Mark Cavendish

"It just seems like the other teams are happy not to win as long as we don't win," says world champ Mark Cavendish

In this excerpt from the March 2012 issue of Velo, we detail the London Olympics, with a focus on the home country favorites

Mark Cavendish is the favorite for gold on Saturday, but a cadre of challengers is mulling how best to beat the Manx Missile

If he can get over the Box Hill climb, which many feel he can, Mark Cavendish is the top favorite for Olympic gold on The Mall

British gold would give the games a big boost, says the Belgian IOC president

With Mark Cavendish and Lizzie Armitstead at the end of its sprint trains, Great Britain team captains will align with rivals to limit attackers

The world champ is the first rainbow jersey to win the Champs-Élysées stage

Sky finishes one-two in Paris as Cav' wins a record fourth time on the Champs-Élysées

The peloton chastised English speakers until late in the 20th century. Now, Great Britain owns the Tour de France

World champion has dreamt of sprinting on the Champs Elysees since childhood and is the top favorite to win his fourth Tour finale in a row

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With live insight from teams, VeloNews staff and readers, here's how stage 18 went down

Wiggins was clearly pleased to have helped bring Cav his amazing win

With rainbow accents, double lever hoods and a custom cockpit, we profile Mark Cavendish's stage-winning Dogma 2

Cavendish admitted that chasing the yellow jersey with Sky this year has left him feeling like a fish out of water

World champ takes second win of this Tour as Sky deliver Wiggins to the time trial in yellow

Sky manager stands by decision not to chase the breakaway for Cav to have a shot at the stage win

World champ is on bottle duty this week as more sprint chances loom

Bernie Eisel says that after having Cav pass him on a climb, if the Sky boys keep going like this, he's going to be out of a job soon.

A Tour rookie, Kiwi veteran ecstatic after pulling Greipel to two stage wins; Sky working at the front for Wiggins

Stage 5: Bernie Eisel says that the thing he most regrets about his crash in stage 4 is that he can't laugh with the team because it hurts

Sky sprinters take a heavy fall, but should be back for more on Thursday

Every morning looks like airport security at the Team Sky bus, and our Matthew Beaudin, a Tour rookie, is there

With Mark Cavendish freelancing and rivals trying to engineer their own trains, the Tour sprints are particularly chaotic this year

Fabian Cancellara should back off and take notes from Cavendish's tactical stage 2 win

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The world champion came into the Tour quiet and reserved. He exposed himself with a brilliant sprint on Monday

The new soft-spoken, modest and lean Mark Cavendish is world champion for a reason

Mark Cavendish describes jumping into a gap left by Matt Goss to get onto Daryl Impey's wheel, then coming off André Greipel and Greg Henderson to win stage 2 of the 2012 Tour de France

Manx Missile scores a freelance Tour de France win in the rainbow jersey

We can take a few things away from the Tour's opening weekend; an idea for the GC competition isn't one of them

Andrew Hood compiles a daily notebook at the Tour de France

The boss of British Cycling and Team Sky fights a two-front war for Tour yellow and Olympic gold

The Manx speedster has shed kilos — and perhaps some power — to go for Olympic gold

Cavendish says hunt for green jersey will be more difficult with team focused on Wiggins and yellow

Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins will focus their efforts on Tour de France preparations and not compete in their national championships

World champion will now focus on green jersey in Paris and gold in London.

Sagan within one of German sprinter's lead in the wins tally for top-level pros

In our midseason report card for the sprinters, Cav is still the king of speed, but many are nipping at his heels

In our daily Giro round-up, Cavendish fights for the points jersey in Milan, Phinney is happy to finish the Giro and Pinotti storms back for stage win

Rodríguez not the TT underdog so many say he is; Cav wears lost points jersey; four expelled for towing

Dominique Rollin is happy to still be in the Giro after being hit by a Vacansoliel car during Wednesday’s 17th stage

Cav scored the hat trick with another win in stage 13 of the Giro, and said he still hopes to take the points jersey all the way to Milan

Stage 13 lucky for Cavendish as he collects third win in 2012 Giro d'Italia, keeps red points leader's jersey

In his daily Giro wrap-up, Andrew Hood recaps the awkward Cavendish/Cipollini moment after stage 11 and Giuseppe Martinelli’s thoughts on Ryder Hesjedal

Gregor Brown asks how Cav's rivals can top him and comes up with few answers

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World champ wins his second Giro stage

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Orica-GreenEdge riders and management say the only sure-fire way to beat Mark Cavendish at the Giro is to derail his leadout train

Embattled Italian sprinter to face peloton on charter flight from Denmark to Italy Monday night

Doping tolerated at Rabobank until 2007; Farrar returns to Giro; Cavendish and Thomas partner up

After their stage 2 win at the 2012 Giro d'Italia, Bernhard Eisel said the pressure was on in Denmark. Mark Cavendish describes a special win, his earliest ever at the Giro

The British Sky teammates had reservations ahead of the stage 2 sprint at the Giro, but came through in Herning

World champ says there is a lack of respect amongst the peloton's older riders; Giro to memorialize Weylandt; Phinney is up to 6-foot-5 and growing

World champion takes long sprint in Herning after late crashes delay overall leader, some sprinters

Mark Cavendish thinks there are six stages he could win at this year's Giro, and hopes his teammates will also have chances for their own stage wins

A decision Monday by the Court of Arbitration for Sport means that David Millar could ride at the London Games in support of Mark Cavendish

Mark Cavendish says he will be hungry to embellish his impressive career-victory tally at the Giro d'Italia

Cavendish tips Belgians for Olympics; Boonen sets sights on Olympics and worlds; Gasparotto courted by Vacansoleil-DCM

After spending most of his career as lead-out man, Aussie talked about getting his first win and did so hours later

Sky can take green and yellow at Tour, says Cavendish; Gesink to race Tour of California; Voeckler clearing his head in Africa

World champion returns to racing after month-long break

World, Tour champs headed for Switzerland ahead of season objectives

Devolder: 'Pay attention to Lieuwe'; Vansummeren caught without a helmet; Cav starts sports scholarships; Meares/Pendleton rivalry still fierce

World champ will skip defense of semi-classic for birth of his daughter

Pozzato finds his form just in time; Yorkshire submits bid to host Tour de France start; Cav may miss Scheldeprijs for childbirth; Museeuw talks new Flanders finale

King of the Classics gives his point of view on today's riders, picks winners through Liège

World champ shrugs off classics disappointment

Everything you need to know about Sunday's semi-classic, including the course profile and startlist

World champion lashes out at Katusha rider for causing crash with careless bottle toss

Oscar Sevilla returns to racing; no Boonen, Cancellara, or Gilbert for Dwars door Vlaanderen, a cyclist immortalized in plastic, and Cav's Olympic hopes.

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Cavendish loses contact with 94km remaining in "La Primavera"

Saturday might be an opportunity for Norwegian to find his way into the spotlight

Cavendish looks to be in his best condition since winning Milan-San Remo in 2009

With Cavendish, Goss and Gilbert among more than a dozen riders to to peel their numbers in Offida

World champ prevails in crash-depleted bunch sprint, Goss maintains lead

Cavendish’s Dogma 2 for stage 5 of the Tour of Oman — nearly 6,000 feet of climbing — was outfitted as it would be for a sprint day