Mark Cavendish won a record 35th stage at the Tour de France on Wednesday. (Dario Belingheri/Getty Images)
Mark
Cavendish made Tour de France history on Wednesday, winning a record 35th stage
at the age of 39.
Briton
Cavendish beat Eddy Merckx’s mark, which had stood since 1975, on the fifth
stage of this year’s Tour near the Alps, having equalled it in 2021.
As
the peloton swept through the lush Rhone valley with vineyards and pretty
villages skirting the river, his Astana team hogged the front right of the
peloton as light rain fell.
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