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Mark Cavendish

(1985) Track Cyclist

89 quotes in 310 categories

Mark Cavendish is a track cyclist, best known for Boy Racer: My Journey to Tour de France Record-Breaker.

Quick Facts About Mark Cavendish

Born: May 21, 1985
Profession: Track Cyclist
Notable works: Boy Racer: My Journey to Tour de France Record-Breaker

About Mark Cavendish

Sir Mark Simon Cavendish is a Manx retired professional cyclist. As a track cyclist he specialised in the madison, points race and scratch race disciplines; as a road racer he was a sprinter. He is widely considered one of the greatest road sprinters of all time.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Mark Cavendish · Page 2

I constantly do puzzle books. Smash through them. My iPad's full of them. Logic puzzles. Bridges. Slitherlink.

Books

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I don't like being in London too long, because everybody's just looking straight forward, at nobody else. That freaks me out a…

Being

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At the end of the day I want to be the first rider across that finish line and I'll just find the…

Day

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I learned from BMX and skateboarding how to take a fall.

Fall

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Sometimes the hardest part of the stage is right at the beginning. The other teams will leave it to us to chase…

Beginning

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I started getting into decent food after I got a house in Tuscany, near the British cycling academy's training base. For a…

British

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The Giro's difficult to predict for the points jersey because there are so many mountain-top finishes and there are as many points…

Difficult

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When I was younger, I didn't really train for the sprint - I trained to get over the mountains. I have to…

Born

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I love track racing and I'm proud to be a British cyclist and proud to pull on the jersey to represent my…

Country

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I don't know why, but despite winning how many world championships, how many Tour stages, and being 31 years old, some people…

Myself

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Crashes are the worst thing because your wounds stick to you, so you are sweating into your road rash all day and…

Bed sheets

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But you have to take asthma seriously. People do not realise the stress our bodies go under.

Asthma

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When you win sprints, you're a great sprinter, but when you win a great one-day race, you've proved you're a great rider.

Great

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When you're a young pro from an undeveloped country in road cycling then you're on the back foot.

Back

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If you want a lot of endorsements then you'd pick the Olympics. But I've had a passion for the Tour since I…

More

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I'm pretty happy with my career. I just know what I'm capable of.

Capable

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One thing I do get aggravated by is people shouting with frustration if they get pushed and shoved in sprints. I don't…

Don-t-care

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The way I dig in to push myself through mountain climbs is totally psychological. I'm not designed to do that stuff. It's…

Matter

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You can believe or you can doubt yourself. It's the difference between a gap being one metre late that you're gonna launch,…

Believe

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I'm a fan of motorsport and a fan of McLaren and I was lucky to work with the company on a small…

Attitude

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Psychological edge is massive in sprinting.

Edge

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There's no emotion. I just see the gap and, instinctively, go for it.

Emotion

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If somebody had told me as a kid that I would win 30 stages of the Tour de France I probably wouldn't…

Confidence

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I don't listen to any music when I train - I do it outdoors, and I'm not a fan of iPods on…

Any

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Track and road cycling are very different things. It is easy to look at them both as cycling but going from the…

Andy murray

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