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  • schweiz
    schweiz Posts: 1,644
    I'd given up on Cav for that one.

    Superb. The overhead replay shows the amount of ground he made up in such a sort distance. Unbelieveable!

    Well done Cav!
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    stokepa31 Posts: 560
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  • WisePranker
    WisePranker Posts: 823
    Milton50 wrote:
    Cavendish wins!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I've just realised that I paused the Sky+ to go answer the door so I'm watching about 2 minutes behind everyone else....that's spoiled it :oops:
  • lostboysaint
    lostboysaint Posts: 4,250
    There's still few better in the peleton at picking their way through everyone else's train and getting the result. Great work Cav!
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    afx237vi wrote:
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    Swift had some awesome acceleration but he went way too soon.

    Boasson Hagen, wasn't it?

    Ah, yep, I thought it was Swift at first.
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    Wonder what Thomas was doing up there? Trying for the stage win, trying to pick up some green jersey points, or was it another miserable failure at trying to lead out Ben Swift again?
  • Omar Little
    Omar Little Posts: 2,010
    great win for Cavendish

    what has happened to the htc train though, doesnt look anywhere near as well organised as it used to
  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    afx237vi wrote:
    Rojas 3rd... more green points.

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  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
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  • stokepa31
    stokepa31 Posts: 560
    EBH needs to get his timing right. was very explosive but shot his bolt to soon again
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  • steviedonut
    steviedonut Posts: 69
    exciting last few km,only spoiled by the oafs last gasp victory.
    that was some dig boassen hagen put in,you could feel the raw power even from the vantage point of the chopper
  • OffTheBackAdam
    OffTheBackAdam Posts: 1,869
    Superb win by Cav there, came from miles back to get that one. Looks like he was out of the top 10 when the sprint proper kicked off. He stuck to that centre line like a train to the rails, no way for any Commissair to DQ him!
    I trust that should Boonen & his team mate, fail to meet the cut off time, the race jury will keep them in.
    Good try by EBH, if the chase had faltered for a few seconds, he would have got that.
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  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    Cav complaining about getting shoulder barged by Griepel and not feeling like he could defend himself after his DQ the other day. He also seems to have thought EBH was Wiggins
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,559
    So Cav lost his wheel 'cos Greipel leaned on him and he "couldn't defend himself"...
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  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    Dude is just built to win. Despite the problems with the HTC train he's proven himself to be in top form with that battling 5th and an awesome finish today from nowhere.
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    hope they show boonen coming in, must have been a nightmare having to face the wind knowing you're up against a cut off time.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Voeckler is a legend.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,559
    Dinyull wrote:
    Dude is just built to win. Despite the problems with the HTC train he's proven himself to be in top form with that battling 5th and an awesome finish today from nowhere.

    HTC train wasn't a problem - it was not being able to defend himself when getting barged, apparently. Fair point really.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Ah Cav is great.
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  • jamlala
    jamlala Posts: 284
    Agree re Voeckler, top effort. Very exciting finish, and I agree that Boonen should be kept in.
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  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Dinyull wrote:
    Dude is just built to win. Despite the problems with the HTC train he's proven himself to be in top form with that battling 5th and an awesome finish today from nowhere.

    HTC train wasn't a problem - it was not being able to defend himself when getting barged, apparently. Fair point really.

    Haven't seen the replay's to be fair - even more of a legend!!!

    9th all time le tour stage wins now!!!
  • ju5t1n
    ju5t1n Posts: 2,028
    I didn’t think I was that much of a Cav fan until I found myself screaming at the telly today.

    Don’t think DH’s commentary is going to make it into next year’s Cav documentary though
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,559
    Dinyull wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Dinyull wrote:
    Dude is just built to win. Despite the problems with the HTC train he's proven himself to be in top form with that battling 5th and an awesome finish today from nowhere.

    HTC train wasn't a problem - it was not being able to defend himself when getting barged, apparently. Fair point really.

    Haven't seen the replay's to be fair - even more of a legend!!!

    9th all time le tour stage wins now!!!

    Not seen how he lost his wheel, that was what he said in the interview.
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  • lostboysaint
    lostboysaint Posts: 4,250
    Farrar rolled in miles back and Petacchi some 30 secs back. Strange that neither fancied it on such an obvious sprinters day.
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  • Doobz
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,559
    Brian Holm on Cavendish (Danish TV interview)
    He was in the hotel the other night and he looked really cross, so I said "Relax, you'll win soon", he turned around and said "I wan't to win 5"

    Rough translation from the top of my head.
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  • forehead
    forehead Posts: 180
    G in Yellow, is that right?
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,559
    And Boonen made the cut. Chapeau.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Forehead wrote:
    G in Yellow, is that right?

    No, Hushovd.
  • Neil McC
    Neil McC Posts: 625
    Forehead wrote:
    G in Yellow, is that right?

    no.

    No change in GC, top 109 riders same time as Cav

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