Mark Cavendish
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| Gold | 2006 Melbourne | Men's Scratch |
Mark Cavendish is from the Isle of Man (now lives in Manchester), born on 21 May 1985. He is known as a Track Cyclist competing in the Madison, Points race, Scratch Race and Road Racing. He made his track debut for Great Britain in the 2004 Moscow World Cup. For the 2007 road racing season, he has signed for the German ProTour team, T-Mobile. He was signed following an impressive performance in the Tour of Britain, where he was a Stagiare for the german team. He is a sprinter.
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[edit] Highlights
[edit] Madison
[edit] World Track Championships 2005
Rob Hayles and Mark gave Britain their fourth gold at the World Track Championships in Los Angeles, California in the men's madison. The pair finished one lap ahead of the field to claim the 200-lap race, ahead of the Dutch and Belgian teams.
Mark was only taken to Los Angeles to get some senior experience and the two had not raced together before.[1]
[edit] Scratch Race
[edit] Commonwealth Games 2006
Over 80 laps of the Melbourne track in the Commonwealth Games, March 2006, Mark raced to get a lap up on the field, with four other cyclists. Only the five racers managed to get the one lap up and in the final sprint for the line to decide the medals, with a lead from Rob Hayles, Mark (racing for the Isle of Man), won Gold, beating Ashley Hutchinson (Australia) Silver and James McCallum (Scotland) Bronze.
Time - 23 mins 05.540 secs. Average speed - 51.965 km/hour.
A terrific event for the Isle of Man saw Jonathan Bellis finish in sixth place while team-mate Mark Kelly wasn't far beind in eighth.
See also
[edit] Major road results
[edit] 2007
T-Mobile
- 2nd, Etoile de Bessèges Stage 1
[edit] 2006
T-Mobile Stagiare
- Points Jersey Tour of Britain
- 3rd, Stage 6, Tour of Britain
- 2nd, Stage 5, Tour of Britain
- 2nd, Stage 4, Tour of Britain
[edit] 2005
Team Sparkasse
- 3rd Stage 2, Tour of Britain
- 1st Stage win, Tour of Berlin
[edit] 2004
- 1st, Tour of Britain Support Circuit race, Westminster
[edit] Major track results
[edit] Commonwealth Games
- 2006 - Melbourne, 1st Scratch Race
[edit] World Championships
- 2005 - Los Angeles, (Track) 1st Madison (with Rob Hayles)
[edit] UCI World Track Cup
- 2005 - Manchester, 2nd Team pursuit
- 2005 - Manchester, 3rd Madison
- 2005 - Sydney, 3rd, Madison (with Tom White)
- 2005 - Sydney, 2nd, Team pursuit 4:11.728/4:10.735, (with Brammeier, White, Clancy)
[edit] European Championships
- 2005 - 1st Points race
- 2005 - 4th Scratch Race
[edit] British championships
- 2005 - 1st Circuit Road Race Championship (Otley)
- 2005 - 3rd Scratch Race (Track)
- 2004 - 2nd, Madison, British Senior Track Championship (with Ed Clancy)
- 2003 - 2nd, Scratch Race, British Junior Championships
- 2003 - 2nd, Sprint, British Junior Championships
- 2003 - 2nd, Road Race, British Junior Championships
[edit] Others
- 2007 - 1st, Revolution 16, 15km Scratch Race
- 2004 - 1st, Bremen UIV Talent Cup Madison (with Geraint Thomas)
- 2004 - 1st, Munich UIV Talents Cup Madison (with Matt Brammeier)
- 2004 - 1st, Revolution 6 Madison Kilometre, (Current record Holder) 57.457s (with Ed Clancy)
[edit] References
| Riders on T-Mobile Team |
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Michael Barry | Eric Baumann | Lorenzo Bernucci | Marcus Burghardt | Mark Cavendish | Gerald Ciolek | Scott Davis | Bernhard Eisel | Linus Gerdemann | Bert Grabsch | André Greipel | Giuseppe Guerini | Roger Hammond | Adam Hansen | Greg Henderson | Serhiy Honchar | Kim Kirchen | Andreas Klier | Servais Knaven | André Korff | Axel Merckx | Aaron Olsen | Jakob Piil | Marco Pinotti | František Raboň | Michael Rogers | Stephan Schreck | Patrik Sinkewitz | Thomas Ziegler |
| Manager |
| Bob Stapleton |
