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Elia Viviani of Italy (R) and Glenn O'Shea of Australia crash during the Men's Omnium

Viviani recovers from crash to take omnium gold

Elia Viviani's Olympic gold medal hopes seemed to have vanished in a tangle of legs and carbon fibre after a crash during the finale of the men's omnium, but the Italian recovered to claim an emotional victory.

Paris 2024 • 16 Aug 16

Mark Cavendish celebrates at the finish line

Cavendish notches 29th Tour de France stage win

Mark Cavendish moved into second place all-time for Tour de France stage wins as he collected his 29th victory on stage six in Montauban on Thursday.

Cycling • 07 Jul 16

Mark Cavendish (2nd R) crosses the finish line ahead of Germany's Andre Greipel (L), France's Bryan Coquard (2nd L) and Slovakia's Peter Sagan (R)

VIDEO: Cavendish pips Greipel on line at Tour

Mark Cavendish snatched his second victory of the 2016 Tour de France by a matter of inches over Andre Greipel in Angers.

Cycling • 04 Jul 16

Cavendish takes yellow jersey, Bennett unlucky

Britain's Mark Cavendish completed cycling's prestigious set of distinctive jerseys when he won the crash-marred first stage of the Tour de France, while Ireland's Sam Bennett was among the fallers in the sprint finish at the end.

Cycling • 03 Jul 16

Mark Cavendish: 'An Olympic medal is the only thing I'm missing'

Mark Cavendish joins African squad MTN-Qhubeka

Mark Cavendish has signed for African squad MTN-Qhubeka, their parent company Ryder Cycling has announced.

Cycling • 29 Sep 15

Andre Griepel wins stage five of the Tour de France

Greipel claims second stage victory of 2015 Tour

Andre Greipel has claimed his second victory of the 2015 Tour de France with victory on stage five to Amiens.

Cycling • 08 Jul 15

Mark Cavendish of Great Britain and Etixx-Quick Step leads the peloton

Tour attention turns to Mark Cavendish

Attention turned to Mark Cavendish at the Tour de France after Chris Froome survived the cobbles and was content to concede the race leader's yellow jersey.

Cycling • 08 Jul 15

Germany's Andre Greipel (R) reacts after winning the second stage of the Tour de France ahead of Mark Cavendish (L)

Cavendish blames team-mates for poor stage finish

Mark Cavendish experienced further Tour de France disappointment as Chris Froome struck a blow in the race for the yellow jersey ahead of today's third stage in Belgium.

Cycling • 06 Jul 15

Mark Cavendish finished the stage, clearly injured, after the crash

'Devastated' Cavendish out of Tour de France

Mark Cavendish is out of the Tour de France with a shoulder injury sustained in a crash on Saturday's opening stage to Harrogate.

Cycling • 06 Jul 14

Mark Cavendish and his team-mates are greeted by supporters as they ride through Millennium Square in Leeds ahead of the start of the Tour

Cavendish aiming for Yorkshire yellow

Mark Cavendish has tried to downplay the importance of his taking the yellow jersey when the Tour de France takes off in Yorkshire on Saturday, but admitted wearing the maillot jaune “would be nice”.

Cycling • 04 Jul 14

Mark Cavendish (c) won a sprint finish in the town of Guildford

Wiggins still in front as Cavendish wins stage

Mark Cavendish won a sprint finish from Italian Elia Viviani on the cobbled High Street of Guildford in the penultimate stage of the Tour of Britain.

Cycling • 21 Sep 13

Mark Cavendish (third from right) won stage 13 of the Tour de France to Saint-Amand-Montrond

25 up for Cavendish in Tour stage 13 win

Mark Cavendish answered his critics with victory on stage 13 of the Tour de France to Saint-Amand-Montrond.

Cycling • 12 Jul 13

Cavendish has yet to issue a comment on the incident

No action after Cavendish has urine thrown at him

No further action will be taken against a spectator who threw urine at Mark Cavendish during the Tour de France today, according to the Omega Pharma-Quick Step team.

Cycling • 10 Jul 13

Mark Cavendish celebrates winning a Tour de France stage for the 25th time

Cavendish wins stage five of Le Tour

Mark Cavendish claimed his 24th Tour de France stage victory on the seafront in Marseille as he shrugged off the last remnants of bronchitis.

Cycling • 03 Jul 13

Cavendish urges Armstrong to confess

Mark Cavendish believes Lance Armstrong should admit to doping for the good of cycling.

Cycling • 24 Oct 12

Cavendish leaves Team Sky for Omega

Mark Cavendish will be the centre of attention once again after leaving Team Sky for Omega Pharma-QuickStep.

Cycling • 19 Oct 12

Vinokourov - a surprise winner around the streets of London

Cycling: Vinokourov takes road race win

Alexandre Vinokourov upset Britain's plan to set up a massive sprint finish for Mark Cavendish when he claimed the gold medal in the Olympic road race on Saturday.

Paris 2024 • 30 Jul 12

Mark Cavendish won a sprint finish to claim the second stage

Cavendish sprints to stage win

Team Sky rider Mark Cavendish has won the second stage of the Tour de France.

Cycling • 02 Jul 12

Mark Cavendish won the points green jersey in 2011

Cavendish set for Wiggins sacrifice

Bunch sprints at this year's Tour de France are set to be more closely-fought than ever after Mark Cavendish's Olympic-aimed weight loss and Team Sky commitments.

Cycling • 30 Jun 12

Mark Cavendish took a 12-point lead in the points standings

Cavendish takes 13th Giro d'Italia stage

Britain's Mark Cavendish took his third stage win of this year's Giro d'Italia on stage 13 to Cervere today.

Cycling • 18 May 12

Mark Cavendish claimed his second stage win on the Giro d'Italia

Cavendish bounces back on fifth stage

Mark Cavendish won the 209km fifth stage of the Giro d'Italia for his second win in this year's race and celebrated by taking his baby daughter onto the podium.

Cycling • 10 May 12

Mark Cavendish