120 mile stage in 4 hours, 47 minutes, 17 seconds to earn the overall race leader's yellow jersey. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Mark Cavendish takes Tour of California opening stage

By Antonio Gonzalez - Associated Press

Riders begin the neutral start of Stage I of the Tour of California cycling in Sacramento, Calif., Sunday, May 11, 2014.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Cavendish wins 1st stage of Tour of California

By ANTONIO GONZALEZ - Associated Press

Norway's Alexander Kristoff celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the Milan-San Remo cycling race, in Sanremo, Italy, Sunday, March 23, 2014. Alexander Kristoff sprinted to victory in the Milan-San Remo classic on Sunday, edging out 2008 winner Fabian Cancellara on a wet and rainy course for the biggest win of his career. Kristoff pulled away in the closing meters to win the 294-kilometer (183 mile) race in 6 hours, 55 minutes, 56 seconds and become the first Norwegian to triumph in the one-day race. (AP Photo/Gian Mattia D'Alberto, Lapresse)

Kristoff outsprints Cancellara in Milan-San Remo

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Spain's Alberto Contador celebrates on the podium after winning the fifth stage of the Tirreno Adriatico cycling race from Amatrice to Guardiagrele, Italy, Sunday, March 16, 2014. Alberto Contador again showed his strength in the mountains as he claimed a second successive Tirreno-Adriatico stage win to move into the overall lead on Sunday. Contador, who won the grueling fourth stage of the race on Saturday, recorded a dominant victory over another tough leg from Amatrice to Guardiagrele, finishing in 4 hours, 54 minutes and 42 seconds. (AP Photo/Fabio Ferrari, Lapresse)

Cavendish wins Tirreno stage; Contador keeps lead

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Colombia's Rigoberto Uran, right, leads Omega Pharma-quick Step's teammates as they ride during the first stage of the Tirreno Adriatico cycling race from Donoratico to San Vincenzo, Italy, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. British sprinter Mark Cavendish leads the Tirreno-Adriatico after his Omega Pharma-Quick Step team won a time trial to open the weeklong cycling race on Wednesday. Omega clocked 20 minutes over the 18.5-kilometer (11.5-mile) route from Donoratico to San Vincenzo. It was an identical start from last year, when Cavendish also took the lead with an Omega win. (AP Photo/Fabio Ferrari, Lapresse)

Cavendish takes Tirreno lead as Omega wins TTT

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Team Saxo-Tinkoff with Spain's Alberto Contador in second position leads the breakaway taking over one minute on overall leader Christopher Froome of Britain during the thirteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 173 kilometers (108.1 miles) with start in in Tours and finish in Saint-Amand-Montrond, western France, Friday July 12 2013. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Tour de France 2013: Chris Froome’s lead is trimmed but he’s still in command

By John Leicester

Stage winner Marcel Kittel of Germany grimaces after crossing the finish line of the twelfth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 218 kilometers (136.2 miles) with start in in Fougeres and finish in Tours, western France, Thursday July 11 2013. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Tour de France 2013: Leader Chris Froome avoids late crash as Marcus Kittel wins stage

By Jerome Pugmire - Associated Press

Stage winner Marcel Kittel of Germany celebrates on the podium of the tenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 197 kilometers (123.1 miles) with start in in Saint-Gildas-des-Bois and finish in Saint-Malo, Brittany region, western France, Tuesday July 9 2013. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Tour de France 2013: Marcel Kittel wins a frantic stage as Chris Froome keeps overall lead

By Jerome Pugmire - Associated Press

Britain's Mark Cavendish celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 228.5 kilometers (142.8 miles) with start in Cagnes-sur-Mer and finish in Marseille, southern France, Wednesday July 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Tour de France 2013: Mark Cavendish wins Stage 5

By John Leicester - Associated Press

British sprinter Mark Cavendish walks onto the stage during the official team presentation of the Tour de France cycling race in Porto Vecchio, southern Corsica island, France, Thursday June 27, 2013. The 28-year-old native of the Isle of Man, garnering him the "Manx Missile" moniker among fellow Britons and cycling buffs, is the best sprinter of his generation. Cavendish already has 23 Tour stage victories, putting him fourth on the all-time list. The race starts in Porto Vecchio on Saturday June 29, and the 198-rider peloton, or pack, is to cover 3,479 kilometers (2,162 miles) over three weeks, 21 stages and two rest days, before an unusual nighttime finish July 21 on the Champs-Elysees in Paris. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Tour de France 2013: Mark Cavendish eyes yellow jersey in opening stage

By Jamey Keaten and John Leicester - Associated Press