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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 Giro d’Italia: Stage thirteen is lucky for Mark Cavendish as he takes number four Giro d’Italia: Mark Cavendish takes his 100th victory through the pouring rain in Treviso Viviani on Cavendish’s victory: There was little that anyone could do about that” Mark Cavendish dedicates his victory to Wouter Weylandt as he pays tribute to his team Giro d’Italia: Mark Cavendish wins stage six as teamwork comes together Giro d’Italia stage one: Mark Cavendish wins small group sprint over Viviani Giro d’Italia: Cavendish gunning for another stint in the Maglia Rosa, is convinced stage one will be a sprint