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#35 TdF24-27
Mark Cavendish (Astana-Qazaqstan) had won his thirty-fifth stage in the Tour de France. After having been left off his team's rooster two years ago, he thought he may not race again. He was then brought back by Astana last year in hopes that he could set the record in their jersey, but crashed out of the Tour without a victory in stage eight. He was ready to hang up his cleats tied with Merckx, but Astana convinced him to return for one more go at the record. Clearly, it was a very wise move on their part. Now the question is, how many more will he win this year. There are two more chances in the next three days. And two more later before the race reaches the finale in Nice.