Mark Cavendish

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

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

World champ wins his second Giro stage

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.

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

Boonen finished 13th to retain his overall lead

Cavendish of the Sky team won a sprint finish for the third stage of the Tour of Qatar

Mark Renshaw aims to take a few sprint victories from Cavendish this year

Team docs unsure as to whether the world champ will start tomorrow

Cavendish had a minor crash in training while preparing for his season debut in the Tour of Qatar

World champion Mark Cavendish will make his Team Sky debut at the Tour of Qatar next month

Hosking: “What can you say, Pat McQuaid is a dick"

Mark Cavendish believes David Millar has paid the price for his doping past and deserves a second chance at London 2012.

"We have an opportunity to do something special in the Tour," —Wiggins

The 26-year-old becomes just the third cyclist to win the prestigious award, joining Tom Simpson and Chris Hoy to claim the prize

This season, the much anticipated teammates-turned-foes clash between Mark Cavendish and André Greipel never really eventuated. But in 2012, as Matthew Goss steps out of Cavendish’s shadow to stake his claim as leader of GreenEdge, things could be very different.

Mark Cavendish receives an MBE from Queen Elizabeth, and Patrick Brady's Red Kite Prayer blog receives a similar honor from Outside magazine.

Mark Renshaw says he relishes the opportunity to take his own chances in the bunch sprints after his high-profile move to Rabobank for the 2012 season.

Reigning world champion Mark Cavendish says fatherhood is going to make him an even better bike racer.

John Wilcockson recalls the first VeloNews Awards and considers who might have been the Rider of the Year in 2011.

Mark Cavendish's Team Sky debut won't be at the Tour Down Under.

Mark Cavendish says the Tour de France will take priority over the Olympics, but that doesn't mean he's not out to impress in both next season.

LONDON — World champion Mark Cavendish completed his move to Team Sky on Tuesday after several weeks of speculation linking the rider to the British-based outfit.

BOURGES, France (AFP) — Recently crowned cycling world champion Mark Cavendish will not take part in Thursday's Paris-Bourges race, organizers announced on Wednesday.

Great Britain’s only two world elite men’s road champions define their eras

PARIS (AFP) - Paris-Tours organizers ASO (Amaury Sport Organisation) have invited Mark Cavendish to become the first world road race champion to compete in the French sprinters' classic next month.

As a sprinter, Mark Cavendish is the first to admit that without the help and sacrifice of his teammates, he wouldn't win many races. And he certainly would not have become the first British world champion since Tom Simpson in 1965 on Sunday without the help of Team Great Britain.

Great Britain delivered Mark Cavendish to the rainbow jersey in the elite men's world championship road race on Sunday,

Defending champion Thor Hushovd and Belgian ace Philippe Gilbert are downplaying their chances of winning the men's world road title on Sunday.