Cav and Tour de San Luis

Apparently Cav's taking Boonen's place at the Tour de San Luis next month, instead of starting his season in Qatar.
That's a bit hilly for Cav for first race of the year, innit? Read a few days ago that he'd be skipping Oman after Qatar as the Oman parcours is hillier than last year.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cavendi ... e-san-luis
That's a bit hilly for Cav for first race of the year, innit? Read a few days ago that he'd be skipping Oman after Qatar as the Oman parcours is hillier than last year.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cavendi ... e-san-luis
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Maybe he's starting his GT jersey prep early and feels that if he is going to compete with the likes of sagan he's going to have to climb better.
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There's one thing about Cav: since and incl 2008, year on year he produces without fail especially in the Tour.
Agreed again but I think it is fair to say Sagan climbs a bit better than Cav but I don't think you can beat the Manxman for tenacity.
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Don't forget Sagan has been improving year on year too. Not sure if he can do it but would be interesting to see if he tries to become a Grand Tour winner too. he's got a long way to go but I feel he could do it
Might have got the wrong end of the stick from previous posts though.
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Mmmm, I wonder how long it will be before the cracks appear?
Was thinking the same but didn't want to say it. Is this a glimpse as to who's wearing the trousers at OPQS?
I'm with you both on this one...for me the first sign that Cav wasnt going to get everything on his own terms was OPQS forcing him to drop Ellingworth as his coach - that was never a problem at Highroad...Problem was that if contract negotiations (when stuff like that would have been sorted out) are a game of poker, Cav showed his hand right from the start with his desperation to make the jump, rather than be courted to leave.
Just wait for the shenanigans around MSR and to a lesser extent G-W...
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Did the highlights not show the stage to Metz?
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Cav doesn't mind doing hilly courses to get into some shape. Boonen needs early wins.
Boonen rode San Luis last year (and won two stages). He also rode Qatar.
I looked on Eurosport's site but couldn't find anything about it.
Nah.
Last year was a step up with a static camera at some of the finishes and one at each end of the ITT. (I seem to recall)
Makes Qatar look like a GT.
I like the Cav "hilly" theory for M-SR.
The Sky docu showed that it was T-A and the first monument that ended their honeymoon period.
I'm sure they can split all the other smaller races (PN/TA/TdS etc etc) between them.
Cav was clearly overweight in the early part of the 2012 season, even allowing for the fact that the WCs jersey makes everybody look fat. Would be good to see him in top shape earlier in the year this year.
With better positioning, he would've beaten Cavendish in Paris last year. But a lost of sprinting is about positioning soooo...
He's Bettini like - Can climb, but can throw down an astonishing amount of power in a sprint.
I'm not a massive fan of his, but I have to say that one of things about Sagan is that he can contest sprints in the absence of a train - unlike most other current sprinters apart from Cav. In the closing stages of some of those Tour sprints, he just hitched rides and locked in on other teams' wheels. Griepel, Goss, Kittel - they need their trains, especially Griepel who gets pushed out of position very easily without one
I disagree Iain. He's fast but not that fast. I'd place him in the 2nd tier of sprinters, with the likes of Farrar and Renshaw.
He is stupidly talented though.
Can't wait for the new season... Can't wait..... COME ON.
Are you having a laugh
Cav admitted himself he wasn't in great shape start of season.
Photos! We need photos from Jan '10, 11 and 12 to compare
Or maybe you do so:
But there is another where it is quite obvious he wasnt in tip top form
You mean Sagan, right? Cavendish finished 201 points behind Sagan last year so he would have had to win another 5 stages. Don't see it myself.
I don't see how Cavendish has the upper hand at all. Sure in a straight sprint, he is faster, but Sagan is more than capable of a top 5 finish in the flat stages. Whereas in hilly or stages with a small climb at the finish, Cavendish won't pick any points at all.
Nah, I don't reckon he would have beaten him, cav went quite early so Sagan was coming back as cav faded but in a straight out sprint I'd pick cav 9/10.
@ greased, it probably did, but that was one put of how many sprint stages? He's good and I think I'm a fan (as long he doesn't start being all knobbish and wanting cash for interviews and such) but fingers crossed he's clean and he can pick off all the finishes valverde would go for
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