Cavendish equals Millar's Brit record at Vuelta
When Mark Cavendish won stage 12 of the 2010 Vuelta a Espana he became only the second British rider to take individual stage wins at all three grand tours.
Robert Millar, the Glasgow-born climber, won stages at the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a Espana in the 1980s.
Cavendish, from the Isle of Man, netted the stage win in Lleida on Thursday, September 9, as he seeks to prepare for the World Championships in October.
Robert Millar's five grand tour stages
1983 Tour de France - Bagnères de Luchon
1984 Tour de France - Guzet Neige
1986 Vuelta a Espana - Lagos de Covadonga
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1987 Giro d'Italia - Pila
1989 Tour de France - Superbagnères
Mark Cavendish's 20 grand tour stages
2008 Giro d'Italia - Lungomare and Citadella
2008 Tour de France - Chateauroux, Toulouse, Narbonne and Nimes
2009 Giro d'Italia - Milan, Arenzano and Florence
2009 Tour de France - Brignoles, La Grande-Motte, Issoudun, St Fargeau, Aubenas and Paris
2010 Tour de France - Montargis, Gueugnon, Bourg-les-Valence, Bordeaux and Paris
2010 Vuelta a Espana - Lleida, Burgos
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Sports journalist Lionel Birnie has written professionally for Sunday Times, Procycling and of course Cycling Weekly. He is also an author, publisher, and co-founder of The Cycling Podcast. His first experience covering the Tour de France came in 1999, and he has presented The Cycling Podcast with Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe since 2013. He founded Peloton Publishing in 2010 and has ghostwritten and published the autobiography of Sean Kelly, as well as a number of other sports icons.
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