Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) has been so dominant in the 2013 Giro d'Italia's sprints that today he won a sprint stage that he had not planned to win. The Manx missile was trying to save his legs for the high mountain stages that will take place this weekend, but he took Stage 13, a rolling, 254-km run from Busseto to Cherasco, in 6:09:55.

Team Omega Pharma-QuickStep's Mark Cavendish (Great Britain) powers to sprint victory in stage 13 of Giro d'Italia 2013; Team Astana's Vincenzo Nibali maintains overall Giro d'Italia lead.

Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) has won his third stage of this year's Giro d'Italia and the 100th race of his professional career.

Team Omega Pharma-QuickStep's Mark Cavendish (Great Britain) powers to sprint victory in stage 12 of Giro d'Italia 2013; Team Astana's Vincenzo Nibali maintains overall Giro d'Italia lead.

Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) has won Stage 6 of the Giro d'Italia. Cavendish took a bunch sprint to win the flat, 169-km run from Mola di Bari to Margherita di Savoia in 3:56:03. Elia Viviani (Cannondale) finished second, and Matthew Goss (Orica-GreenEdge) took third. Luca Paolini (Katusha) remains the maglia rosa.

Team Omega Pharma-QuickStep's Mark Cavendish (Great Britain) powers to sprint victory in stage 6 of Giro d'Italia 2013; Katusha's Luca Paolini maintains overall Giro d'Italia lead.

Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) has drawn first blood at the Giro d'Italia. The Manx missile powered past Elia Viviani (Cannondale) in the last 200 m of a crash-marred bunch sprint to win the flat, 130-km circuit race in and around Naples in 2:58:18.

Team Omega Pharma-QuickStep's Mark Cavendish (Great Britain) powers to sprint victory in stage 1 of Giro d'Italia 2013 and takes overall Giro d'Italia lead ahead of Cannondale Pro Cycling's Elia Viviani and Nacer Bouhanni of Team FDJ.

Team Omega Pharma-QuickStep powers to Tirreno-Adriatico team time trial victory led by Mark Cavendish. Movistar Team finishes 2nd, 11 seconds behind and BMC Racing Team takes 3rd, 16 seconds behind the stage winners.

Mark Cavendish powers to fourth consecutive stage victory in 2013 Tour of Qatar and takes overall race victory ahead of Brent Bookwalter and Taylor Phinney.