Someone on twitter said Bob Roll interviewed Martin, and Roll was taking shots at Cav for not sprinting all the way through the line...if so, only good thing Roll has done on air since...ever...
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Noooo so sadCarols said:OMG I just saw the interview with Tony, the man is almost in tears...
DBotero said:Mark Cavendish @MarkCavendish 7m7 minutes ago
Look at this photo. If I could hang on for 3rd, I could hang on for the win... Some imbeciles think cycling is a...
TMP402 said:FoxxyBrown1111 said:TMP402 said:FoxxyBrown1111 said:"Mark Cavendish @MarkCavendish 7m7 minutes ago
Look at this photo. If I could hang on for 3rd, I could hang on for the win... Some imbeciles think cycling is a..."
Too bad I am not on twitter. I would tell this genius who the real imbecile is. This hack took off in the split second he realized no shot at winning, after that he looked if he was still 3rd or whatever his "thinking" was.
He never admits mistakes, even after taking out opponents that crashed hard because of him. My hope is, before he retires, he will be payed back hard. I hope the peloton never forgets what a a-hole he is... Armstrong like proportions...
He's a sore loser, therefore he should "be payed back hard"? This is too much.
No, he is a guy who risks major injuries to his opponents and then not even thinks for a minute to apologize or at least saying he did a mistake...
Same today... SSDD... although in lesser proportions.
So why shall the peloton not pay back hard one day? Please enlighten me...
Well it depends what you mean by "pay back hard", cos it sure sounds like it involves a crowbar.
ChewbaccaDefense said:The thing I'll give Cav is this, in that situation (and lets face it, if you've watched cycling for more than a day, you've see that situation hundreds of times), when the guy in front knows he's beaten, he almost always does exactly what Cav did. True that in this instance, he should have been thinking that he needed to place top 3 for his team, but his reaction is the most common reaction for anyone in that situation.
ChewbaccaDefense said:The thing I'll give Cav is this, in that situation (and lets face it, if you've watched cycling for more than a day, you've see that situation hundreds of times), when the guy in front knows he's beaten, he almost always does exactly what Cav did. True that in this instance, he should have been thinking that he needed to place top 3 for his team, but his reaction is the most common reaction for anyone in that situation.
FoxxyBrown1111 said:What cynical? This guy even bumps heads with opponents (risking 70 kmh accidents), or takes them out intentionally to crash. What a sick sick person he is...
LaFlorecita said:Noooo so sadCarols said:OMG I just saw the interview with Tony, the man is almost in tears...
Walkman said:ChewbaccaDefense said:The thing I'll give Cav is this, in that situation (and lets face it, if you've watched cycling for more than a day, you've see that situation hundreds of times), when the guy in front knows he's beaten, he almost always does exactly what Cav did. True that in this instance, he should have been thinking that he needed to place top 3 for his team, but his reaction is the most common reaction for anyone in that situation.
They rode for more than an hour in that front group. Don't you think everyone in that team knew the facts?
1. Martin in yellow if Cancellara don't place in the top 3.
Cav, Greipel and Sagan are in the group so that should be fine AND STILL, Cav can't be bothered to drill it to the finish line. HOW, in any scenario, is he not a gigantic self centered d*uchebag?!
ChewbaccaDefense said:Someone on twitter said Bob Roll interviewed Martin, and Roll was taking shots at Cav for not sprinting all the way through the line...if so, only good thing Roll has done on air since...ever...
JRanton said:Laughable coverage from Eurosport again. The defending Tour champ gets dropped in crosswinds, falling behind two of his biggest rivals, so naturally you go straight off to show a pre-planned documentary instead.
**** amateurs.
Sagan happened, after his pull, tha gap rose by 10sArnout said:30 seconds too much for Quintana, I don't know what happened after they got back to 50 seconds.
Still, it's painful but nothing is lost. Hopefully Nairito can limit the damage on the cobbles and not be the last of the GC contenders, I'd allowed him to lose two minutes on the rest there but he already used up 1m30s of that time. But first, tomorrow.
“It was a headwind finish and I just spoke with Mark [Renshaw] and I think he went too early and left me hanging,” Cavendish told the media when he stepped off the Etixx-QuickStep bus.
“Maybe I could have waited but that would have been a risky move. With a headwind finish ideally I'd want to go with less than 200 to go but it was more. I knew it was a gamble. Today there was three guys who rode it right and if you look at the video I gave them a bit of a leadout,” Cavendish said, aware that human error and tired legs can creep in.
“I’m disappointed, but we can take the positives with how strong our team rode today. Etixx-Quickstep forced the split and rode unselfishly. We settled on going for the stage win and you saw Tony Martin riding on the front. We’re disappointed that we didn’t get it but that’s the Tour de France. Losing out to Andre Greipel isn’t too much of a bad thing.
“The fact that Cancellara has beaten me. I wasn’t like I had a bad sprint. You can see I’ve gone from too long. When Cancellara beats me in the sprint it means I’ve gone from too long.”
MatParker117 said:“It was a headwind finish and I just spoke with Mark [Renshaw] and I think he went too early and left me hanging,” Cavendish told the media when he stepped off the Etixx-QuickStep bus.
“Maybe I could have waited but that would have been a risky move. With a headwind finish ideally I'd want to go with less than 200 to go but it was more. I knew it was a gamble. Today there was three guys who rode it right and if you look at the video I gave them a bit of a leadout,” Cavendish said, aware that human error and tired legs can creep in.
“I’m disappointed, but we can take the positives with how strong our team rode today. Etixx-Quickstep forced the split and rode unselfishly. We settled on going for the stage win and you saw Tony Martin riding on the front. We’re disappointed that we didn’t get it but that’s the Tour de France. Losing out to Andre Greipel isn’t too much of a bad thing.
“The fact that Cancellara has beaten me. I wasn’t like I had a bad sprint. You can see I’ve gone from too long. When Cancellara beats me in the sprint it means I’ve gone from too long.”
Pricey_sky said:ChewbaccaDefense said:The thing I'll give Cav is this, in that situation (and lets face it, if you've watched cycling for more than a day, you've see that situation hundreds of times), when the guy in front knows he's beaten, he almost always does exactly what Cav did. True that in this instance, he should have been thinking that he needed to place top 3 for his team, but his reaction is the most common reaction for anyone in that situation.
This is true and a good post. Looking at the final again Cav looks and spots Greipel and Sagan go past him then sits up, he doesn't see Fabian until the finish line. He doesn't do himself any favours with his Twitter rants but that's just him.
Andro said:Asero831 said:Astana's giro team is better that this tour team
It's doubtful that Astana's Giro team would have done better on a stage like this.