Mark get a publicist.. Getting 29th should be a secret not out in the media!! And wearing your kit!!??
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Better than a DNF or DNS. Hopefully he comes on the positive of this illness and it isn’t a flare up from EBV.
Mark Cavendish's racing program updated - Astana - Qazaqstan
Mark Cavendish’s racing program will undergo some changes due to sickness and the subsequent recovery period. Thus, Mark Cavendish’s next planned races will be the Presidential Cycling Tour of Türkiye in the second half of April and the Tour de […]
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Tour of Turkey up next, hopefully he can show some form after the illness.
Ok, I came here to see if he was healthy. He was nowhere in Turkey, so hopefully just shaking out the cobwebs and ready to build up..Mark Cavendish's racing program updated - Astana - Qazaqstan
Mark Cavendish’s racing program will undergo some changes due to sickness and the subsequent recovery period. Thus, Mark Cavendish’s next planned races will be the Presidential Cycling Tour of Türkiye in the second half of April and the Tour de […]
Tour of Turkey up next, hopefully he can show some form after the illness.
He was in a good position today but looked like he dropped his chain when riding over a bump in the road.
He just has to win one day as far as I'm concerned. Anywhere between June 26th and July 21st would be fine by me.
I dont know about that. Its unlikely, but him winning a stage? Curious what the betting sites offer. I would expect somewhere in the range of 10-1 or 20-1
Waaaaaat? The odds of Cavendish winning a TDF stage are 10 to 1..20 to 1? If I had money on it, would think that the odds are more like 500 to 1 ..thousand to one..no disrespect to Cavendish just his results are not even sporadic at this point..He beat Fernando Gaviria in February at Tour of Colombia.. been in hibernation since. Got 3rd stage one in Colombia and 15th is best since then.
You know full well YOU would not give 500 to 1 on him winning a stage so dont bs here.
You must admit he does have an uncanny ability to pull *** right out of nowhere.
All sarcasm aside, Cavendish has credentials that's for sure,as far as the ability to squirt, squeeze, bump and grind his way into daylight and open up his sprint, if he believes it and as you are expressing, I respect it.
I personally don't think all the intangibles are in place anymore and 500 to 1 is obviously a bit of hyperbole given the number of riders but I currently don't think Mark is in the top 10 or 12 pro sprinters currently. People like Wout, Remco, Merlier, all need to be considered as sprinters in my view currently.
What’s worrying is the sickness and possibility of it being recurring or disrupts his form. Last years dropped chain and following crash was a big miss. I just hope he doesn’t get pushed into a scenario where he feels like it’s do or die as he usually screws himself by getting boxed in; 2011 Worlds almost boxed himself in, 2014 stage 1 crash, 2016 Worlds, or 2021 Champs stage. Another worry is being able to get through all the stages if it’s raced like the last two years. But in a way he’s like Roglic now where the only focus is the Tour. If it’s not set up perfectly he’s not forcing any issues to stay out of mishaps.
Good win today and moves above Cipo for career wins. Hopefully he and the team keep building for the Tour assault.
yes. fingers crossed it goes well towards the TDF and that win
There's a good chance that he misses the time cut on the first stage. If we're lucky.
Yeh, pretty cool. 2nd most wins ever now.
Only another 114 he needs to pass Merckx...
At this rate another 50-114 years, sounds doable.
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Oh wait that's 21, I missed Croatia I think last night. I might be wrong as I'm just looking through his wins on PCS, but he's deffo won in all of those countries
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