The highs and lows of Mark Cavendish's Etixx-QuickStep career

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The highs and lows of Mark Cavendish’s Etixx-QuickStep career

Rollercoaster three years with Belgian super team comes to an end

LOW – Tour of Britain 2015

  • Mark Cavendish, Omega Pharma-Quickstep, blue jersey, podium, pic: Sirotti

    Mark Cavendish's time with the QuickStep team has been a rollercoaster ride (Pic: Sirotti)

  • Mark Cavendish, Giro d'Italia, stage 21, salute, pic: Stefano Sirotti

    Mark Cavendish picked up the red jersey at the 2013 Giro d'Italia thanks to five stage wins (pic: Sirotti)

  • Cavendish claimed the British champion's jersey in 2013 after victory in Glasgow (Pic: Vaughn Ridley/SWPix.com)

  • Mark Cavendish and Peter Sagan, Tour de France 2013, stage ten, finish, pic: ©Stefano Sirotti

    Cavendish finished third on stage ten of the Tour de France and was sprayed with urine the following day after some 'fans' believed the Manx Missile to have caused Tom Veelers' crash (Pic: Sirotti)

  • Mark Cavendish, Tour de France, 2013, stage 13

    Cavendish's stage 13 victory in 2013 showed him at his very best, as he beat the crosswinds to claim victory (Pic: Sirotti)

  • Marcel Kittel, Mark Cavendish, pic: Bruno Bade/ASO

    Marcel Kittel and Mark Cavendish are just two riders set for new teams in 2016 (Pic: Bruno Bade/ASO)

  • Mark Cavendish, crash, Tour de France, stage one, Harrogate, pic: Simon Wilkinson/SWpix.com

    Cavendish nurses his shoulder after crashing in Harrogate - the Manxman wants to finally pull on the yellow jersey at this year's Tour (Pic: Simon Wilkinson/SWpix.com)

  • Mark Cavendish, Dubai Tour, blue jersey, podium, Circle of Stars, Etixx-QuickStep, 2015, pic: Claudio Peri/ANSA

    Mark Cavendish celebrates with the blue jersey and Circle of Stars trophy at the Dubai Tour (Pic: Claudio Peri/ANSA)

  • Mark Cavendish, Elia Viviani, Andre Greipel, sprint, Wrexham, Tour of Britain, 2015, stage one, pic - The Tour

    Elia Viviani beat Mark Cavendish by the narrowest of margins on the Wrexham finale of stage one of the 2015 Tour of Britain. Cavendish later crashed out of the race (Pic: The Tour)

LOW – Tour of Britain 2015

After Andre Greipel dominated the sprints at the 2015 Tour de France, Cavendish had the chance to fight back against the German at the Tour of Britain.

But Elia Viviani foiled them both on stage one, sneaking past Cavendish on the Wrexham finishing line, before the Italian won again on stage three as Cavendish was held up by the big crash suffered by team-mate and race leader Petr Vakoc.

And things weren’t to get any better for Cavendish, as he too went down in a crash on stage six of the race after colliding with a parked car, forcing him out of the race and onto the surgeon’s table with a shoulder injury.

That meant no UCI Road World Championships for Cavendish and also no place at the inaugural Abu Dhabi Tour, where he would have looked to repeat the Dubai Tour success he earned on his last trip to the United Arab Emirates.

And with his move to MTN-Qhubeka now confirmed, Cavendish’s last action as an Etixx-QuickStep rider came in that Tour of Britain crash – a disappointing end to a three-year stint with the team, filled with highs and lows.

But now it’s time for the next chapter.

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