Teams & Riders Mark Cavendish Discussion Thread

[PremierAndrew]

Never been so happy to see a rider not even win in a stage in such a small race

 

[Red Rick]

Re:

Never been so happy to see a rider not even win in a stage in such a small race

Wasn't it Tour of Turkey he was referring to with the Greipel sh*t small race comment?

 

[PremierAndrew]

Re: Re:

Never been so happy to see a rider not even win in a stage in such a small race

Wasn't it Tour of Turkey he was referring to with the Greipel sh*t small race comment?

And Tour Down Under and stuff

I mean tbf, he had a point

 

[myrideissteelerthanyours]

Third place. Good to see him working his way back into things.

 

[SHAD0W93]

He did a lot better than I thought he was going to do but I don't want to jinx anything.

 

[Ricco']

https://twitter.com/MarkCavendish/status/1121478873886146561

"Guess it’s time to get back on social media! Sorry it’s been a while everyone. Just needed to remember who I am. Thanks for staying with me. Love ya all x"

Hope he got his mojo back. Depression or lack of self confidence can be a pain in the a**.

 

[therealthing]

Hopefully he can pick up some morale- boosting wins in Yorkshire given the weak sprint field.

 

[SHAD0W93]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/philippa-york-analysing-mark-cavendishs-tour-de-yorkshire-sprints/


""I bottled it a bit actually, simple as. I had Bernie and Renshaw so I was quite excited. Then Bernie went a little early so I dropped back a bit and knew they would carry on. I found myself on Dan Maclay's wheel and thought 'perfect he'll go early'. But he kind of didn't go and I didn't react. I hesitated by which point we got swamped and I thought 'I can't do that *** any more'.

"I then went to go down the right and I was hesitant. Contrary to popular belief I don't go down barriers, and if I go down close to the barriers and someone comes from the other side of the road somehow I'm at fault so I don't really go down on the barriers. And then that was that. I hesitated a bit longer than I should have anticipated when Dan didn't go. I should have got the jump."

It's clear that from the opening two stages in Yorkshire that Cavendish's form is on track. The fitness is there, importantly, but the confidence needed for that last push towards the line is still a work in progress. It's coming though."

 

[Ricco']

I don't know if I'm the only one thinking this, but Cav, regardless of his current form, needs some young blood on his sprint train. Eisel and Renshaw were top class at their prime, but they are not the same anymore. And on multiple occasions this year, the Dimension Data train has failed in the crucial moment. Either for going too soon, for breaking apart ou from catching themselves up front with 3 or 2 km to go and then getting swamped by the rivals sprint trains.

 

[glassmoon]

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I don't know if I'm the only one thinking this, but Cav, regardless of his current form, needs some young blood on his sprint train. Eisel and Renshaw were top class at their prime, but they are not the same anymore. And on multiple occasions this year, the Dimension Data train has failed in the crucial moment. Either for going too soon, for breaking apart ou from catching themselves up front with 3 or 2 km to go and then getting swamped by the rivals sprint trains.

nah man, he needs to retire finally.

 

[del1962]

Off to Cali

https://twitter.com/MarkCavendish/status/1126064538502275072

No so good running out of fuel on way to airport

 

[jmdirt]

Its good to read that he has cleared the E-B threshold. Now, let's see if his training, and in turn his racing, will improve.

 

[Koronin]

That's some good news.

 

[therealthing]

Not sure he should be getting dropped at this point of the stage...

Edit- broom wagon looming

 

[Screecher]

This is the end. There's no way DD will give him a contract for next year.

 

[therealthing]

So much for wanting to sprint today. A DNF. I didn't watch- does anyone know what happened?

 

[HelloDolly]

What a superb palmares

He really has nothing to prove to anyone so why keep going ?

 

[yaco]

The problem is that an out of form Cavendish and Greipel will both be at the TDF - They are currently not at that level.

 

[Leinster]

So much for wanting to sprint today. A DNF. I didn't watch- does anyone know what happened?

There was a couple of big hills early on, and he's been struggling with climbing all week. EF shredded the field trying to drop/isolate Pogacar, and must've triggered a gruppetto. No sense in Cav continuing after that and he must've figured getting to LAX early was the best strategy.

 

[42x16ss]

This is the end. There's no way DD will give him a contract for next year.

They can't. The only thing he's done since 2013 is have a good TDF in 2016. They're best off going after someone like Jakobsen, Philipsen, Hodeg, or even Sam Bennett and using the change from Cav's salary to get a talented neo pro.

 

[Red Rick]

Imagine Cav will come dirt cheap next year.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

This is the end. There's no way DD will give him a contract for next year.

They can't. The only thing he's done since 2013 is have a good TDF in 2016. They're best off going after someone like Jakobsen, Philipsen, Hodeg, or even Sam Bennett and using the change from Cav's salary to get a talented neo pro.

Can't see Jakobsen leaving QST or Philipsen leaving UAE. Don't have high hopes for Hodeg tbh. Sam Bennett could be a steal.

 

[42x16ss]

This is the end. There's no way DD will give him a contract for next year.

They can't. The only thing he's done since 2013 is have a good TDF in 2016. They're best off going after someone like Jakobsen, Philipsen, Hodeg, or even Sam Bennett and using the change from Cav's salary to get a talented neo pro.

Can't see Jakobsen leaving QST or Philipsen leaving UAE. Don't have high hopes for Hodeg tbh. Sam Bennett could be a steal.

With Viviani and Gaviria ahead of them in their respective teams, I wouldn't be surprised. Especially with Gaviria only being a couple of years older than Philipsen.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

This is the end. There's no way DD will give him a contract for next year.

They can't. The only thing he's done since 2013 is have a good TDF in 2016. They're best off going after someone like Jakobsen, Philipsen, Hodeg, or even Sam Bennett and using the change from Cav's salary to get a talented neo pro.

Can't see Jakobsen leaving QST or Philipsen leaving UAE. Don't have high hopes for Hodeg tbh. Sam Bennett could be a steal.

With Viviani and Gaviria ahead of them in their respective teams, I wouldn't be surprised. Especially with Gaviria only being a couple of years older than Philipsen.

Philipsen isn't ready for that role yet. He isn't even a pure sprinter to begin with. As for Jakobsen, he's clearly won out over Hodeg, and for a team like Quickstep, there are a lot of chances for Jakobsen (who isn't the finished article yet either) to compete, as one of two sprinters. Quickstep always had more than one sprinter, and they usually won more than at other teams.

 

[SHAD0W93]

I wish he hadn't crashed in 14 since that would have caused him to be less jumpy in 15. Still hope he can pull it together but if this year ends in misery it might be best to hang it up.