Teams & Riders Mark Cavendish Discussion Thread

[cobblesandstones]

I really really hope he wins the Euro's today!

 

[Andy262]

Good to see him pitching in the chasing group towards the end, at any rate.

 

[benzwire]

What does the rest of his season look like? Will he have a contract next year or is this the end?

 

[therealthing]

I had no idea he rode the Deutschland Tour until he Tweeted about it today...

Anyway- he finished no higher than 70th and DNF'd on the final stage.

 

[barmaher]

He is really sticking it to the decision makers who kept him out of riding the Tour de France.

 

[AQETUYIOI]

someone bumped into him

 

[therealthing]

What a joke that Bahrain are giving him a contract

 

[AQETUYIOI]

today's sprint

 

[F_Cance]

someone bumped into him

he just gave up after the slightest bit of contact.

 

[SHAD0W93]

I haven't seen the stage so have to take everyone's report for what happened, but maybe stemming from the contact he is afraid of falling for the umpteenth time.

 

[AQETUYIOI]

haven't seen this?

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG3aXrPBWOU&feature=youtu.be&t=287

 

[therealthing]

That was a tiny nudge- barely brushed against him.

He has completely lost his edge.

 

[Breezy1985]

That was a tiny nudge- barely brushed against him.

He has completely lost his edge.

I wonder was it the nudge that stopped him or was it that he looked right and saw about 20 quicker riders about to fly past him and he gave up

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

I’m finding his situation increasingly depressing. A great of the sport reduced to this.

 

[therealthing]

84th today- great stuff!

 

[MartinGT]

I wonder how much influence the team around him is having? The should all have zimmers let alone bikes.

 

[perico]

10th today I noticed

 

[SHAD0W93]

"Mark Cavendish - Top 10 Sprints" on YouTube

View: https://youtu.be/ZNhX5BVoTwg


All good ones but missing 2011 Tour stage 5.

 

[King Boonen]

While I don't think you can claim this is an indication he is back to being competitive on the road, it is very nice to see him being competitive in races again:

Mark Cavendish and Owain Doull move up standings as Elia Viviani and Caleb Ewan win big on day 2 of Six Day London

British duo wins Madison Chase, Australia's Ewan takes out Points Race and Italy's Viviani wins Derny race

www.cyclingnews.com

 

[King Boonen]

And again, beating Viviani in the sprint:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1187465318806913025

View: https://twitter.com/sixdaycycling/status/1187465318806913025

 

[MartinGT]

Has he lost his bottle for the road?

 

[King Boonen]

Has he lost his bottle for the road?

Maybe, although I thought it was more his ability to sprint after a long day in the saddle which was going when watching him. Performing in a 6 day is a good sign though, not just a one off event and I'm sure it'll do a lot for his confidence.

 

[MartinGT]

Yeh, lets hope so.

I am sure every cycle fan would like to see him go out on a decent level.

 

[Red Rick]

I seem to remember Cav doing a lot of trackwork before winning 4 stages in 2016 after everyone thought he was past it.

 

[F_Cance]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1187719704619749377

View: https://twitter.com/Bahrain_Merida/status/1187719704619749377