Teams & Riders Mark Cavendish Discussion Thread

[FoxxyBrown1111]

in preparation for riding US crits for Airgas-Safeway

LOLZ. Cav leading out the grandpa.

 

[Jspear]

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Robbie McEwen made the comment that Cavendish looks to have lost too much weight and does not have his regular power in the sprints. Of course it does not help when he loses Renshaw's wheel. Two mistakes have cost him so probably have to see him do a good sprint before writing him off but it's not a Tour for sprinters and his chances are limited.

This would actually make sense. He has been climbing okay this year.

 

[MartinGT]

I was really looking forward to the Tour and watching Cav compete and with no Kittel I was positive he would be up there with no issues for the Green.

After watching him in the Nationals, I was suprised how well he was climbing albeit not a massive climb, but he did look leaner.

I hope he does take a stage though.

 

[armchairclimber]

Might have been some that were wishing Cav ill fortune a few days ago.

 

[ray j willings]

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Might have been some that were wishing Cav ill fortune a few days ago.

I think the posts were fine, they seem to have gone missing .....maybe i'm just going mad " yes jokes are welcome if you must"

 

[fungusbear]

YES CAV!!!!

 

[King Boonen]

Brilliant finish from Cav. When he gets it right he's still the fastest (maybe Kittel wins but he's not there) in the race and great to see him get a win. Hopefully him and Greipel both make the Champs, will be a brilliant finale.

 

[IndianCyclist]

When he switches from brawn to brains, he wins

 

[Pricey_sky]

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When he switches from brawn to brains, he wins

Agree with this, he was patient today and it paid off with a big win.

 

[jmdirt]

I'll give the nod to Cav for the last day...AG will be tough though.

 

[fungusbear]

Sad that he only got 1 stage this year. I don't buy the crap that people saying that he washed up, done etc- he still has plenty of victories this year + a stage in the tour- this year has not been dazzling by his high standards but is still decent. On a different route he might have one another stage or two. Hopefully he can get a new contract with etixx- going to MTN would bea mistake as they will not be able to give him anywhere near the type of sprint train he gets with etixx. He will have to take a sizeable pay cut, but I think he will stay with them (hopefully). Maybe he goes to the vuelta to try and get some more wins!?

EDIT- Maybe he should do both the giro (not necessairly finish it but go to the first week and half) as well as the tour next year.

 

[SeriousSam]

In terminal decline. MTN beckons.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

As long as he doesn't beat Merckx tour stage win record, I'm fine.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Still good enough to win stages, but he can no longer do what he's done in the past and boss a sprint. He has to be clever and jump off others wheel like he did for his stage win this year.

 

[Hayabusa]

He just needs to reinvent himself as a rider a la Hushovd in his later years when he lost his top kick. I certainly do not think we have seen the last of Cavendish.

 

[jsem94]

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As long as he doesn't beat Merckx tour stage win record, I'm fine.

He won't.

 

[Happy dude]

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He just needs to reinvent himself as a rider a la Hushovd in his later years when he lost his top kick. I certainly do not think we have seen the last of Cavendish.

He needs to actually do some proper training, he needs strength now. And his positioning has been woeful this tour. I want him to beat the merckx record but I doubt it

In 5 years time he will be Caleb Ewan's lead out man I reckon.

 

[Irondan]

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As long as he doesn't beat Merckx tour stage win record, I'm fine.

I think that record is safe for now.

Cav needs to take training to another level (seriously) or he's going to end up part of the MTN train with Goss and Farrar.

 

[Billie]

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As long as he doesn't beat Merckx tour stage win record, I'm fine.

He won't.

Indeed. Up untill 2013 I was sure he was going to pass it but now it suddenly seems very unlikely

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Bah he's lost his drive. He's nailing a beautiful wife. got his kids gets his $$$$'s

Today he shows he aint motivated. He is Ex-Cavendish . .. .

 

[jmdirt]

News is that he was one of many sick riders (lung bugs going around). AG is on fire so a sick (even slightly) Cav isn't going to out kick him.

 

[Aboottarren]

Cavendish & Wiggins both rely heavily on their team mates helping them in races......in the Olympic Road race in 2012 neither of them excelled but Cavendish had the nerve to say "No one helped me" what did he expect in an "individual" race??

 

[fungusbear]

Cavendish & Wiggins both rely heavily on their team mates helping them in races......in the Olympic Road race in 2012 neither of them excelled but Cavendish had the nerve to say "No one helped me" what did he expect in an "individual" race??

He meant that none of the other nationalities with sprinters helped during back the break. They were all content to let GB with only 4 other riders pull back the entire break, even though other nationalities like Germany had a very good sprinter.

 

[willbick]

Cavendish & Wiggins both rely heavily on their team mates helping them in races......in the Olympic Road race in 2012 neither of them excelled but Cavendish had the nerve to say "No one helped me" what did he expect in an "individual" race??

Nice try buddy. He actually said "no-one helped us".

 

[elfed68]

There's a rumour that he might be going to BMC as well floating on Twitter?
He'd have a pretty good sprint train in MTN with EBH as last man.