Mark Cavendish - Tour de Force: My history-making Tour de France

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First published by Ebury Spotlight in 2021

Copyright Mark Cavendish 2021

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ISBN: 978-1-529-19248-3

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To Peta

For your love and unwavering belief. Your stories of strength through the last few years deserve their own book. You set an example for our kids to aspire to.

Gent-Wevelgem, October 2020, after which I was quoted saying thats perhaps the last race of my career. SWpix.comMichael Morky Mrkv and Wilfried Fitte Peeters at the Calpe training camp, December 2020. Mark CavendishThe aftermath of one of Vasis interval sessions in Calpe, January 2021. Mark CavendishGreece, May 2021. Main pic: In the Athens Olympic Velodrome.Outside Athens in Malakasa. Nassos TriantafyllouMorky at QuickSteps training camp, January 2021. Mark CavendishWith Julian Alaphilippe, Dries Devenyns and Florian Snchal during the Calpe training camp, January 2021. Mark CavendishIn recovery mode after a track session with Vasi in Athens, May 2021. Mark CavendishRest day in Athens visiting the Acropolis, May 2021. Mark CavendishMotor-pacing behind Vasi in Greece, May 2021. Nassos TriantafyllouAt the Modern Olympic Stadium during my rest day on the Brompton Tour of Athens, May 2021. Mark CavendishBefore the start of the Tour de France, June 2021. SWpix.comA range of emotions after winning stage 4 of the 2021 Tour at Fougres, in June. This was my 31st Tour de France stage win, and my first stage victory in the race since 2016. Guillaume Horcajuelo Pool / Pool and Tim de Waele / Staff via Getty ImagesWith Patrick Lefevere in Fougres after my first stage win. Tim de Waele / Staff via Getty ImagesIn time trial mode on stage 5 at Laval having stitched my skinsuit back together just before the start. SWpix.comWinning stage 13 at Carcassonne and equalling Eddy Merckxs record of 34 stage wins, July 2021. SWpix.comMy bedsheet had a makeover from the teams soigneurs after my win at Chteauroux, July 2021. Mark CavendishFitte fulfilling his promise that hed get in the ice bath if I won four stages. Mark CavendishHaving got trapped against the barriers there was no way through for me to challenge Wout van Aert for victory on the Champs-lyses in the final stage of the 2021 Tour. Michael Steele / Staff via Getty ImagesWith Slovenias Tadej Pogacar, who also had a great Tour successfully defending his title, July 2021. Tim de Waele / Staff via Getty ImagesWith my kids Casper, Frey and Delilah, marking my second green jersey win on the Champs lyses, July 2021. Jean Catuffe / Contributor via Getty Images

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