The 'Manx Missile' overtakes Eddy Merckx to stand alone with 35 stage wins and cement his place as the sport's greatest sprinter
“You have to go all in and we’ve done it. We worked exactly what we wanted to do, every little detail has been put towards today.Slovenian Tadej Pogacar retains the yellow jersey, 45 second ahead of Remco Evenepoel, while Belgian Jasper Philipsen trailed Cavendish in second in stage five.
Cavendish then broke his collarbone the following day, ruling him out of the rest of the race and leading to him reversing his retirement announcement to return in 2024. The “Manx Missile” has previously won the Tour de France green jersey points classification in 2011 and 2021, also winning the World Championship in 2011.called Cavendish “the greatest sprinter in the history of the Tour and of cycling”, and this record appears to confirm that., Cavendish said: “Ultimately, I don’t want to share the record.
Eight stages of the Tour’s 111th edition were considered suited to sprinters like Cavendish, meaning he had multiple attempts to break the record.
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