Mark Cavendish

Veterans Mark Cavendish, Chris Froome to compete in star-studded Tour of Germany

Deceuninck Quick-Step rider Cavendish, 36, rolled back the years to win four stages on this year's Tour de France to take the green points jersey.

Tour de France 2021: UAE Team Emirates' Tadej Pogacar claims second successive title in dominant fashion

Pogacar stole in at the 11th hour to win the 2020 edition, but this year he stamped his authority in the first week and will pull on the yellow jersey beneath the Arc de Triomphe as the undisputed champion aged just 22.

Tour de France 2021: Patrick Konrad wins hilly Stage 16 as elite riders keep things lukewarm ahead of bigger hurdles

Konrad has been close twice before on this Tour de France, a factor that drove him to attack. "It makes me really proud," said the Austrian champion after his first ever Tour de France win.

Tour de France 2021: Germany's Nils Politt wins stage 12, Tadej Pogacar retains overall lead

An escape group finished the short, flat stage to Nimes more than 15min ahead of a resigned peloton, with the defending champion, UAE rider Tadej Pogacar, retaining his five-minute overall lead over a clutch of rivals.

Tour de France 2021: Mark Cavendish wins 10th stage to inch closer to Eddy Merckx's all-time record

Cavendish was a surprise late inclusion on Deceuninck Quick-Step's Tour roster and has seized his opportunity, ending a five-year barren patch in the race with wins on stages four, six and now 10.

Tour de France 2021: Mark Cavendish wins stage six, Mathieu van der Poel keeps hold of leader's jersey

After a barren five-year spell on the Tour, the win on stage six took Cavendish's tally on the world's greatest bike race to 32, just two short of Belgian great Eddy Merckx's all-time record of 34.

Tour de France 2021: Veteran cyclist Mark Cavendish set to feature in tournament after three year absence

Cavendish, whose 30 Tour stage wins are second only to Eddy Merckx, was included after Irish rider Sam Bennett was ruled out through injury, meaning he will be unable to defend the green jersey that he won in last year's race.

Tour of Turkey: Spanish cyclist Jose Manuel Diaz wins fifth stage, takes overall lead

The Spaniard, who rides for French team Delko, sprinted ahead of the Australian Jay Vine and the Argentinian Eduardo Sepulveda at the finish, after a 12-kilometre climb at a 6.3 percent gradient, getting far steeper right at the end.

Tour of Turkey: British cyclist Mark Cavendish avoids late crash to win third consecutive stage

The 35-year-old Cavendish hadn't won a race since 2018 before Monday but was celebrating a third victory in three days after the 184.4km run from Alanya to the coastal town of Kemer.

Mark Cavendish wins stage two of Tour of Turkey to claim first win in over three years

The 35-year-old, who has 30 Tour de France stage victories, had not won anywhere since February 2018 and had been suffering from the Epstein-Barr virus.