Should Mark Cavendish swallow his pride and retire?

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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,106
    Is he sprinting sat down these days or has he just not been in a flat out sprint that I've seen?
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  • larkim
    larkim Posts: 2,485
    Will he be going to the Tour do we think? A Plan B behind Bennett?
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,344
    DeVlaeminck said:

    Is he sprinting sat down these days or has he just not been in a flat out sprint that I've seen?

    Has he learned that rear wheelspin can be reduced by not having all his weight over the front wheel?
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  • poptart242
    poptart242 Posts: 531
    larkim said:

    Will he be going to the Tour do we think? A Plan B behind Bennett?

    I'd absolutely love to see it but I don't think there's room in the squad for him tbh. Although they are running lots of races with multiple sprinters I can't see that continuing into the GTs.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,927
    This is quite a good article on him prior to the tour of turkey

    https://conquista.cc/blogs/blog/known-unknowns-part-7
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    TheBigBean said:

    This is quite a good article on him prior to the tour of turkey

    https://conquista.cc/blogs/blog/known-unknowns-part-7

    Really good read. Thanks for posting the link.
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,985
    TheBigBean said:

    This is quite a good article on him prior to the tour of turkey

    https://conquista.cc/blogs/blog/known-unknowns-part-7

    Cracking article, thanks for posting.
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  • dabber
    dabber Posts: 1,980
    Yes, a good read.Thanks.
    Just great to see him win today. Really quite emotional.

    A very nice interview with Jakobsen as well.
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  • roscoe
    roscoe Posts: 526
    Great article and fantastic to see the win.

    I actually put a bet on him to win last week in Belgium and also in yesterday’s stage. Wish I’d done it today🙄
  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    edited April 2021

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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,438
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • dannbodge
    dannbodge Posts: 1,152
    Cycling news have a fairly interesting article too. Lefevere says how it came about him signing for DQS and how specialized are involved too

    https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/lefevere-mark-cavendish-gave-the-best-response-and-let-his-pedals-do-the-talking/
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    Again. No. He should not.
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  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,985
    That was an even clearer win today imho.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    He is finished ...















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  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    2 wins in 2 days? He seems quite good this Cavendish lad, I reckon he's got a bright career ahead of him.
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    Potential forged in the Islands Games gents....


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    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    Three wins on the trot it is!
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  • joe_totale-2
    joe_totale-2 Posts: 1,333
    If Cav makes it 4 in a row tomorrow I'll pop a fiver on him to win the TDF
  • super_davo
    super_davo Posts: 1,228
    Have you seen the profile for tomorrow? If he can win a mountain top finish at 1800m then I'd pop more than a fiver on him...
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,985
    edited April 2021
    Probably the best win of the lot, vintage Cav from the back.
    I did think at Scheldeprijs he looked to have been coasting rather than going full out attack, I suspect because that was what was agreed prior, and he didn't want to put Bennett's nose and his new teams out of joint.

    Hopefully he can go from strength to strength, and get the right races to continue building - bit awkward with Bennett in the same team, as presumably he (Bennett) will have first pick on which races he goes too, and ordinarily they wouldn't be able to accommodate two out and out sprinters within the team.

    They are saying the Giro is too soon, presumably he won't have a sniff at the Tour (Unless something stopped Bennett attending to defend green).
    The Vuelta looks to have a healthy percentage of possible sprint finishes in the first 13 stages, so maybe that will end up being his target.
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  • davidof
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    Cav' gobbles wins in Turkey
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    davidof said:

    Cav' gobbles wins in Turkey

    Cav gobbles turkey wins, no?
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  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    Jeez, Rick even corrects people's puns....
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  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,677
    elbowloh said:

    Jeez, Rick even corrects people's puns....

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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,438

    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,953
    He didn't win yesterday. Must be finished.
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,601
    Lost again today
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  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    Cav makes it 4. :)
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,985
    JimD666 said:

    Cav makes it 4. :)

    Perfectly timed.
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