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Username or Email Address. Random Article Log In Register. Mark Cavendish. Editors' Picks. Editors' Picks Tech. Mark Cavendish Deceuninck-QuickStep is the first headline rider confirmed to race the Tour of Britain , race organisers have announced.
The Manxman, who won four stages and the green jersey at the Tour de France , will take on the eight-day race, which runs from September Cavendish has a record 10 wins to his name at the modern iteration of the race, two more than second-placed man Edvald Boasson Hagen, and will be looking to add more at this year's edition, which runs between Penzance and Aberdeen.
Since rejoining the Belgian squad this year, year-old Cavendish has enjoyed a career resurgence after struggling with injury and illness for several seasons. After taking his first win in three years at the Tour of Turkey, he followed it up with three more at the race and a victory at the Baloise Belgium Tour, before making the Tour de France squad after Sam Bennett's knee injury kept him off the start list.
During the Tour, he racked up four stage wins, bringing him equal with Eddy Merckx's stage win record, and also took his second green jersey, 10 years on from his first. A professional since , the Manxman has left a truly indelible mark on cycling in the past 15 years, winning close to races on the road while in the pro ranks. Of these, 48 were achieved in the Grand Tours, where the year-old has managed to become one of the few riders in history to win all three points jerseys.
The World Championships in Copenhagen, the Milano-Sanremo — where he produced one of the most stunning sprints in history — and two wins in Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne are some of the many other dazzling highlights of a remarkable career that the charismatic Brit will continue together with the Wolfpack, where he has returned after five years.
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