Cavendish is the king of the road

Team Columbia High Road’s Mark Cavendish (second from left) of Britain celebrates winning the sixth stage of the Tour de Suisse cycling race in Bad Zurzach, Switzerland. Denis Balibouse / Reuters At 24, Mark Cavendish is already the most successful British cyclist of all time. In his final major event before tomorrow’s Tour de France starts – the Tour of Switzerland – he surpassed countryman Chris Boardman’s previous tally of 41 career wins as he surged to victory on stage six. And “Cav”, as he is known in the peloton, looks set to comfortably add to that tally on Gallic Tarmac over the next three weeks. The racer from the Isle of Man – an island with a meagre of population of just 75,000 – is the fastest man on two wheels. Put him in a straight-line sprint against any of the world’s top speed men and he is unrivalled. And he... [read full story]                    

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