Teams & Riders Mark Cavendish Discussion Thread

[Akuryo]

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career.

over.

His really big wins are over for almost 2 years now. Nothing new.

 

[DBotero]

I don't think he's done yet,he's younger than Greipel ffs.He rode pretty amazing on the British national championships showing he can be more than a sprinter.

 

[T-Nielsen]

Is he able to keep his salary level or has he had to take a cut.

 

[PremierAndrew]

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Is he able to keep his salary level or has he had to take a cut.

I'd be shocked if he didn't have to take a cut

 

[kirbygasm]

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Is he able to keep his salary level or has he had to take a cut.

Deloitte are financing it by the looks of it, similar to Lidl fundin Kittel's move....

 

[frenchfry]

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Freedom to attack? ROFL.

cyclingnews.com headline:

"Cavendish to have freedom to attack at Dimension Data"

best laugh I have had in a long, long time.

 

[SeriousSam]

lol that really is a good one

 

[TMP402]

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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

Aka more time away from the bike, which is not what he needs.

 

[TomLPC]

Looking forward to seeing Cav spin it up on the Koppenberg next year

 

[jojogogo]

Good to see cav go after all the smoke and mirrors about giving gaviria a chance to go for the win at the Tour of Britain.

 

[jojogogo]

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

 

[jsem94]

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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

Gorilla always keeping it classy, in stark comparison to his rival from the tiny isle.

 

[memyselfandI]

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If athlete has got sooo everything during these years as Cav, I wonder how he manages to get anywhere at all. What he has to reach for? About absolutely nothing! If I was he I woud stick a paper to my home door 'Gone Fishing' and bye bye..

He needs hunger but where he gets that hunger? No DS can't put it on him.

 

[B_Ugli]

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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????

 

[Jspear]

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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????

For the most part yes, imo. Ideally you have 4 guys bringing you to the finish. You don't have to spend energy fighting for position, trying to decide who's wheel to attach yourself to - All those things use up energy. You can see how well the train works. Just look at HTC, Giant 2013/14, and Lotto this year.

 

[jsem94]

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]

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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.

Which could make for some interesting sprints next year with Greipel the man to beat. Kittel almost certainly wont have a whole team to lead him out (despite what Lefevre will have promised him), Cavendish will have a similar set up. Could be a bit of a leveller.

 

[kirbygasm]

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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????

You could see in the tour how anxious he was from going too early in the sprint, being so relieved when he did win and then got ill. I was really happy he signed for Etixx at first but they really put the pressure on him, hopefully he will enjoy racing more next year!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

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]

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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

Just round the corner from where I live.
Great to see someone stop and help , I wouldn't have

 

[PatrickLeeds]

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Just round the corner from where I live.
Great to see someone stop and help , I wouldn't have

Unless she was pretty........

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Well she seems pretty cool - doing the Unite Student Jogle cycle

http://www.unite-students.com/sport-relief-jogle

Scroll down she's the one on the left - wearing the crash-hat.

 

[jens_attacks]

peta should be thrilled.

 

[carolina]

peta was with cavendish...

 

[jens_attacks]

Oh that explains it.