In the kind of finale a Hollywood scriptwriter would produce, Mark Cavendish finished his final Giro d'Italia in style with an emotional stage win in Rome. Buoyed by this result, Eurosport analyst Jens Voigt believes that the sprinter can now go on and take a record-breaking 35th Tour de France stage win.
“You can never underestimate how much these sprinters just operate on confidence,” said Voigt a Giro d'Italia stage winner in his own right from 2008, on Eurosport's coverage of the Giro d'Italia. “Cav does everything spectacularly – he crashes spectacularly, he wins spectacularly. It’s never normal. He’s always on the extreme.”
After a relatively disappointing Giro d'Italia for the Astana Qazaqstan Team rider prior to his victory in Rome, there had been some doubt over whether he could still match it with the elite sprinters. Voigt himself had doubts. “I have to eat my own words. Cav is actually a real threat for the Tour and the record."
“Look at the gap he put into everyone else. These were no terrible bike riders he just beat, it was a really superb win like he was back in his best days," Voigt continues. "He is up for the Tour. Everything is possible now.”
Kieran WoodDeputy Editor-in-Chief
Kieran Wood is a sports journalist based in Wales and has been active in journalism since 2022. He regularly contributes to DartsNews.com and CyclingUpToDate.com, where he covers professional cycling and darts. In cycling, his work includes liveblogs from major races, including the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and La Vuelta a España, alongside race reports and analysis. He has also conducted interviews with professional riders.
His reporting spans the full racing calendar, from one-day classics to stage races, with a focus on accurate, real-time coverage and clear contextual analysis. For statistics, results, and historical context, he regularly uses resources such as ProCyclingStats. To support reporting on rider activity and training context where relevant, he also references Strava.
In his work, Kieran places strong emphasis on careful sourcing, editorial accuracy, and updating articles as new, verified information becomes available.
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