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[Grahamm]

Forget the football – Mark Cavendish is this week's real story of sporting redemption

Cavendish has not just made his way back into the race and taken the green jersey awarded to the rider who secures the most points, but now stands on the brink of securing the all-time record of stage victories, which the Belgian cycling great Eddy Mercx has held for nearly half a century (and most presumed would for eternity).

On Friday afternoon Cavendish, who is married to former Page 3 girl and glamour model Peta Todd and a father-of-four, roared over the finish line to equal Mercx's record of 34 stage wins. He now has to win just one more stage to surpass it before the race finishes on the Champs-Elysees on July 18.

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