No train when Cavendish still has the energy to freelance is a total underperforming squad. His greatest successes came with some serious long leadout support and I can't see him putting himself through the torment of the status quo for another season.
So you think Astana should build a whole team around one single stage win, the one that'll count? A stage win that may not even come?
To be fair, Cavendish is still good enough to win a fair share of races. This year he came in way undercooked due to the late signing of his contract and didn’t seem to come into some form until the 2nd half of the Giro.
Not build a whole 7 man team around him but upgrade from what they do have if possible. Which in the long run will help the team after Cav’s retired more than Bol will.
that is a fair point. getting Cav on cheap-ish money can maybe get them some early wins next season and give them something to do!
I know what you mean, but a) a team thats competitive at the tour will be competitive elsewhere, b) It'll be a substantial upgrade to the current team c) give the team (or half of it at least) a purpose.
That's what a lot of folks were saying when he signed with QuickStep as well..
With the form Philipsen is in and how the stages were ridden, most likely not. His best chance was stage 7 but the gear issue screwed him up, even still Philipsen probably wins by half a bike length or so instead. Stage 11 maybe but most likely not. These last two stages no because they didn’t catch the break and even if Astana’s help made it a sprint for the win on stage 18, Cav probably would have been dead tired the way the stages were ridden so hard from the start. It’d have been hard to make the time limit. Then Paris is any ball game but I’d like to hope he’d right his screw up from 2021.
Yes during the second Giro rest day Cav said this was his final year.
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Yes but winning a tdf stage is one thing, he still has a GT stage win this year so its not like he's at the level of a ..............................Froome.
If he didn't say it in the G spodcast yesterday - and AFAIK he didn't say it on the G spodcast yesterday - then consider it the usual BS from the usual BSers. The door is still open. As it's been open for how many years now, three, four?
Yes. He seems to do well when everyone is cooked, there are hardly any sprinters left. But Jasper is in great form, but we have already seen it is possible without that mechanical
I meant after the crash...maybe he changed his mind since the TdF was ended so early.Yes during the second Giro rest day Cav said this was his final year.
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But hasn’t said anything since the crash and Vino said if Cav wishes to continue he still has his spot on the team and hopes Cav’s 2024 will be redemption for 2023 like Vino’s 2012 was for 2011.
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No post crash he hasn’t said anything yet or about the rest of this season races. On his Instagram it’s just been about his injury, family, Astana, and the Tour.
Yes, on Sunday. Cavendish is at his best sprinting on cobbles, like at the Giro this year. He has 4 wins in Paris out of his 34 total.
Plus he is goes better in sprinting when everybody is tired
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