Etixx-Quick-Step rider Mark Cavendish of Britain (C) celebrates on the podium after winning the Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne cycling race March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Eric Vidal
PARIS (Reuters) - British former world champion cyclist Mark Cavendish is joining the MTN-Qhubeka team, it said on Tuesday, moving to raise its international profile further after this year becoming the first outfit from Africa to win a Tour de France stage.
Cavendish, a charismatic and at times nervy rider who took the green jersey as the Tour's leading sprinter in 2011, has 26 stage wins to his name.
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