Cavendish won his first Tour stage in 2008Britain's Mark Cavendish made history in the Tour de France as he equalled Belgian great Eddy Merckx's record of 34 stage wins. The Deceuninck-Quick Step rider won the sprint into Carcassonne by a few inches ahead of team-mate Michael Morkov. Briton Simon Yates of Team Bike Exchange abandoned the race following a crash in which several riders fell down a ravine. "We went into this Tour thinking, 'if we could bring him to one stage victory it would be more than amazing'. He told me a couple of years ago that he needed just one Tour de France to tie to the record.
Source: BBC July 09, 2021 15:32 UTC