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Could be the weight he lost. Looks like it has affected his sprint though, so even if he's there at the finish he might not win. But still, better to be there with a little less kick than to be the fastest in the world 5 minutes behind.maltiv said:Cavendish suddenly learning how to climb just a little over a month before the olympics in his home country...wonder how that happened![]()
goggalor said:Could be the weight he lost. Looks like it has affected his sprint though, so even if he's there at the finish he might not win. But still, better to be there with a little less kick than to be the fastest in the world 5 minutes behind.
maltiv said:Cavendish suddenly learning how to climb just a little over a month before the olympics in his home country...wonder how that happened![]()
maltiv said:Cavendish suddenly learning how to climb just a little over a month before the olympics in his home country...wonder how that happened![]()
Dekker_Tifosi said:Cavendish beat Gilbert by 13 minutes
The brother of gilbert that is![]()
dlwssonic said:Cav was impressive he can hang on the hills.
But people saying cav will be a good domestique for wiggins in the mountains is a joke.
royalpig180 said:Someone have a link to a video of the finish?
Thanks.
El Pistolero said:If you find that post funny then please share us how much money you earned when taking the bet Mark Cavendish would podium on this stage.
I can only base my self on past results and those showed that Mark drops like a stone on most hills. But anyway, I did make one mistake: did not take into account the competition here. Lars Boom usually gets dropped on the hills in stage races like the Tour of Belgium and the Eneco Tour(last couple of years at least) yet here he wins. Well, I'll let you make your own conclusions.
We are on the famous" la redoute" climb and 2 of my teammates just attacked and went of the front. Of course some counterattacks behind...I try to keep them in check and its pretty sticky already, and there is 5riders just ahead of me, and then i look to side and guess what??? I see the worldchampion Marc Cavendish in his yellow jersey shifting 2gears bigger and just jumping to the counterattack, totally easy!!! I could see how Cav thought" i know i am supposed to be a sprinter, but i dont care!!" And he crossed the Hilltop in first place.
Jens Voigt has just gone on one of his twitter storytelling sessions, and this time it's about Cav attacking on La Redoute. Apparently he was pretty impressive yesterday.Kwibus said:Indeed. Boom also said before the race that it was in his interest not to make the race too hard. Bakelandts and Hermans spiced the race up, but couldn't hold on vs a large bunch.
Boom is also working towards a peak for the national championships and usually Boom has high peaks.(good form)
The conclusion is pretty simple: both Boom and Cav had a good day in the hills.El Pistolero said:If you find that post funny then please share us how much money you earned when taking the bet Mark Cavendish would podium on this stage.
I can only base my self on past results and those showed that Mark drops like a stone on most hills. But anyway, I did make one mistake: did not take into account the competition here. Lars Boom usually gets dropped on the hills in stage races like the Tour of Belgium and the Eneco Tour(last couple of years at least) yet here he wins. Well, I'll let you make your own conclusions.
Dekker_Tifosi said:If Boom ever decides to lose weight again and focus on the hills he could still be big force in hilly stages and medium mountain stages. I think it's a waste he focusses so much on Roubaix
Red Rick said:Any vids of the stage?