The New World Champion! Appreciation

[The Hitch]

Deserves a thread. Especially for British cycling fans as this could be the moment cycling becomes a big sport in the country.

Maybe Tour coverage might even move from BBC Radio 5 to BBC radio 4

Also considering how controversial he is, there was going to be a bunch of threads coming up anyway.

I wonder if Cav will recognise that this is the biggest win of his life, not some Green Jersey.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

 

[spalco]

Congratulations to the champion. Magnificent race and well deserved! And humble as always in the post-race interview

To all the haters: Suck it!

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Another thread no one needs.

 

[dlwssonic]

Worst race ever!

 

[cineteq]

Is this really necessary?

 

[Swede1]

I think he will get his 4/5 Tour stage wins and a couple Giro/Vuelta wins as usual next year. I'm hoping he trains hard to win MSR like Goss did this year or wins Ghent-Wevelgem. Just a good classic to show his jersey.

 

[ParfaitAmour]

I love all the hate !

It came down to a bunch sprint and he's currently tops at it.

 

[Arnout]

In before the no spoilers guys.

 

[Marcus135]

It was a horrible race, i almost fell asleep and a horrible result (from my point of view) but it was a sprint and he is the best at that so congrats to him.

 

[Havetts]

Well trolled Hitch, well trolled indeed.

 

[superconfex]

It was a horrible race, i almost fell asleep and a horrible result (from my point of view) but it was a sprint and he is the best at that so congrats to him.

Lol... i watching it again to watch a true champ have his day

 

[Swabian Lass]

I t was a sprinters' World Championship and he's the best sprinter so well done to him. Also well done to the team, who did a grand job.

Errrr what was Peta Todd wearing? Did she rip out the shoulders of her shirt in her excitement or something?

 

[hughmoore]

Well done Cav, great to see an Englishman on the podium.





Hugh

 

[Dancing On The Pedals]

Haters gonna hate

Did what he had to do, team worked all race to bring it to a bunch sprint, and he finished it off superbly. Blame the UCI/organisers for the parcours - the best sprinter, arguably of all time, won on a flat course...wow, big surprise. Hope he has a real go at MSR again

 

[The Hitch]

Well trolled Hitch, well trolled indeed.

Didnt take long for a Cadel Evans world championship thread when he won. Same with the Nuyens threads that popped up a minute after Flanders etc.

 

[Race Radio]

Sneak preview of the Cav World Champion kit.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Well done to Cavendish for doing exactly what was expected of him in the face of pressure.

Huge "you suck!" to the UCI for approving this bid, to the Danish fed for arranging such an awful parcours and I hope we never see such a farce of a race in the World Championships ever again.

It was like Scheldeprijs, only LONGER.

 

[spalco]

Funny, somehow I doubt there would be as many charges of "horrible course" "wheelsucker" etc if Goss or Canc would've won, whose teams did absolutely nothing for 265 km.

Cavendish deserved this!

 

[auscyclefan94]

Funny, somehow I doubt there would be as many charges of "horrible course" "wheelsucker" etc if Goss or Canc would've won, whose teams did absolutely nothing for 265 km.

Cavendish deserved this!

no, most agreed it was a bad course. it is magnified because quite a few posters including myself dislike Cav. I have to pay my respect to his win as he was the best in the final 100m which makes him world champion in a 266km race.

Well done Cav, great to see an Englishman on the podium.

Hugh

Very nicely played!

 

[roundabout]

Yeah, well done to Cavendish for winning a billionth flat race which was slightly longer and more important than the others.

 

[goggalor]

He's a World Champ on the track already isn't he? This really wasn't much different.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Funny, somehow I doubt there would be as many charges of "horrible course" "wheelsucker" etc if Goss or Canc would've won, whose teams did absolutely nothing for 265 km.

Cavendish deserved this!

If the team is your argument, GB deserved it. Cav just finished of their hard work.

This is my problem really. A world champion should include some degree of personal effort. And yes I understand huge training and planning and position went into this. But it is really lame when the world champion had wind in his face for 50m of the race.

I have no problem with a flat course, but it needs to be more versatile then this. Geelong was a sprinters course done well. This course allowed a one dimensional rider take the spoils. WC should be more epic then this.

Still cav delivered on what was giving to him. oh well.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Funny, somehow I doubt there would be as many charges of "horrible course" "wheelsucker" etc if Goss or Canc would've won, whose teams did absolutely nothing for 265 km.

Cavendish deserved this!

Vos was the expected winner in the women's race, but didn't win.

It was still a godawful race on an even worse parcours.

Cav isn't a wheelsucker, he's a sprinter. Following your leadout is part of the job.

However, a course that made it so easy to do that job is an embarrassment to consider a World Championship.

 

[spalco]

However, a course that made it so easy to do that job is an embarrassment to consider a World Championship.

Wasn't easy enough for Greipel or Farrar or EBH or Feillu or Gilbert or Bennati to win.

Cavendish undeniably is the best sprinter of this generation and when he retires could easily be viewed as the best one ever. He will be a worthy wearer of the rainbow jersey next year and his name looks excellent in the list of winners of this race.