Tour de France | Cavendish equals Merckx’s record
The Hindu
Registers 34th stage win of his career; Pogacar still in yellow
Mark Cavendish equalled the all-time tally of Tour de France stage wins when he sped over the finish line at Carcassonne on Friday for a landmark 34th stage victory in the race. It was Cavendish’s fourth win on the 2021 edition and sees the British sprinter equal Eddy Merckx’s 35-year-old record of Tour de France stage wins. It is all the more remarkable considering Cavendish’s career looked compromised in December, teamless, without a Tour de France stage win in five years, and struggling to put a long bout of the tiring Epstein Barr virus behind him.More Related News