The Tour of Britain is a great way to get close up to your favourite cyclists, with the likes of Sir Bradley Wiggins and Alex Dowsett possibly passing within inches of you on the roadside.
But one fan got a little closer to Mark Cavendish that he was expecting during stage two between Carlisle and Kendal as the Manxman stopped at the side of the road to have a few words with him.
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Mark Cavendish set to end his career at Tour de France Singapore CriteriumEvent will be Cavendish's final appearance for Astana Qazaqstan after he won a record-breaking 35th Tour de France stage in July
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'I've lived everyone’s dream': Mark Cavendish hints at snap retirement after last ever Tour de France stageThe Manx Missile is the 2024 Tour's lanterne rouge
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'I'm so tired': Emotional Mark Cavendish thanks teammates after surviving Tour de France time cutThe Briton is just two days away from finishing the Tour de France for an eighth time
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Mark Cavendish makes time limit on stage 19 - and four other tales of riders who survived the Tour de France cut-offBrit finishes with more than five minutes to spare on Isola 2000
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End of an era: Witnessing Mark Cavendish's last ever Tour de France sprintThe Astana Qazaqstan rider finished 17th in Nîmes in what is almost definitely his last ever sprint at the Tour. Cycling Weekly was there to see it
