List of career achievements by Mark Cavendish
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This is a list of career achievements by Mark Cavendish, a former professional racing cyclist from the Isle of Man, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2024. Originally competing in endurance events in track cycling, Cavendish won gold medals at the 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and the 2006 Commonwealth Games before he moved into road racing in 2006, specialising as a sprinter. During his road racing career, Cavendish won the road race at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships, a record 35 stages at the Tour de France, and ranks third overall for Grand Tour stage wins with 55. With a total of 165 professional victories, he ranks second on the all-time list to Eddy Merckx. Cavendish won a further two world titles at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, and a silver medal in the omnium at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He was voted as the winner of the 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award following his World Championships victory, and received the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award in 2024. For his services to British cycling, Cavendish was appointed as an MBE in the 2011 Birthday Honours, and was knighted in the 2024 Birthday Honours.