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  • durhamwasp
    durhamwasp Posts: 1,247
    I watched the race live on Eurosport and then immediately stuck the re-run on on BBC2. Gotta say, the beeb commentary was far more energetic and exciting in that final sprint, Porters "since Tom Simpson in 1965" had hairs standing on the back of the neck!

    (not saying Eurosport comm was bad, of course, its great listening to them all day, just that the ending was spot on from Bbc)
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  • Birillo
    Birillo Posts: 417
    Still waiting for Sky to announce that they have signed the World Champion.
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Well done Cavendish. Have to admit he surprised me - thought that finish ramp would have been a bit too steep for him.

    Was only able to watch the last 20 km. Did I missed much? Those last 20 km were pretty dull
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Only thing that annoyed me was his ugly helmet! GB skinsuits not good either.

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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    FJS wrote:

    Was only able to watch the last 20 km. Did I missed much? Those last 20 km were pretty dull

    Nothing really. To me, it was pretty much a replay of the womans race, but that was the course. It never seemed to get the ebb and flow you usually get in WRR.

    It is what it is, best man won. But no one could legitimately claim it was a great race in terms of entertainment factor.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    Has Cav announced who he's riding for next season officially yet?
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    The Mad Rapper wrote:
    Has Cav announced who he's riding for next season officially yet?

    No. But a few days ago he'd apparently not actually signed anything yet.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    iainf72 wrote:
    No. But a few days ago he'd apparently not actually signed anything yet.

    Thanks Iain.

    A friend asked me this afternoon whether Sky would be a GC team for Bradley, or a Sprinter team for Cav. I had to say I didn't know, but that I didn't see how they could be both.
  • jibberjim
    jibberjim Posts: 2,810
    Zachariah wrote:
    From the BBC web video, it looked like he was wearing some kind of transparent cover over his helmet? Does anyone know if that was the case?

    The Sky team riders were wearing their Kask helmets with their aero covers on - Kask are one of a couple of companies which provide these. Cavendish helmet sponsor does not, so the only solution was sticky back plastic on top, which is what they did.

    Taping helmet vents is very popular and whilst not very good for a lot of pro cycling (you need cooling!) it's great for copenhagen in the autumn.
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  • Ringo 68
    Ringo 68 Posts: 441
    FJS wrote:
    Well done Cavendish. Have to admit he surprised me - thought that finish ramp would have been a bit too steep for him.

    Was only able to watch the last 20 km. Did I missed much? Those last 20 km were pretty dull

    You thought it was dull???
    Incredibly exciting with all the breaks and team GB hunting them down more like.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,737
    Pffft.

    Got to take my hat off to the Brits. Didn't think they could lead it out for 260km...
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  • nickwill
    nickwill Posts: 2,735
    Ringo 68 wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    Well done Cavendish. Have to admit he surprised me - thought that finish ramp would have been a bit too steep for him.

    Was only able to watch the last 20 km. Did I missed much? Those last 20 km were pretty dull

    You thought it was dull???
    Incredibly exciting with all the breaks and team GB hunting them down more like.
    Agreed, I thought it was a great race.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,737
    Nickwill wrote:
    Ringo 68 wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    Well done Cavendish. Have to admit he surprised me - thought that finish ramp would have been a bit too steep for him.

    Was only able to watch the last 20 km. Did I missed much? Those last 20 km were pretty dull

    You thought it was dull???
    Incredibly exciting with all the breaks and team GB hunting them down more like.
    Agreed, I thought it was a great race.

    Watching a team totally restrict the race as much as possible is fine if you support them.

    Me thinks FJS had a different, rather more orange interest.

    Nice to see Jonny time his attack on the final lap this time...
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  • Mike Healey
    Mike Healey Posts: 1,023
    deejay wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Incredible job by Wiggins, then Stannard/Geraint to get Cav higher then Cav for keeping calm, finding the gap and ripping them.

    Congratulations.
    My congratulations also.
    I thought that all the hard work by the team at the front of peloton was more for the "SKY" advertising budget.
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    Absolutely. Riding their guts out for the only member of the team who was likely to win must have been a secondary (and minor) consideration :roll:
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  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    Fantastic, and don't forget, it was a season long effort to makes sure GB had enough riders to do the job.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 6,933
    Brilliant work from the GB team, and massive congratulations to Cav on finishing it off. 46 years ago I entered this world! I hope I'm not 92 the next time a Brit wins it!

