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His really big wins are over for almost 2 years now. Nothing new.
jens_attacks said:career.
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His really big wins are over for almost 2 years now. Nothing new.
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T-Nielsen said:Is he able to keep his salary level or has he had to take a cut.
T-Nielsen said:Is he able to keep his salary level or has he had to take a cut.
cyclingnews.com headline:jsem94 said:Freedom to attack? ROFL.
kirbygasm said:i think the move to MTN is a great one.
He'll be under less pressure in races and a great ambassador for Qhubeka. Like him or not he is a big brand and the publicity will do wonders for the charity
jojogogo said:I won't forget when mark said “There’s no chance he’s coming to a bike race that I’m in, me on bad form is still better than him.” talking about Greipel. Karma lol
kirbygasm said:i think the move to MTN is a great one.
He'll be under less pressure in races and a great ambassador for Qhubeka. Like him or not he is a big brand and the publicity will do wonders for the charity
B_Ugli said:kirbygasm said:i think the move to MTN is a great one.
He'll be under less pressure in races and a great ambassador for Qhubeka. Like him or not he is a big brand and the publicity will do wonders for the charity
Agree. Top flight Pro-Tour teams are not all they are cracked up to be and "good" pro-tour managers get riders to sign for them promising them X, Y, Z only to to A,B,C the minute the ink dry on the contracts. This is what caused Froome so many issues with Brailsford whist Wiggins was still on the scene. Certainly this must effect ones moral. Probably Levevres comments over the 6 day racing the other year didn't help things.
Lefevre is a funny character in my opinion - he has this irrational attachment to Tom Boonen who is probably a spent talent and a stable of largely anonymous Belgium riders on his team who are neither domestiques or winners. Just there for the ride. Its totally at odds with the ruthless hard businessman he comes across as..........Don't get me wrong Mapei in its various incarnations did some amazing things but Lefevre has weathered the various historical storms of cycling like the proverbial Phoenix.
Interestingly Cavendish has a good year in 2012 without a dedicated lead out train at Sky and I think he even said himself that he preferred picking his way through to find the wheels at the finish. Is a lead out train the be all and end all????
jsem94 said:Yup. And it takes sometimes years to build a good train up. Greipel's current train is a result of several seasons of working together with the same riders and finetuning details.
B_Ugli said:kirbygasm said:i think the move to MTN is a great one.
He'll be under less pressure in races and a great ambassador for Qhubeka. Like him or not he is a big brand and the publicity will do wonders for the charity
Agree. Top flight Pro-Tour teams are not all they are cracked up to be and "good" pro-tour managers get riders to sign for them promising them X, Y, Z only to to A,B,C the minute the ink dry on the contracts. This is what caused Froome so many issues with Brailsford whist Wiggins was still on the scene. Certainly this must effect ones moral. Probably Levevres comments over the 6 day racing the other year didn't help things.
Lefevre is a funny character in my opinion - he has this irrational attachment to Tom Boonen who is probably a spent talent and a stable of largely anonymous Belgium riders on his team who are neither domestiques or winners. Just there for the ride. Its totally at odds with the ruthless hard businessman he comes across as..........Don't get me wrong Mapei in its various incarnations did some amazing things but Lefevre has weathered the various historical storms of cycling like the proverbial Phoenix.
Interestingly Cavendish has a good year in 2012 without a dedicated lead out train at Sky and I think he even said himself that he preferred picking his way through to find the wheels at the finish. Is a lead out train the be all and end all????
TourOfSardinia said:Just gotta love this guy:
A cold Sunday in mid-February in London. If you go by bike, you can reckon on a flat tyre. And someone may come to your aid. Less common is whether he who who helps you is a certain ... Mark Cavendish. Yes, him, the British 30 year old Dimension Data fresh victory at the Tour of Qatar.... As documented on twitter, he helped Fran Cutts at Tottenham Hale and even offered a ride. A real gentleman.
http://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/14-02-2016/ecco-cavendish-versione-meccanico-140669055674.shtml
ray j willings said:Just round the corner from where I live.
Great to see someone stop and help , I wouldn't have