It's always hard for competitors to quit, and especially so if you are a natural born winner
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It's always hard for competitors to quit, and especially so if you are a natural born winner
Mentally it's more exhausting, especially for Cavendish, that has to do press briefings every single day, about trying to break the record, and generally the Tour just has a lot more media than other races.
But in terms of the physical aspect, I think the Vuelta is far harder on a sprinter, both because of route characteristics and because it's the end of the season.
After his miserable last few years I would never have expected we'd even be here in 2021 debating the merits of Cavs win against that stacked field of sprinters in Belgium, or possibly going to the tour as DQS's sprinter. So well done to him for getting back to competitive form. After that final stage in Belgium I was thinking to myself if another sprinter had done that I'd probably be talking up his prospects in the Tour but with Cav it's just hard to forget the last few years. Now he's back to good form though it will be interesting to see if he gives the Tour one last go next year and where he is riding next year, if not Quickstep. As PL said in his column, "with the level he has now, he wants to continue for at least another year."
As for the Vuelta, seems that's for Jakobsen:
www.cyclingnews.com
As for the Vuelta, seems that's for Jakobsen:
Lefevere: Taking Mark Cavendish to the Tour de France would have made Sam Bennett nervous
'Everyone on the team loves Mark' says Deceuninck-QuickStep boss
www.cyclingnews.com
Would like to see Cav and Jakobsen at the Vuelta. They seemed to get along really well during Tour of Turkey. Cav might help him with some moral support and even take some of the pressure of him to try the sprints.
Bookman will probably get another go, since he didn't complete the Giro, and Konrad did GC at Dauphine.
I'm not at all sure what Bora's targets are the Tour are, but I would not put it past them to have GC aspirations, especially if a couple of main contenders crash out early, as per usual.
Either way, all a moot point now.
Time will show - obviously the prerequisite is, that they have guys doing well on GC.
I think Cav should go to the Vuelta. I haven’t seen the profiles but wiki shows 8 flat stages. That’s more than enough for Cav to show he can compete and gain GT experience for next year with Fabio growing in confidence, getting a GT, and potentially going for sprints.
www.cyclingnews.com
Lefevere: Taking Mark Cavendish to the Tour de France would have made Sam Bennett nervous
'Everyone on the team loves Mark' says Deceuninck-QuickStep boss
www.cyclingnews.com
Confirmed:
Cavendish is going to the Tour instead of Bennett.
Fun times ahead
Cavendish is going to the Tour instead of Bennett.
Fun times ahead
Don’t play……Confirmed:
Cavendish is going to the Tour instead of Bennett.
Fun times ahead
Not even an article on Google for it yet as I immediately googled his name in the news.
This is crazy. You got this Cav!!!!
Phil with “The Manx Missile is Back!”, hopefully.
Brilliant, the circus has begun.
If he takes a stage i think Carlton is going to need CPR.
If he takes a stage i think Carlton is going to need CPR.
If he wins a stage while I’m at work or school and I can’t watch it live, I might have a heart attack having to wait to be able to see it after. I already missed the 2016 first stage win.
I think I will too
Make sure everyone is with someone who is ACLS certified, knows how to do compressions, and potentially an AED!
It didn't seem likely last autumn, and even earlier this year despite winning stages in Turkey. PL doesn't do sentimental choices when the biggest race of the season comes up. His performances in Tour of Belgium were as good as could be expected; competing and then beating top sprinters.
Yes, it's taken an injury, but he warrants selection.
Yes, it's taken an injury, but he warrants selection.
Guess who's back, back again
Cav's back, tell a friend
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