Mark of a champion
It's gonna be steak 'n' chips for me when I get in, following in the Tour de France.
Not only is he the first Briton since David Millar in 2003 to win a stage, he's also the first bloke from the Isle of Man ever to do so.
That is the significant part, as my dear lady also hails from the fair island and I can guarantee I won't be able to get within a million miles of the phone tonight, as she excitedly discusses the landmark event with fellow Manxies.
In fact the last time she got this animated was when she accidentally caught an epsiode of The Tweenies filmed on her home turf and within nanoseconds had alerted half the 70,000 population to set their videos for the repeat.
I've already had a couple of inquiries from colleagues about whether Cavendish is from Britain or the UK or both.
After a quick check with the other half, I can confirm he's the former but not the latter. She also insisted, in the strongest terms, that I pointed out "of course a Manx person would always prefer to be called Manx first, British second". So there you are.
It's been a great year for the island so far, after local girl Samantha finished third in the Ö÷²¥´óÐã contest to find a Nancy which led to a hilarious feature about them renaming it 'The Isle of Sam'.
Not quite sure how they'll honour their new hero. I've just had a quick look at the rhyming dictionary and not a lot rhymes with Cav apart from have and, er, chav.
One thing's for sure, though, he's a good-looking lad and as my boss pointed out, it's a good job my partner didn't clap eyes on him before she met me. Although to be fair, he would have only been 14 at the time.
I am a journalist with Ö÷²¥´óÐã Sport, dealing with the more offbeat stories doing the rounds. I am a QPR fan - and also quite fond of football. If our new-found wealth brings success I'll be happy to tell anyone exactly where I was when we were sh... rubbish - row J seat 139. .
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