1. National Championship 2013
Having been out front in a sextet of WorldTour favourites for nearly all of the 184km race at Glasgow Green, Cavendish and David Millar outfoxed Sky’s Ian Stannard and Peter Kennaugh in the finale, with Cavendish taking his first victory in the race.
2. Tirreno-Adriatico, stage 6, 2014
It might not be the Tour de France, but he beat Alessandro Petacchi, Peter Sagan and Arnaud Démare in the sprint, so it may as well have been.
3. Tour of Britain, stage 7, 2013
The second in a hat-trick of stages in that year’s race, Cavendish’s sprint from the bottom to the top of the cobbled hill of Guildford High Street was perhaps the most impressive.
4. Giro d’Italia, stage 1, 2013
Cavendish wore the pink jersey…