CYCLIST

Mark Cavendish

1985 - Today

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Sir Mark Simon Cavendish (born 21 May 1985) is a retired Manx professional road racing cyclist. As a track cyclist he specialised in the madison, points race, and scratch race disciplines; as a road racer he was a sprinter. He is widely considered one of the greatest road sprinters of all time, and in 2021 was called "the greatest sprinter in the history of the Tour and of cycling" by Christian Prudhomme, director of the Tour de France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mark Cavendish has received more than 4,015,951 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Mark Cavendish is the 250th most popular cyclist (up from 316th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Isle of Man (down from 6th in 2019) and the most popular Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Mark Cavendish ranks 250 out of 1,613Before him are Óscar Freire, Antonio Suárez, Charles Coste, Lloyd Hildebrand, Tadej Pogačar, and Jean Brankart. After him are Guy Lapébie, Marco Cimatti, Max Bulla, Lucien Michard, Tom Boonen, and Victor Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Mark Cavendish ranks 107Before him are Rosa Salazar, José Sosa, Chris Paul, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Kayden Kross, and Kellan Lutz. After him are Dulce María, Pastor Maldonado, Bar Refaeli, Bryan Ruiz, Park Chu-young, and Maria Vorontsova.

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In Isle of Man

Among people born in Isle of Man, Mark Cavendish ranks 7 out of 14Before him are Maurice Gibb (1949), Robin Gibb (1949), Barry Gibb (1946), Edward Forbes (1815), Ned Maddrell (1877), and Rhodri the Great (820). After him are Elizabeth Holloway Marston (1893), Kieran Tierney (1997), Joe Locke (2003), Amy Jackson (1991), Samantha Barks (1990), and Jamie Blackley (1991).

Among CYCLISTS In Isle of Man

Among cyclists born in Isle of Man, Mark Cavendish ranks 1After him are Peter Kennaugh (1989), and Lizzie Holden (1997).