On the final day of the 2021 Tour de France, Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) upset Mark Cavendish (Deceuninck-QuickStep) to win a bunch sprint in Stage 21 and reach the finish line first on the Champs-Elysees in Paris. Cavendish sought to break the all-time record for stage wins after he tied […]
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2021 Tour de France: Mark Cavendish Ties Eddy Merckx with 34 Stage Wins
It was a lot closer than everyone expected, but Mark Cavendish (Deceuninck-QuickStep) won a bunch sprint during a sweltering and windy Stage 13: Nimes > Carcassonne to win his fourth stage of the 2021 Tour de France — his 34th overall — tying him with the legendary Eddy Merckx. With […]