Cav as World-Champ should be riding Omloop AND K-B-K this weekend!!!!

[Froome19]

World Champion. Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne.

Indeed Cav's intention all along was to honour the world champion jersey.
By missing omloop he was fresher for KBK and therefore had the means to win.

 

[El Pistolero]

It's still a boring WC though, we only see him in the last 200 meters.

 

[Froome19]

It's still a boring WC though, we only see him in the last 200 meters.

Blame the designers of the world champs course

 

[ferryman]

Indeed Cav's intention all along was to honour the world champion jersey.
By missing omloop he was fresher for KBK and therefore had the means to win.

Honour the jersey by not showing it for 197.8 KM. Enjoy the win. He is simply the best.

 

[hatcher]

Cav was actually in that mini-break of 8 or so that formed when Greipel attacked.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Blame the designers of the world champs course

And whichever lunatics approved the bid.

 

[El Pistolero]

Blame the designers of the world champs course

I did not blame Cavendish for being a boring rider(on the road) if that's what you're thinking.

 

[Froome19]

It's still a boring WC though, we only see him in the last 200 meters.

I did not blame Cavendish for being a boring rider(on the road) if that's what you're thinking.

What were you saying then?
You were blaming him for being boring and not "honouring the jersey" well enough by the fact he isn't attacking and involved in the bulk of the race.

 

[DominicDecoco]

And whichever lunatics approved the bid.

Well, sometimes you have to give a bit back to the cycling loving countries. After Benelux, Denmark is on top of that list.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Well, sometimes you have to give a bit back to the cycling loving countries. After Benelux, Denmark is on top of that list.

Ahead of Italy? France? the Basque country?

Contentious.

You could have several good WC courses in Denmark. That was none of them.

 

[DominicDecoco]

Ahead of Italy? France? the Basque country?

Contentious.

You could have several good WC courses in Denmark. That was none of them.

Yes. ahead of Italy, France and Basque etc.

 

[cineteq]

It's still a boring WC though, we only see him in the last 200 meters.

"I just sat there behind my guys until the finish. It was incredible," the winner said."

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cavendish-pleased-with-sky-trains-perfection

 

[El Pistolero]

What were you saying then?
You were blaming him for being boring and not "honouring the jersey" well enough by the fact he isn't attacking and involved in the bulk of the race.

That Cavendish has a racing style I detest. But he's not talented enough to compete in the Ronde van Vlaanderen, Omloop, E3 Prijs Vlaanderen, Paris-Roubaix, Amstel Gold Race, FW, LBL, GdL, Strade Bianche, GC in stage races, etc so I don't expect him to light up a race by attacking.

 

[El Pistolero]

Ahead of Italy? France? the Basque country?

Contentious.

You could have several good WC courses in Denmark. That was none of them.

Yes, Denmark loves cycling more than Italy and France(with exception of Giro/Tour). Baqsue country is well... Not a country, but a region.

 

[Froome19]

Yes, Denmark loves cycling more than Italy and France(with exception of Giro/Tour). Baqsue country is well... Not a country, but a region.

This is the country who just lost its 2 most important one day races due to lack of funding and who's most important stage race is never going to be WT..
Don't think they can rival italy and france in terms of its endearment to cycling.
Indeed if the fans love it as much its on a much lower profile

 

[Kender]

That Cavendish has a racing style I detest. But he's not talented enough to compete in the Ronde van Vlaanderen, Omloop, E3 Prijs Vlaanderen, Paris-Roubaix, Amstel Gold Race, FW, LBL, GdL, Strade Bianche, GC in stage races, etc so I don't expect him to light up a race by attacking.

so climbing ability is the sole determination that someone has talent?

someone better go tell Usain Bolt he's got no talent because he can't win marathons

 

[Andy99]

"I just sat there behind my guys until the finish. It was incredible," the winner said."

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cavendish-pleased-with-sky-trains-perfection

Your point being?

 

[DominicDecoco]

This is the country who just lost its 2 most important one day races due to lack of funding and who's most important stage race is never going to be WT..
Don't think they can rival italy and france in terms of its endearment to cycling.
Indeed if the fans love it as much its on a much lower profile

1/5 of the population watched the Alpe'd Huez stage last year.

 

[Panda Claws]

so climbing ability is the sole determination that someone has talent?

someone better go tell Usain Bolt he's got no talent because he can't win marathons

I don't think he means that you have to be able to win all of those.
He means you need to be able to win some of them.

So a worthy champion should be able to win Ronde, Roubaix OR LBL, AGR

 

[Richeypen]

I don't think he means that you have to be able to win all of those.
He means you need to be able to win some of them.

So a worthy champion should be able to win Ronde, Roubaix OR LBL, AGR

Like Óscar Freire?

 

[El Pistolero]

so climbing ability is the sole determination that someone has talent?

someone better go tell Usain Bolt he's got no talent because he can't win marathons

Athletics is not comparable to cycling. A sprinter can win a hard race like the Ronde van Vlaanderen. A sprinter in athletics can't win a marathon... So the only conclusion is: Cav doesn't have a big enough engine for the hard and long one day races.

What do Roubaix, Vlaanderen, the Omloop and E3 Prijs Vlaanderen have to do with climbing by the way? Or stage races like the Ronde van België, Tour de Qatar, etc

 

[El Pistolero]

Like Óscar Freire?

Oscar Freire has a pretty nice track record in hard one day races. I have no clue why he tries for LBL instead of the Ronde or Roubaix though...

 

[Four Winds]

Yeah, he should knacker himself riding loads of races he'll have no chance in. Forget all his ambitions for the year and win nothing. Then we can honour the Rainbow Jersey by having a thread entitled "does the World Champion's curse really exist?"

 

[El Pistolero]

Yeah, he should knacker himself riding loads of races he'll have no chance in. Forget all his ambitions for the year and win nothing. Then we can honour the Rainbow Jersey by having a thread entitled "does the World Champion's curse really exist?"

Of course he shouldn't do that, the point is: he can't.

 

[hatcher]

For someone with so little going for him, he does alright for himself.