Cav's Dangerous sprinting.

[auscyclefan94]

Cav's dangerous sprinting...what should his punishment be as he has caused many accidents or near accidents. He is a dangerous sprinter. What should the race and/or HTC do with him?

 

[Moondance]

I think he should receive some type of punishment. Maybe the UCI should force him to lead out Andre Greipel in 5 sprints or so, to teach him a lesson.

 

[hrotha]

I don't think he did anything this time.

 

[Moondance]

I don't think he did anything this time.

From the helicopter it looked like he simply refused to take the turn and got tangled with another rider and went down.

It was a mistake, obviously, but he did cause that crash I thought.

 

[hrotha]

From the helicopter it looked like he simply refused to take the turn and got tangled with another rider and went down.

It was a mistake, obviously, but he did cause that crash I thought.

I mean, he didn't cause the crash by being an obnoxious jerk or by taking more risks than necessary. Of course, if all riders always handled their bikes perfectly all the time, no one would ever crash.

No one said anything about Farrar, for example.

 

[saganftw]

it was jeremy hunts fault

 

[euanli]

Well he didn't get to sprint today. But you know I think given that Cavendish is a WC in the Madison he has proven he can sprint in a chaotic environment and is just having some back luck. And looking back at the replay he was just following the wheel of his leadout man. He didn't go wide until after contact with the Lampre rider who looks is tightening his line

 

[auscyclefan94]

Well he didn't get to sprint today. But you know I think given that Cavendish is a WC in the Madison he has proven he can sprint in a chaotic environment and is just having some back luck. And looking back at the replay he was just following the wheel of his leadout man. He didn't go wide until after contact.

In the lead out of the sprint then. He was bashing into freire I think and clearly made an illegal move.

 

[Moondance]

I mean, he didn't cause the crash by being an obnoxious jerk or by taking more risks than necessary. Of course, if all riders always handled their bikes perfectly all the time, no one would ever crash.

No one said anything about Farrar, for example.

I agree, but in line with what the OP said, this is a not the first time in the last month alone that poor handling from Cav has caused a crash. Tom Boonen and Heinrich Haussler would agree with me I think.

 

[euanli]

You need to watch the replay carefully. It is a Lampre rider he contacts with and Feire is unlucky and rides into the back of them contacting

 

[Beech Mtn]

I agree, but in line with what the OP said, this is a not the first time in the last month alone that poor handling from Cav has caused a crash. Tom Boonen and Heinrich Haussler would agree with me I think.

+1 Cav is not making friends in the peloton. I'm still expecting somebody to give him some payback at some point.

 

[Anonymous]

Cav's dangerous sprinting...what should his punishment be as he has caused many accidents or near accidents. He is a dangerous sprinter. What should the race and/or HTC do with him?

it wasnt a sprinting accident so how can it be classed as dangerous sprinting?

He lost it on a corner, just as many riders have done in the past on corners in leadouts, its a pretty common occurence. Get over it.

edit: oh hello mark by the way *waves*

 

[Siriuscat]

He was too hot going into the bend, no great shakes, racing accident. I think he wanted the stage rather than chuck it away and take out some other riders!!!

 

[pedaling squares]

What should the race and/or HTC do with him?

Banish him to Oztraylia where he can discuss tennis results on a cycling thread.

 

[Anonymous]

He was too hot going into the bend, no great shakes, racing accident. I think he wanted the stage rather than chuck it away and take out some other riders!!!

No, lets face it, Cav is a dangerous psychopath who has no intrest in winning. His only aim is to destroy cycling from the inside until everyone is injured. He's posted me a couple of stingers by courier for the stage tommorow.

 

[euanli]

It also looks to me like Farrar deviated from his sprinting line by many meters and then suddenly had an AG2R rider in his back. Lets not call that dangerous sprinting though.

 

[Anonymous]

It also looks to me like Farrar deviated from his sprinting line by many meters and then suddenly had an AG2R rider in his back. Lets not call that dangerous sprinting though.

transitions lenses working their magic

 

[Dr. Maserati]

Cav's dangerous sprinting...what should his punishment be as he has caused many accidents or near accidents. He is a dangerous sprinter. What should the race and/or HTC do with him?

Seriously - he missed a corner, that is not dangerous sprinting.

But to answer your question - maybe he will learn if he gets an 'infraction' and a PM from Susan.....

 

[Hairy Wheels]

He was too hot going into the bend, no great shakes, racing accident. I think he wanted the stage rather than chuck it away and take out some other riders!!!

Too hot going into the bend? He was on the wheel of his teammates who made it around just fine. You're an apologist...lame.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Seriously - he missed a corner, that is not dangerous sprinting.

But to answer your question - maybe he will learn if he gets an 'infraction' and a PM from Susan.....

nah, then he'll spend the rest of the Tour whining about it and drawing a heated debate with the race commissars in public.

 

[titleshot]

No one said anything about Farrar, for example.

Haha, not the same at all, Farrar had someone crash into him from behind and he was dragging his bike in his derailleur. Cavendish ran into someone because he forgot to turn.

 

[euanli]

Was that after Farrar deviated from his sprinting line to the right by about 2 metres or before?

 

[Dr. Maserati]

Was that after Farrar deviated from his sprinting line to the right by about 3 metres or before?

O dear - go back and look at the video Farrar - he had little to do with it.

Cav got pushed in a corner and lost his line - nothing more to it, trying to bring in "deviated from his sprinting line" is weak - did the comm's throw out Petacchi ? No...

 

[smittyjs]

My view of today's replay is that he got bumped at the beginning of the corner and could not recover, then leaning into another rider and crashing. Ensuing riders could not avoid the melee.

I'm not in any way a Boy Racer fan but today maybe he didn't cause the crash.

 

[euanli]

O dear - go back and look at the video Farrar - he had little to do with it.

Cav got pushed in a corner and lost his line - nothing more to it, trying to bring in "deviated from his sprinting line" is weak - did the comm's throw out Petacchi ? No...

I was responding to the comment above where Farrar had "someone crash into him from behind".

Read further back and you will see me saying Cav was following Renshaw's wheel and deviated after contact with the Lampre rider who actually tightens his line. Oscar rides into the back of them and they all come across and hit Hunt who tangles with the Lampre rider

No idea why Cyclingnews are reporting Cav clashed with Hunt.

Check the replay and sort the riders out from that. The rider Cav clashes with ends up flat on his back

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5tqtj8roMQ