Cav is BACK!

“I don’t know what to say. Just being here is special enough. I didn’t think I’d get to come back to this race,” said Cavendish. “I thought I’d never come back to this race, honestly.”

This was Mark Cavendish’s reaction on Tuesday 29th June, when he took his first stage victory at the Tour de France for four years. That was his 31st stage victory. In terms of Tour de France stage wins ‘The Manx Missile’ is now second only to the great Eddy Merckx (34 stages).

Now, with a second win, on stage 6, from Tours to Châteauroux, it would appear that Cav is truly and indisputably back!

06/29/2021 – Tour de France 2021 – Stage 4 – Redon / Fougères (150.4 km) – Mark Cavendish (DECEUNINCK – QUICK – STEP) – With the green jersey – Photo Credit Aso/Charley Lopez

Cavendish’s inclusion in the 2021 tour, following the sad news of Sam Bennett’s ongoing knee injury and his fairly public fall out with Patrick Lefevere, was probably as much of a surprise to the 36 year old Manx rider himself, as it was to the rest of the world. It has been some 3 years since Cavendish last completed the tour and some 5 years since his last stage victory with Deceuninck-QuickStep, back in 2015. Indeed on 28th June, Cav tweeted,“Nervous today for some reason….”

Well whatever the reason, the nerves didn’t seem to affect his performance. He charged across the line, after passing around the Alpecin-Fenix leadout, and was able to finish a full bike-length ahead of his closest rival, Jasper Philipsen, at Fougères.

06/29/2021 – Tour de France 2021 – Stage 4 – Redon / Fougères (150.4 km) – Mark Cavendish (DECEUNINCK – QUICK – STEP) Winner of the stage Photo Credit – ASO / Charly Lopez

“I’m just fortunate I’ve had another shot. This race has given me the life I have and I’ve given it the life I have. From the first time in 2008 until now, I’m living a dream,”

01/07/2021 – Tour de France 2021 – Etape 6 – Tours / Châteauroux (160,6 km) – Le peloton de passage à Amboise Photo Credit -A.S.O./Pauline Ballet

And that first stage win for Cavendish came in Châteauroux, the same city that hosted the finale of stage 6 of the tour this afternoon. Already in green, after his heroic efforts earlier in the week, Cavendish once again stormed past Philipsen and his team mate Tim Merlier, to claim his second stage of the 2021 Tour de France. Nacer Bouhanni of Team Arkea-Samsic finished in third. This win is Mark Cavndish’s 50th Grand Tour stage victory and 32nd at the Tour de France, leaving him agonizingly close to Eddy Merckx’s record.

The question now is, can the Manx Missile keep flying, and perhaps bring home the second Tour de France Jersey of his career?

 

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