{"id":13460,"date":"2024-02-09T23:04:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T23:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/tour-of-colombia-britains-mark-cavendish-wins-stage-four-in-sprint-finish\/"},"modified":"2024-02-09T23:04:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T23:04:07","slug":"tour-of-colombia-britains-mark-cavendish-wins-stage-four-in-sprint-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/tour-of-colombia-britains-mark-cavendish-wins-stage-four-in-sprint-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour of Colombia: Britain’s Mark Cavendish wins stage four in sprint finish"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Britain’s Mark Cavendish claimed his first victory of the season in a sprint finish on stage four of the Tour of Colombia. <\/b><\/p>\n

Cavendish edged out home favourite Fernando Gaviria on the 181.8km route from Paipa to Zipaquira.<\/p>\n

The 38-year-old’s triumph was his first since reversing his decision to retire<\/a> – and also the 163rd in his career. <\/p>\n

It places him joint-second on the all-time list of male riders with the most career successes., external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Cavendish sits alongside former Italian sprinter Mario Cipollini, although he is some way behind Belgian great Eddy Merckx, who won 276 times during his professional career.<\/p>\n

The ‘Manx Missile’ penned a new one-year contract with his Astana-Qazaqstan team last Autumn, delaying plans to bow out of the sport to pursue a record 35th Tour de France stage win this summer. <\/p>\n

Cavendish is currently equal with five-time Tour champion Merckx on 34 stage wins at La Grande Boucle.<\/p>\n

Colombia’s Rodrigo Contreras currently leads the general classification of his home event, with his compatriot Harold Tejada in second and Italy’s Andrea Piccolo in third. <\/p>\n

The 2019 Tour de France winner Egan Bernal is 11th overall, with the six-stage Tour of Colombia ending in the nation’s capital Bogota on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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