Not really. I said why not bring Cav too, and now I'm saying he could have won today, broken the record, and become a dom for FJ.QS answers the 'But why no Cav' perfectly
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Not really. I said why not bring Cav too, and now I'm saying he could have won today, broken the record, and become a dom for FJ.QS answers the 'But why no Cav' perfectly
...and breaks the all time stage win record...The Cav vs Jakobsen thing is a pure hypothetical you can't really prove either way. Therefor I will just choose the arguments that fit my boy
So unless Jakobsen wins 4 stages and the green jersey then QS made a big mistake.
Lol what. Such a pathetic comment and so many morons liked it. Just watch sprint one more time and you´ll clearly see it was normal fight for position in the finale. Jeez.Sagan ruined what could've been a really good sprint. Just a dirty sprinter.
The Cav vs Jakobsen thing is a pure hypothetical you can't really prove either way. Therefor I will just choose the arguments that fit my boy
So unless Jakobsen wins 4 stages and the green jersey then QS made a big mistake.
Not really. I said why not bring Cav too, and now I'm saying he could have won today, broken the record, and become a dom for FJ.
Poor reasoning at best. Was the Giro the peak of his form? You only have one scenario?! You can read the scenarios I posted before about how to navigate with both Cav and FJ.I guess a lot of sprinters could have won today in that case. Cav had plenty of chances at the Giro against a much weaker field and only managed one win so not sure why so many are sure he would have won today. What if he had been there and not won, are you just going to limit him to one chance only?? That would be both stupid and cruel with the record still on the line.
Fact is Cav had his chance last year and didn't take it, chose to remain at QS even though it was clear Jakobsen was to be the man this year. Last season he played roulette, had a load of luck and won big time, doubled down and has now missed out. Will be interesting to see where it goes from here.
On which planet is that going to happenNot really. I said why not bring Cav too, and now I'm saying he could have won today, broken the record, and become a dom for FJ.
Earth. He has carried water before.On which planet is that going to happen
Poor reasoning at best. Was the Giro the peak of his form? You only have one scenario?! You can read the scenarios I posted before about how to navigate with both Cav and FJ.
Fact is Cav killed the TdF last year.
I've written one post about this already but this topic annoys me enough to write a second one. It's incredible how everyone and his mother was hyped for that bridge when we have known for an entire day that there will be headwind on it. I don't want to listen to commentators for hours talking about the epicness that awaits when the evidence against it is right in front of their eyes. I know it's their job to make things more exciting than they are but in this case it felt like they were genuinely clueless.
I didn't say that, nor did I ever make an excuse. He won a stage at the GdI. What's not smart is to think that he wasn't training for the TdF. There are about 10 scenarios where having Cav and FJ is a good thing. Think beyond simple.So are you saying he was peaking for an event he was never slated to ride? Not very smart if so. Why is there are always excuses when Cav doesn't win, not in form, poor lead out etc, etc. There are no scenarios in which having Jakobsen/Cavendish on the same team makes sense. Simples.
The major sports sites here in America would only report special occasions like that. They would not take their time to show anything about Jakobsen. Cav should’ve been here with Jakobsen IMO.
Or gardening, or just vacuuming and cleaning up someone else's house... eh, the kind of money the usual pro riders make any kind of side-gig (while wearing sensible shoes) will do.Tbf the crocs fit perfecly the red polka dots. Something someone with not the best sense of fashion would wear for a beach day in the countryside.
It was scandalous. Making people excited about a race should never be at the cost of the truth. But I have no doubt that the media in this case deliberately ignored the facts and insisted on creating a hype.
The dominating wind directions at the Great Belt bridge don't favor attacks. Basically, a strong north-westernly wind - rare in summers - was the only thing that would have been interesting. The strength of the wind WAS okay on stage 2, but the direction was the common one, thus the wind ruined the chances of drama instead of creating them.
Everybody knew this! For many days, all indications were that there would be no sidewind. And yet the media - especially in Denmark - kept producing stories about the upcoming wind chaos on the Great Belt. Even during the transmission, the commentators talked about it. Although it was evident that the conditions for echelons weren't present. To put it bluntly: They lied to their readers and viewers.
Only if he were riding for Alpecin.And this would sell more decunick windows?
Lol check out Sepp Kuss' Strava fileThis must be one of those rare occassions where an average recreational cyclist would have been able to stay in the peloton for the last 20 kilometers of a Tour de France race ...
I didn't say that, nor did I ever make an excuse. He won a stage at the GdI. What's not smart is to think that he wasn't training for the TdF. There are about 10 scenarios where having Cav and FJ is a good thing. Think beyond simple.
Why is there always hate for Cav, like last year when is was 'too old', and won 4 stages and the green jersey, but its silence from the haters then?
For Wigan's during a GC attempt, maybe.Earth. He has carried water before.
Last year Cav got lucky with Alpecin persisting on trying to get Philipsen a win instead of just backing Merlier, Ewan crashing out and Groenewegan being persona non grata.I didn't say that, nor did I ever make an excuse. He won a stage at the GdI. What's not smart is to think that he wasn't training for the TdF. There are about 10 scenarios where having Cav and FJ is a good thing. Think beyond simple.
Why is there always hate for Cav, like last year when is was 'too old', and won 4 stages and the green jersey, but its silence from the haters then?
that's not a problem of months though. That dates all the way back to his Jumbo period as well. They tried setting up a train for him for years and the main problem was always Groenewegen losing the wheel of his own train. He's fast but not very good at keeping positionI've posted for months the problem is Groenewegen's timidness between 3 and 1 kms to go - He won't follow his lead out train, and yet again there were 2 riders looking over their shoulder for him with 1km to go.