Briton Mark Cavendish claims the outright Tour de France stage win record by taking his 35th victory to surpass Eddy Merckx on stage five in Saint Vulbas.
Mark Cavendish broke the Tour de France stage wins record as he took his 35th victory in cycling's greatest race to surpass the legendary Eddy Merckx with a sensational sprint finish in Saint Vulbas.
Cavendish had jointly held the record for most Tour stage wins with Belgian Merckx since winning his 34th stage in 2021. But he returned to the Belgian Quick Step team in 2021 to win four stages in a remarkable comeback at that year's Tour. And it offered Cavendish his latest shot at history - later revealing this was the stage he and his Astana Qazaqstan team had been "specifically" preparing for.
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