No help for Cav ?

moray_gub

Dya think maybe the tee mobs should have dropped a few riders back to help out the young Manxman ? I know they were maybe going with Eisel but the Quicksteps and Lampre were doing all the work so they could have at least tried Predidctor did it with Robbie and managed to get back on albeit with a great bit of effort. There were still about 20ks to go so it would have been worth a go at least. I dont think hed have beaten Robbie but it would have been nice to see him try. Still maybe he will be in the shakeup tommorow

cheers
MG

Noodley

Eisel was interviewed before the off and said the team would be working to get Cavendish up into the mix. He had more than one problem en route and he is not of a standard close to Robbie - yet - so I don't think he'd be too fussed, apart from with the spectator. Just goes to show how easy it is to come a cropper and that spectators have to have their wits about them as well as the riders.

psychiatricblues

Agreed. They decided it was a lost cause, especially when his first bike replacement was a duff. I bet he's pissed, though.

Apparently, T Mobile are telling him to bottle all his anger, and let it out in the finale tomorrow.

When Millar will retain his polka dot jersey, seeing as there are no hills between Dunkirk and Ghent.

lucretius

Good work by the SDV boys to get him a jersey, although I think Cofidis missed a trick by not contesting the 2nd place on the last climb.

ricadus

I bet McEwan never got any support from his team in such situations when he was a 1st year pro either.

At this point I think this kind of disappointment is a better learning experience for Cavendish than if he'd stayed out of trouble and somehow managed to win the stage.

skut

Noodley wrote:

Eisel was interviewed before the off and said the team would be working to get Cavendish up into the mix. He had more than one problem en route and he is not of a standard close to Robbie - yet -

Actually I think he is very close to Robbie, and far better than Eisel

bigdawg

does anyone know what actually happend, only saw highlights and they gave no details.... only showed cav shouting on the side of the road..??

firsthippy

He hit a spectator and damaged his bike. Read about it in the report for Stage 1 on www.cyclingnews.com.

Eurostar

The story in Cav's own words: http://tinyurl.com/2vea2v

heavymental

Poor guy. What a shame for him. Ah well, hopefully he'll get another chance.

sing_for_absolution

Well they had a great leadout for him today. Just bad luck once again that he was caught in that crash.

moray_gub

ricadus wrote:

I bet McEwan never got any support from his team in such situations when he was a 1st year pro either.

At this point I think this kind of disappointment is a better learning experience for Cavendish than if he'd stayed out of trouble and somehow managed to win the stage.

Whether he is a first year pro or not is irrelevant as he is their main sprinter, i heard the DS Brian Holm say yesterday they tried to get two guys to drop back but the team cars and and stage of the race made it impossible. I cant agree either with your opinion on a crash or winning a stage being a better learning experience ??? There is no better learning experience than winning surely ?


cheers
MG