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Libertine Seguros said:Marco Chagas ftw.
Frosty said:Once saw Cavendish in a busy store in Central London, pretty sure i was the only one who noticed him.
palmerq said:I think quite a lot of people in britain don't know who cavendish is, although I have noticed my uncle talking about him, i would say he is certainly not a household name in scotland at least. it does seem like cycling is getting more coverage in the news papers though the daily record sometimes has most of the page for a tour de france stage, usually when cavendish wins.. In my opinion no cyclists except lance and chris hoy are famous in scotland, cavendishs name is on the up though.
uphillstruggle said:Cav apparently got in a black cab in London after last years tour (with his bike bag no less) and the driver started telling him how much of a nuisance the cyclists were
To be honest I'm a little surprised that most cyclist are totally unknown in countries like Spain, Netherlands and Portugal I really though it was much more mainstream in main land Europe.
Apart from Belgium where is cycling truly mainstream?
Ragerod said:got a centre-page spread in The Sun following the TDF. Although that was more about his relationship with one of their models.
maltiv said:Surely there can't be people in Britain who do not know who Cavendish is?! In that case the cycling interest in UK is even lower than I thought it is. In Norway all the biggest TDF stars are household names and some of the classics guys too (all monuments, the giro and the TDF are broadcasted live on TV2, a national channel which everyone has).
Libertine Seguros said:Many of us have tried very hard, but unfortunately just keep remembering him.
An 80kg sprinter suddenly discovers amazing climbing form every year for 2 weeks in August, and wins stage upon stage.pmcg76 said:Why so much dislike for Barbosa, I have noticed this from you a few times now. Maybe you have answered before but I never seen an explanation anywhere.
Swede1 said:Lets see everyone knows LeBron, Wade, Jeter, ARod, Vick.....
Armchair cyclist said:Nope: not a single one of them. Is this the US definition of "everyone"?
auscyclefan94 said:There is a massive sporting culture in Australia so even the people who don't really follow the sport generally quite a lot of riders.
zapata said:I have to say, though, if Cavendish was norwegian, he'd be on the cover of every newspaper every day..I can't believe there's british people who can't recognize him.
They've forgotten?Bavarianrider said:I can only speak for Germany. Appart of the cycling fans hardly anybody knows who the Schlecks or Evans is. some 5-10 years ago this was different and many people knew the likes of Pantani, Armstrong and so on. But today, not.
theyoungest said:They've forgotten?
Parrulo said:i can't speak for holland but in portugal and spain its all about football. simple as that. in portugal the average tour follower knows the main contenders for the GC and a few other riders but the rest doesn't know much if anything about cycling, the classics results only started to appear on the sports newspapers on the last 3 or so years and while the overall coverage of cycling on said papers improved it still is bad. it pretty much is a small news story for the classics, a page for the giro, 2 for the vuelta and 3 for the tour.
Bavarianrider said:No of course most people still know who Pantani is for example
I meant that while 10 years ago many people knew the top cyclists, but today only cycling fans do. The ordinary man in the streats would not know who A. Schleck or Evans is.