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A 23-year-old Mark Cavendish celebrates maiden victory on stage 5 of the 2008 Tour de France.

Retro Rewatch: Where it all began for Mark Cavendish at the 2008 Tour de France

Mark Cavendish waiting in the wings before stepping out onto the podium after winning stage 5 of the 2024 Tour de France.

Mark Cavendish confirms that he really is retiring this year

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge The results are in: Tadej Pogačar’s 2024 dominance is not boring

Tadej Pogačar, in a white skinsuit with rainbow accents, holds his bike aloft at the finish line on winning Il Lombardia 2024.

Il Lombardia report: Guess who?

Franco Ballerini, Andrea Tafi and Wilfried Peeters fill the Paris-Roubaix podium in a Mapei-Bricobi clean sweep in 1998.

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Gallery: The Mount Rushmore of team kits

Tadej Pogačar raises his arms in celebration as he wins 2024 Giro dell'Emilia, his first race in the rainbow jersey of world champion.

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Pogačar is collecting membership cards

Lachlan Morton

Home in record time: Lachlan Morton laps Australia in 30 days, 9 hours and 59 minutes

Tadej Pogačar roars and throws his arms wide in celebration as he wins the 2024 World Championship road race.

World Champs men’s road race: Pogačar defies belief to take the rainbow jersey after 100km on the attack

Lotte Kopecky roars as she crosses the line victorious after beating her rivals in a sprint as the rain falls on the elite women's World Championship road race.

World Champs women’s road race: Kopecky uses brains and brawn to defend world title

World Championships ITT: Golden Evenepoel makes it a double double

Grace Brown adopting an aero position on the gold time trial bike that commemorates her Olympic title during the World Championship time trial 2024.

World Championships ITT: Grace Brown gets her fairytale ending

Marc Hirschi roars skyward, arms thrown wide, in celebration of victory ahead of the bunch at the 2024 Bretagne Classic.

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Marc Hirschi, world champion-in-waiting