    I do sometimes wonder what people want from a race.....
  • GentlemanBear
    GentlemanBear Posts: 280
    I got my timings mixed up so only caught the last 25km on the beeb but Wiggo and Stannard deserve kudos for their work this afternoon - Cav's always the first to praise the team before himself and today it certainly wasn't false modesty.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,737
    Dorset Boy wrote:

    I do sometimes wonder what people want from a race.....

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    ;)
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  • NervexProf
    NervexProf Posts: 4,202
    A succint summary which captures the scale and calibre of Cav's victory.

    I would like to repeat, as Cav did my tribute to the whole of the G.B team.

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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    A serious question : If the race had been the same, but in the final 200m, say, Greipel or Cancellera edged it and won, would people still have thought it was a good race?

    How many serious attacks were there? There was the usual early break, the Voekler / Visconti one but aside from that it really was low on action.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • fish156
    fish156 Posts: 496
    Superb team effort. Has there ever been such a dominant sprinter? :D

    P.S. You'd think the UCI budget would stretch to a couple of sizes of podium jersey, not just one that has to potentially fit Spartacus or Thor:
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  • MaxwellBygraves
    MaxwellBygraves Posts: 1,353
    iainf72 wrote:
    A serious question : If the race had been the same, but in the final 200m, say, Greipel or Cancellera edged it and won, would people still have thought it was a good race?

    How many serious attacks were there? There was the usual early break, the Voekler / Visconti one but aside from that it really was low on action.

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  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Fantastic day to be a British Cyclist. Well done to cav all the riders and the support team
    Bloody brilliant everyone.
    Just a few short years ago - even having such a team would be unthinkable let alone the mens pro world champion. Amazing.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    MaxwellBygraves wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    A serious question : If the race had been the same, but in the final 200m, say, Greipel or Cancellera edged it and won, would people still have thought it was a good race?

    How many serious attacks were there? There was the usual early break, the Voekler / Visconti one but aside from that it really was low on action.

    Do you actually like cycling?! :wink:

    No, not at all.

    :wink:

    I like it enough to call a boring race a boring race.

    I will admit, it was a sprinters race, and I don't really like sprints so it was at a disadvantage.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    anyone got any links to highlights/replay of it.

    Cav must be on cloud nine. To have won the green jersey must have been like a dream come true, to end the year with the rainbow stripes is testament to an outstanding athlete and a dedicated sportsman. Here's hoping he gets the rich rewards he so handsomely deserves. Chapeau young man, chapeau.
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  • bazbadger
    bazbadger Posts: 553
    iainf72 wrote:
    A serious question : If the race had been the same, but in the final 200m, say, Greipel or Cancellera edged it and won, would people still have thought it was a good race?

    How many serious attacks were there? There was the usual early break, the Voekler / Visconti one but aside from that it really was low on action.

    We probably thought it was a good race as a British rider won. Is that stating the obvious?
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    bazbadger wrote:

    We probably thought it was a good race as a British rider won. Is that stating the obvious?

    Indeed. That's what I'm sort of saying, if you took that out of it, was it a good race? I don't want to sound like I'm taking anything away from it, just saying as a neutral, it wasn't much of a spectacle.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,391
    Cleat Eastwood wrote:
    Here's hoping he gets the rich rewards he so handsomely deserves. .

    Peta looked pretty emotional, I'm sure he's getting rich rewards aallll night long! :wink:
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  • bazbadger
    bazbadger Posts: 553
    Someone was asking a while back "Is this (Cavendish) Britain's greatest current athlete?"

    The answer surely has to be "probably, (yes)"...
    Mens agitat molem
  • MaxwellBygraves
    MaxwellBygraves Posts: 1,353
    ddraver wrote:
    Cleat Eastwood wrote:
    Here's hoping he gets the rich rewards he so handsomely deserves. .

    Peta looked pretty emotional, I'm sure he's getting rich rewards aallll night long! :wink:

    :D:D
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