 It was the first Tour de France stage win for both Cummings and his African team , fittingly coming on Nelson Mandela Day.On 8 July 2016, Cummings took another breakaway win in the Tour de France, this time on Stage 7, with a winning margin of 65 seconds over Daryl Impey and Daniel Navarro.In July 2016 he was added to Great Britain's Olympic cycling team for the Summer Olympics, replacing Peter Kennaugh.