sentences:  Notable Manx cyclists have included the world championship rider, Millie Robinson; the 1970s professionals Nigel Dean and Steve Joughin; and Mark Cavendish, a Commonwealth Games medallist who rode in the 2007 and 2008 Tour de France - winning 4 stages in the '08 edition, and a British record of 6 stages in '09.The Isle of Man, being outside the jurisdiction of Great Britain, where the National Cyclists' Union had a self-imposed ban on massed racing on the roads, provided massed races for riders from the UK.Some of these events grew into the Manx Cycling Week, which followed and was based on the TT motorcycle races.