2X Tour de France winning cyclist, Mark Cavendish is currently riding UCI WorldTeam Deceuninck–Quick-Step. He specializes in the madison, points race, and scratch race disciplines as a track cyclist and also a sprinter as a road racer. Moreover, the British man is considered one of the greatest road sprinters of all time. He was named "the greatest sprinter in the history of the Tour and of cycling" in 2021 by the director of the Tour de France, Christia Prudhomme.
Douglas, Isle of Man native, Mark Cavendish was born on 21st May 1985, under the star sign Gemini. He is the son of David and Adele from Isle and Yorkshire, England respectively. The thirty years old holds a British nationality and is of Caucasian ethnic background. He stands 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) tall and weighs 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb).
Mark Cavendish's net worth as of 2021 is approximately $10 million.
Though he didn't make it to the 10 highest paid cyclists this year, he still earns no less than the seven-digit figure per annum. In 2012, his annual salary was $2.4 million. Further, in The Economics of Professional Road Cycling', by Daam Van Reeth, Daniel Joseph Larson (2016), mentioned Mark Cavendish earns 2,400,000 euros per year.
About his real estate, he owns three mansions: one on the Isle of Man, which he said will always be his real home; the other in Essex, and a training base in Quarrata, Tuscany, Italy.
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Mark Cavendish is married to former English glamour model and Page 3 girl, Peta Todd. The couple met in 2010 in Los Angeles at an event for Help for Heroes, a charity close to Todd's heart, and soon started dating.
On 5 October 2013, Cavendish and model Peta Todd exchanged the vows in London. The couple shares three children together: Delilah, Frey, and Casper.
Also, Cavendish is a stepfather to Peta's son Finnbar (born 2006) from a previous relationship.
In 2005, Cavendish's first years as an elite track rider saw him winning the gold in the madison. Later, three years, he was the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships riding for Great Britain, alongside Rob Hayles and Bradley Wiggins.
After he looses to win a medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Cavendish did not compete on the track. He made his come back in 2015 and won his third UCI Track Cycling World Championships title in the madison the following year. Further, as an individual, he won silver medal in the omnium at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
As a road cyclist, Cavendish began his journey professionally in 2005. Under his name, he has eleven wins in his first professional season. Further, he is the winner of 34 Tour de France stages, which put him equal first on the all-time list.
At the 2011 road world championship, he won the Men's road race which made him the second male British rider after Tom Simpson. Further, he has won the points classification in all three of the grand tours: 2010 Vuelta an Espaa, 2011, and 2021 Tours de France, and the 2013 Giro d'Italia.
With a win in the final 2012 Champs-Elysees stage in the Tour de France in four consecutive years, he became the first person to do so.
In 2013, he had seven Grand Tour stages winning titles with him. In 2016, he won his first Tour de France. He continued having good results until August 2018, when he was diagnosed with Epstein–Barr virus.
At the 2021 edition, Cavendish made his come back in the Tour de France, winning stage four, stage six, and stage ten to take his total to 33 stage wins, one off the overall stage victory record.
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