Birth of Mark Cavendish
Birth of Mark Cavendish
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Mark Cavendish Biography and Timeline
Follow Mark Cavendish through 7 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Mark Cavendish, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1985–2009Years on this page
1985
2008
Giro dItalia
Winner of 2 stages in the Giro dItalia
Tour de France
Winner of 4 sprint stages in the Tour de France
Tour de Romandie
At the Tour de Romandie, Cavendish won the prologue time-trial, beating compatriot Bradley Wiggins and emphasising his short-distance time-trial abilities
World Champion
Winner of the Madison World Championships in Manchester with Bradley Wiggins
2009
Giro dItalia
Winner of 3 stages in the Giro dItalia. At the start of the 2009 Giro dItalia Columbia won the Team Time Trial and he was given the Maglia Rosa leaders jersey, the first British rider to ever wear it
Tour de France
Winner of 6 sprint stages in the Tour de France. In winning the third stage he became the first Briton to hold the green jersey for two days in a row. Cavendishs win on stage 11 enabled him to reclaim the green jersey from rival Thor Hushovd, and equalled Barry Hobans British record of eight Tour de France stage wins
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.