Awards & Winners

Mark Cavendish

Date of Birth 21-May-1985
Place of Birth Douglas
(Europe, Isle of Man, Middle)
Nationality United Kingdom, Isle of Man
Also know as Manx Missile, Mark Simon Cavendish
Profession Professional Road Racing Cyclist
Mark Simon Cavendish MBE is a British professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Omega Pharma-Quick Step. Originally a track cyclist specialising in the madison, points race, and scratch race disciplines, he has competed on the road since 2006, rising to prominence as a sprinter, widely considered to be the fastest road cyclist in the world. On the track Cavendish won gold in the Madison at the 2005 and 2008 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. As a road cyclist Cavendish achieved eleven wins in his first professional season, equalling the record held by Alessandro Petacchi. Cavendish has won twenty-five Tour de France stages putting him third on the all-time list and fourth on the all-time list of Grand Tour stage winners with forty-three victories. He won the road race at the 2011 road world championships, becoming the second British rider to do so after Tom Simpson in 1965. Other notable wins include the 2009 Milan – San Remo classic and the points classification in all three of the grand tours: the 2010 Vuelta a España, the 2011 Tour de France, and the 2013 Giro d'Italia. In 2012 he became the first person to win the final Champs-Élysées stage in the Tour de France in four consecutive years.

Awards by Mark Cavendish

Check all the awards nominated and won by Mark Cavendish.

2011


BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award

Nominations 2011 »

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BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award

2010


Nominations 2010 »

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Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year