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Sunday, October 18, 2009 Cavendish continues winning streak in off season by Nick Mulder at 9:24 AM EST   comments Categories: Pro Cycling   Britain’s Mark Cavendish (Columbia-HTC) won the award for International Flandrien of the year. Het Nieuwsblad chose the speedy Manxman to follow up Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) as best international professional cyclist of the year. Cavendish, 24, was unstoppable in the sprints, taking 23 total wins that included the prestigious classic Milan-Sanremo along with six stage wins in the Tour de France. Other wins included stages in the Giro d’Italia, the Tour of Switzerland, the Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde and Tirreno-Adriatico. Cavendish and his Columbia-HTC team were superior in the sprints all year, repeatedly neutralizing attempts by Garmin-Slipstream for their sprinter Tyler Farrar. Farrar only managed to beat the Manxman once all season, in the Tirreno-Adriatico, but will look to take advantage of the reshuffle in Columbia's leadout train caused by transfers.       comments Follow @Pro_Cycling Tweet Subscribe via RSS or daily email Contact the editor about this article Related Articles Cavendish rues misfortune on final stage of Dubai Tour, head to head with Kittel doesn’t happen Holm: Cavendish and Martin want wins in Dubai Tour Omega Pharma-Quick Step “would like to continue the winning mood” in 2014 Mark Cavendish: “I'm positive we'll dominate again.” Cavendish: “I know for certain I will not do Milan-Sanremo…maybe never again” Lefevere blocks Cavendish from track racing, says he is paid to compete on the road Cavendish reveals fallout with Yates while part of Team Sky’s 2012 Tour de France team