Cavendish the classic winner!

off the back
off the back Posts: 168
edited March 2009 in Pro race
Superb ride!! Yeah he is still not a great climber but for all his weaknesses he made it over the Poggio, got back to the front and unleashed an unbeliveable sprint that was head and shoulders above the rest. If that doesn't impress you nothing will ...
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  • Mettan
    Mettan Posts: 2,103
    Great ride, incredible finish - very impressive.
  • DomPro
    DomPro Posts: 321
    Brilliant finale. I thought Haussler had it until they showed the side-shot on the finish line. Its amazing he made up those final few metres. Haussler is an awesome sprinter as well though, they put the others to shame!
    Shazam !!
  • shakey88
    shakey88 Posts: 289
    Superb win! The power he created to overhaul the german on the line was jaw dropping.
    Cav looks as strong as anyone right now and could win many more races before he's done.
    Good to have a brit amongst the top boys ain't it :D
  • claudb
    claudb Posts: 212
    Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant !!! ..............
    .. and several cans of beer later ..
    ..Brilliant !!!!
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Oh Joy! 8) Cavendish delivers a master finish. Haussler's move was excellent but Cavendish is just unstoppable. The others were left trailing. All at 22 years old.

    Bouygues manager JR Bernadeau said he didn't bother to sign a sprinter in the winter "because Cavendish will take every spring going". Wise words.

    This should also dampen down the hype about Armstrong, he was dropped on the Cipressa.
  • Slow Downcp
    Slow Downcp Posts: 3,041
    Superb finish - I didn't think he was going to make the gap, but once in full flow no-one can match his speed (after 300k anyway).

    Should change the header tho' in case anyone's Sky+ it.
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  • Looking at the slow motion replay there was a moment about 30m from the line where Haussler just paused slightly -- probably in total deficit -- before the final push for the line. That briefest of pauses may have been the difference between victory and nothing -- hard to take after 185 miles of effort, so no wonder he was on the floor afterwards.

    Sprinting against Cav is like playing your computer at some video game -- make the slightest error and you're done for.


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  • jon208
    jon208 Posts: 335
    Woooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!
  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    Kléber wrote:

    This should also dampen down the hype about Armstrong, he was dropped on the Cipressa.

    No surprise there for me he was never gonna be a factor in the race and so it proved
    Gasping - but somehow still alive !
  • Good post race interview ...

    http://www.velonews.com/article/89481/c ... eat-rider-

    "One of the sweetest things today was seeing Tom Boonen go past me backwards on the climbs." :D
  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    Fantastic - that's all you can say but how good are the Cervelo squad turning out to be. haussler was always being talked up at G-steiner but they seem to have got it all right straight off incl. having classy looking kit.
    M.Rushton
  • f*ck me, what a result! :o Fantastic.
  • micron
    micron Posts: 1,843
    Guess we have the answer to whether he can keep up on the Poggio :lol:

    It was a great finish - but I was disappointed by the tactics of some of the other teams. QS must have known Boonen didn't have the legs - they should have let Chavanel have a dig on the Poggio and break things up a bit rather than sending him to ride tempo. Boonen will no doubt get his revenge on the cobbles but Cavendish showed how much he's matured as a rider and great spirit to overhaul Haussler.
  • I didn't say he was going to win this, but he did and impressively. His climbing aint great but his spirit and sprint are. Hopefully people can now accept that Cav is the real deal - as if last year didn't remove any doubts.........

    There is only one cyclist worth talking about today and he won a proper bloody Classic!
  • finchy
    finchy Posts: 6,686
    Kléber wrote:
    This should also dampen down the hype about Armstrong, he was dropped on the Cipressa.

    anyone got Contador's twitter? :lol:

    I wasn't expecting much from LA today, but to see him get dropped going up a hill is surprising.
  • sicrow
    sicrow Posts: 791
    f*ck me, what a result! :o Fantastic.

    couldn't put it better myself. I had a bet after the tour last year that he'd get a win here at 20's but didn't think it would really happen

    Some beer for me tonight
  • jerry3571
    jerry3571 Posts: 1,532
    Hooorah!
    It's all my doing thanks because since I marshaled for the Tour of Britain and said Hi to Mr Cavendish he has kicked butt. I will now be charging people who I say Hi to from now on.
    Thank you all!!
    :shock:
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  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,718
    Cav is God. That is all .
  • Noodley
    Noodley Posts: 1,725
    Have not seen it yet, but just away to watch the finish on cyclingnews, but that is one shittingly impressive victory.

    Well done Cav.
  • yeah id love to know what he's on
  • alien
    alien Posts: 54
    a damn fine race. LA being in the 2nd group, not really a shock tbh...

    Cav++++++ :-)
  • alien wrote:
    a damn fine race. LA being in the 2nd group, not really a shock tbh...

    Cav++++++ :-)

    Why all these eyes on Armstrong? If they're going to report how this non-contender for this race did today, how about the same for everyone else?
  • I said a few months ago Cavendish could win the milan san remo.No body seemed to agree with me.At just 23 he can win a lot more one day classics,and go down as Englands greatest cyclist to date. :lol:
  • phil s
    phil s Posts: 1,128
    he ain't english :roll:
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  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    .....and go down as Englands greatest cyclist to date. :lol:

    He's not from England :roll:
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    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    Doh...
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  • Oh sh*t I should get my facts straight in the future :oops:
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,721
    johnfinch wrote:
    Kléber wrote:
    This should also dampen down the hype about Armstrong, he was dropped on the Cipressa.
    anyone got Contador's twitter? :lol:
    I wasn't expecting much from LA today, but to see him get dropped going up a hill is surprising.

    Better to be nervous than cooked. :wink:
    Looked like sh*t, 20kms before the Cipressa.
    I see the Giro suddenly becoming a field of dreams....
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  • simon_e
    simon_e Posts: 1,707
    sicrow wrote:
    f*ck me, what a result! :o Fantastic.
    couldn't put it better myself.
    Ditto.

    Last kilometre of the race already on Youtube. Pretty lo-fi, but it's the real thing - you get to watch God in action.
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  • Nelson Longflap
    Nelson Longflap Posts: 129
    edited March 2009
    In this interview, http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Girodit ... remo.shtml (click on the right, where it says "tutti video") he sounds like Steve McLaren ( the English footie manager) did when being interviewed by a Dutch person. In trying too hard to be understood by non-native English speakers, it's almost like he's going to break into pidgin Italian. It's not a criticism in any way - it's just something that shy and insecure people do in wanting to be liked. The flipside, of course is (or was) his youthful cockiness and still his phenomenal will to win. Way to go Cav!!