Mark Cavendish

HTC-Highroad's Mark Cavendish scored a sprint victory in the final stage of the 2011 Tour of Oman as Robert Gesink wraps up the overall.

Haussler v. Cav'; Contador's mystery meat; Bauer dreams big

Cavendish and others are using the new Shimano Di2 shift option at the Tour Down Under

ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP) — British sprint king Mark Cavendish had to pick his way through traffic to finish in the Tour Down Under Thursday, leaving officials red-faced at the third stage of the event.

Why are the marquee sprinters at the Santos Tour Down Under not in winning form?

HTC-High Road's Mark Cavendish declined to be drawn into a pre-race verbal battle with sprint rival Andre Greipel on Saturday as the two prepared for a historic duel in Australia this week.

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The HTC-HighRoad rider will battle Andre Greipel for stage wins at the Australian race in 2011.

Mark Cavendish says he's not getting the love he thinks he deserves from HTC-Columbia and hints that his relationship with the team has soured.

Mark Cavendish might be able to walk down the street in New Delhi without being recognized, but slip him into the athlete’s village at the Commonwealth Games and he gets mobbed.

From Gilbert to Cavendish, a look at the favorites for the elite men's road race.

The team leader says the U.S. has fielded one of its strongest world championship teams ever.

Dave Brailsford says Cavendish could win if circumstances are right. But he's got a Plan B, as well

The British sprinter says he's revising his goals after seeing the worlds course in person

Despite reluctance from other athletes — and reports of snakes in dorms and collapsing bridges — Mark Cavendish says he'd like another medal from the Commonwealth Games.

The team won two stages at the Vuelta, four stages and the overall at the Tour of Britain, two stages and the overall at the Giro di Toscana, and took victories at Belgium's Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen and the GP Isbergues in France.

The 2010 Vuelta a España wrapped up Sunday with an thrilling sprint victory by Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) that capped what most agree was the most exciting and demanding Vuelta in years.

Farrar wins the final stage in Madrid and Nibali secures the overall

HTC-Columbia speedster out-kicks Saxo Bank's J.J. Haedo and Footon's Manuel Cardoso.

Tyler Farrar called accusations by Mark Cavendish that he’s receiving help in the sprints from Belgian rider Wouter Weylandt “ridiculous.”

Cavendish hits his groove, outkicking Thor Hushovd for the win in stage 13

Mark Cavendish bounces off a perfect lead-out to coast across the line, while Farrar fights for second.

The Omega Pharma-Lotto strongman attacks for the win in the final kilometer as a daylong break comes to naught.

Yauheni Hutarovich — the lanterne rouge of the 2009 Tour de France — claims his first grand-tour victory ahead of race leader Mark Cavendish and Tyler Farrar.

HTC-Columbia set the early top time in the nighttime stage and it withstood challenges from Liquigas-Doimo and Saxo Bank.

Alberto Contador probably won't show, but the third-best man in the Tour, Denis Menchov, is signed up.

Petacchi secures the green jersey as Cavendish repeats his 2009 final-stage win. Contador rolls safely to his Tour win.

Cavendish comes off Cervelo and Petacchi to take his 14th Tour stage. Garmin's Dean is second and the GC stars cross rest up for the Saturday TT.

Mark Cavendish handily won the field sprint behind Astana’s Alexandre Vinokourov, moving up in the points standing at the Tour de France.

Updated with Renshaw's statement: 'I am extremely disappointed and also surprised'

Thursday's win breaks the sprinters' record of a dozen Tour victories, held by Mario Cipollini, Erik Zabel and Robbie McEwen.

Cavendish wins his 13th career Tour stage, but his lead-out man Renshaw is thrown out of the race for head-butting Julian Dean.

Chasing points or stage wins, the sprinter teams are gearing up for battle in Thursday's stage 11

Cavendish gets back on track and goes two-in-a-row in France. Farrar is second.

Winning or losing, Cav' is the real deal

The mercurial Manxman has a softer side, and showed it after stage 5.

Cavendish quiets critics with dominant stage 5 win

Scenes from peloton

A close look at the fastest bikes in the peloton — those of Cavendish, Petacchi and Farrar

Thor Hushovd couldn't out-kick Alessandro Petacchi on Wednesday, but he added 17 points to his lead in the green-jersey contest.

Mark Cavendish's lead-out man says he is 100 percent sure Cav' will win a stage this year.

Tour de France sprint legend Erik Zabel fears Mark Cavendish may have already lost the green jersey for good to Thor Hushovd.

Rolf Aldag says stage 3 could take GC hopefuls out of contention. Plus, what caused Cav's stage 2 crash?

Tour de France sprint king Mark Cavendish admitted he could face a tougher challenge from his rivals this year as he takes aim at more stage wins in the three-week race.

Team HTC-Columbia brings a squad to this year’s Tour de France capable of winning stages of all types.

Depending on his perspective, American Tyler Farrar enters his second Tour de France with either no pressure at all, or more pressure than he’s faced in his career.

The Tour de France is about surviving and hanging on for three weeks, but some big names are missing out this year even before the race leaves the start house with Saturday’s prologue in Rotterdam.

Greipel snubbed as Cavendish, Rogers lead HTC-Columbia for Tour de France

British sprinter Mark Cavendish has pulled out of the Tour of Switzerland prior to the race's sixth stage, his HTC-Columbia team said Thursday.

The start of the fifth stage of the Tour of Switzerland was symbolically delayed by two minutes Wednesday as riders expressed their anger at HTC-Columbia's Mark Cavendish for the crash in the finish sprint of Tuesday's stage.

Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) is being penalized and fined for causing a crash near the finish of the fourth stage of the Tour of Switzerland on Tuesday.

Cycling super-sprinter Mark Cavendish explains his phenomenal rise to stardom in his new book, Boy Racer: My Journey to Tour de France Record-Breaker.

After winning a stage and finishing this week's Tour of California, Mark Cavendish will appear at Helen's Cycles in Santa Monica on Monday, May 24th at 6 p.m. to meet cycling fans and autograph copies of his new book, Boy Racer: My Journey to Tour de France Record-Breaker.

The Cervelo TestTeam rider takes the sprint from a select group that formed in the hills outside Santa Rosa.

Mark Cavendish starts off his 2010 Amgen Tour of California with a stage win in Sacramento

A look at the Manx Missile's Scott Addict

Ace sprinter Mark Cavendish admitted he let emotions get the best of him Thursday when he gave an Italian version of a two-finger salute as he crossed the line victorious in the second stage at the Tour de Romandie.

Cavendish takes stage at Romandie, Sagan keeps jersey

HTC-Columbia owner Bob Stapleton expects that teammates Mark Cavendish and Andre Greipel will settle their differences personally.

Sprint star Mark Cavendish will skip the Giro d’Italia in order to race in this year’s Tour of California, his team announced Wednesday.

HTC-Columbia speedster Mark Cavendish sprints to victory in stage 2 of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya.

Theo Bos sprints to victory in the Clásica de Almería.

Theo Bos wins the Clasica de Almeria.

Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) is slated to begin his 2010 campaign on Sunday at the Ruta del Sol after an abscessed tooth postponed a planned start at the Tour of Qatar.

Mark Cavendish wants to be more than the world’s fastest sprinter and is planning to widen his net to include a run for glory over the pavé of the northern classics.

Mark Cavendish says his goals next year will be much as they were this year: win and win a lot.

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