Mark Cavendish relishing one final tilt at new Tour de France stage win record

Mark Cavendish’s final tilt at claiming a record-breaking 35th stage win at the Tour de France begins in earnest on Monday

Manxman currently shares record with Eddy Merckxbegins in earnest on Monday when he targets victory in the longest day of this year’s race, the 230km haul from Piacenza to Turin.

“People try and take away from what I do, but one thing I’m very proud of is the length of my career,” he said. “Fundamentally, to do something for that long, is something I’m very proud of.” Cavendish had come agonisingly close to taking that elusive record-breaking win in Bordeaux, only to be pipped at the line by Jasper Philipsen, of Alpecin Deceuninck, who went on to win four stages in 2023.

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