Will Tadej Pogačar beat Mark Cavendish’s Tour de France stage wins record? Crunching the numbers

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Will Tadej Pogačar beat Mark Cavendish’s Tour de France stage wins record? Crunching the numbers

Pogačar records Tour stage win number 22 on Monday(Image credit: Zac Williams/SWpix.com)

Whether he intends to or not, Tadej Pogačar is a man who breaks records. His dominant win rate in all kinds of races, from Grand Tours to Monuments, has placed him not only on several pages of the metaphorical history books, but well within the conversation of being the most successful male rider of all time.

He’s the first rider to win a Monument five times in a row, the first man to stand on the podium of all five Monuments in the same season, and the first to podium in the sport’s 10 most important stage races. This year, he is within touching distant of matching the record of Tour de France GC victories, should he win his fifth and join the small, legendary group of five-time winners.

The 10 greatest victories of Tadej Pogačar’s career

Having spent a year deep-diving on Pogačar’s career for a new book, Andy McGrath picks out 10 of the wins that have defined his career so far

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Matilda Price
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Matilda is an NCTJ-qualified journalist based in the UK who joined Cyclingnews in March 2025. Prior to that, she worked as the Racing News Editor at GCN, and extensively as a freelancer contributing to Cyclingnews, Cycling Weekly, Velo, Rouleur, Escape Collective, Red Bull and more. She has reported on the ground at all of the biggest events on the calendar, including the men’s and women’s Tours de France, the Giro d’Italia, the Vuelta a Espana, the Spring Classics and the World Championships. She has particular experience and expertise in women’s cycling, and women’s sport in general. She is a graduate of modern languages and sports journalism.

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Will Tadej Pogačar beat Mark Cavendish’s Tour de France stage wins record? Crunching the numbers

Pogačar records Tour stage win number 22 on Monday(Image credit: Zac Williams/SWpix.com)

Whether he intends to or not, Tadej Pogačar is a man who breaks records. His dominant win rate in all kinds of races, from Grand Tours to Monuments, has placed him not only on several pages of the metaphorical history books, but well within the conversation of being the most successful male rider of all time.

He’s the first rider to win a Monument five times in a row, the first man to stand on the podium of all five Monuments in the same season, and the first to podium in the sport’s 10 most important stage races. This year, he is within touching distant of matching the record of Tour de France GC victories, should he win his fifth and join the small, legendary group of five-time winners.

The 10 greatest victories of Tadej Pogačar’s career

Having spent a year deep-diving on Pogačar’s career for a new book, Andy McGrath picks out 10 of the wins that have defined his career so far

TOPICS
Matilda Price
Assistant Features Editor

Matilda is an NCTJ-qualified journalist based in the UK who joined Cyclingnews in March 2025. Prior to that, she worked as the Racing News Editor at GCN, and extensively as a freelancer contributing to Cyclingnews, Cycling Weekly, Velo, Rouleur, Escape Collective, Red Bull and more. She has reported on the ground at all of the biggest events on the calendar, including the men’s and women’s Tours de France, the Giro d’Italia, the Vuelta a Espana, the Spring Classics and the World Championships. She has particular experience and expertise in women’s cycling, and women’s sport in general. She is a graduate of modern languages and sports journalism.

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Will Tadej Pogačar beat Mark Cavendish’s Tour de France stage wins record? Crunching the numbers

Whether he intends to or not, Tadej Pogačar is a man who breaks records. His dominant win rate in all kinds of races, from Grand Tours to Monuments, has placed him not only on several pages of the metaphorical history books, but well within the conversation of being the most successful male rider of all time.

He’s the first rider to win a Monument five times in a row, the first man to stand on the podium of all five Monuments in the same season, and the first to podium in the sport’s 10 most important stage races. This year, he is within touching distant of matching the record of Tour de France GC victories, should he win his fifth and join the small, legendary group of five-time winners.

The 10 greatest victories of Tadej Pogačar’s career

Having spent a year deep-diving on Pogačar’s career for a new book, Andy McGrath picks out 10 of the wins that have defined his career so far

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