Ster ZLM Tour

[Dekker_Tifosi]

It was a tough parcours with Cauberg etc. And uphill sprint finish. I have no idea how Cavendish pulled it off but this is respectable ;-)

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

nevermind,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[Hawkwood]

It was a tough parcours with Cauberg etc. And uphill sprint finish. I have no idea how Cavendish pulled it off but this is respectable ;-)

He couldn't be turning into a Kelly type rider could he? You don't have to answer!

 

[Gloin22]

For Cav to come 2nd on this stage is achievement nonetheless

 

[jens_attacks]

what i told you?

cav will produce some epic racing this year.i expect him to lose most of the sprints in le tour,i find difficult to happen to produce those huge number of watts with so much weight lost.kittel and greipel will get him
but he might win the worlds,that's for sure.and he will help bradley a little bit in the mountains why not?

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

what i told you?

cav will produce some epic racing this year.i expect him to lose most of the sprints in le tour,i find difficult to happen to produce those huge number of watts with so much weight lost.kittel and greipel will get him
but he might win the worlds,that's for sure.and he will help bradley a little bit in the mountains why not?

Because he'll have to face Boom

 

[theyoungest]

Lars Boom is now officially the favourite for the green jersey in France. If only he rode the Tour

 

[roundabout]

what i told you?

cav will produce some epic racing this year.i expect him to lose most of the sprints in le tour,i find difficult to happen to produce those huge number of watts with so much weight lost.kittel and greipel will get him
but he might win the worlds,that's for sure.and he will help bradley a little bit in the mountains why not?

http://www.romers.nl/static/results...an van Heeswijk!Elite - Stage 3, Etape 3.html

Sure, he will again outsprint the noted climber Nizzolo there.

 

[Gloin22]

Greipel 13 mins down, haha

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

This is the most impressed I've ever been with a cav result; no joke

 

[El Pistolero]

Nice of Cav, didn't think he could hang on here. Lost a lot of speed though, apparently.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Nice of Cav, didn't think he could hang on here. Lost a lot of speed though, apparently.

You do know the sprint was about 10% uphill?

 

[El Pistolero]

You do know the sprint was about 10% uphill?

Yes, but you do remember he lost to Kittel, Greipel and Renshaw in the 2 previous stages right?

There's not one good uphill sprinter in this race though, so let's not glorify this.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Yes, but you do remember he lost to Kittel, Greipel and Renshaw in the 2 previous stages right?

Sure, but it's the Ster ZLM Tour, not the Tour de France, and the team he has here is wildly different too

 

[Gloin22]

Yes, but you do remember he lost to Kittel, Greipel and Renshaw in the 2 previous stages right?

There's not one good uphill sprinter in this race though, so let's not glorify this.

Well it's his first race from Giro, while Greipel was racing those '**** small races; ( ) better form and better racing legs for sprints, imho.

 

[El Pistolero]

Well it's his first race from Giro, while Greipel was racing those '**** small races; ( ) better form and better racing legs for sprints, imho.

Yep, and Tour is getting very close. Sprinters don't normally need a lot of form to win a sprint. Better form makes sure they make it fresh to the finish line. Something Cav does not have a problem with at this race I would think.

 

[filipo]

ANyone know what's up with Renshaw's helmet from stages 1 & 2? It's like a Troxel of old...

Is he trying to play the marginal gains game?

 

[classicomano]

Epic finish photo is epic

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

^
Brilliant.

 

[WillemS]

Finally, Cav shows his real colors this year. He won't win that many bunch sprints this year as in other years, but he's going to do well at the London olympics. He'll be back next year for the bunch sprints.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Cavendish beat Gilbert by 13 minutes

The brother of gilbert that is

 

[kanari]

Epic finish photo is epic

Separated by birth?

 

[burning]

Holy ***

seriously?

 

[goggalor]

Fantastic ride by Cav (and by Boom, obviously). He'll be a good gregario for Wiggo in the mountains.

 

[maltiv]

Cavendish suddenly learning how to climb just a little over a month before the olympics in his home country...wonder how that happened