As Gabriel García Márquez said: “don’t cry because it ended, smile because it happened”. Of course, that’s easier said than done, especially if you’re Mark Cavendish and envisioning your brilliant career ending up on top of an ambulance and not sprinting on a bike like you always deserved.
The goodbye of the ‘Express of Man’ of the Tour de France that drew the curtain on his career was very bitter. Her look spoke for itself. Those lost eyes knew perfectly well that he was not going to be able to break the record for the most stage victories in the Tour. And that hurts. He will continue to hurt now, but when enough time has passed he will be able to look back and be very proud of what he did. These are five of the greatest feats performed by the best sprinter in history.
I can not get over it. And? Very few can say that they share a record with Eddy Merckx himself. And not just any record. They are the two men who have achieved the greatest number of stage victories in the history of the Tour de France. With this he made 34 and equaled the unattainable Merckx.
Winning in your last season is something special because you can confirm that you retired on time. For Cavendish this confirmation came in Rome, when he crossed the finish line first in the last stage of the Giro this year. What better way to achieve it than with the help of his great friend Geraint Thomas, despite not running for the same team.
what ending What last meters. Cavendish really gave everything to achieve the only monument of his career. The difference with Heinrich Haussler was absolutely minimal, but it was worth a Milan-San Remo. Seeing is believing.
It may not be his most attractive sprint, but the prize is big enough to earn him a place in this top. In 2011 Copenhagen prepared a World Cup tour for a sprinter to dress in the rainbow. Of course, Mark Cavendish did not miss the opportunity to become the new world champion of that year.
The best way to end this top would have been with Mark Cavendish’s 35th victory in the Tour de France. To be able to choose on the Champs Elysées, home of so many joys for him. However, it could not be and for this reason it is time to show the best version of the ‘Express of Man’. The one from that distant 2009, where he achieved 6 stage victories and every time he started in a sprint everyone knew who was going to win. Invincible.
