Astana Kazakstan has released an in-depth behind-the-scenes video showing “Project 35” and their quest to achieve a Tour de France stage win record with Mark Cavendish.

The video, posted on the team's YouTube page, focuses on the moments leading up to Cavendish's moment of triumph on stage 5 to Saint Vrba, from his broken collarbone and fall in the 2023 Tour to his struggle in the heat on the opening stage of this year's race

Cavetes.

Cavendish broke the record for most Tour de France victories held with Eddy Merckx. Prior to Asatan Kazakstan's big day, both had 34 wins, but with a lead-out train, a coach, and a DS who knew how to get the most out of him, they broke that record again.

“I couldn't have wished for a better group of people to spend time with than here,” Cavendish said in a video as he celebrated on the team bus with team staff and family.

“Thank you for believing in me and making every minute count.”

The video includes interviews with Cavendish himself, his wife Peta, and Mark Renshaw, a former and last lead-out at Director Sportif. Cavendish also speaks with the key players in his leadout train, Cees Bol, Davide Ballerini, and Michael Morkoff, after they helped Cavendish through a grueling early stage and sent him to a place where he had a chance to win on stage 5.

It also details tactics on the team bus, the debriefing after the sprint stage, and how Renshaw and Molcov coordinated the entire team as leaders for the ultimate goal of Cavendish's victory.

“A Tour de France sprint is not won in the last kilometer, but when you have an easy day in the peloton. No one can comprehend how special that is in reality.”

“My appreciation for you is more than any lead-out, and that's where the winners and losers are.

The video does not end with Cavendish's record-breaking victory, but recounts the rest of the Tour of Astana Kazakstan, and their focus shifts to getting the Manxman back to Nice and finishing the race, his last Tour.

With Morkov abandoning the race, the final two weeks were tough as time reductions were fierce in the Alps.

Cavendish cried on the summit of the Col de la Cuillol after completing the final mountain stage, and in Nice, Alexander Vinokurov, the team boss who had risked so much to sign Cavendish, drove after him on the podium to recognized for his contribution to the Tour.

Cavendish plans to retire from cycling at the end of the season, but he still appears in the peloton at the Tour de France Prudential Singapore Criterium on November 10 and has said he will remain in cycling in a management role in recent weeks

Michiel.

A nearly 40-minute behind-the-scenes video directed, filmed, and edited by Michiel van der Meer is available on Astana's YouTube page.