Should Mark Cavendish swallow his pride and retire?
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Although I've got a feeling lack of family commitments led to some of the breakout performances during the COVID seasons.
Not having kids around the house and just being able to train well must have been an advantage to those without1 -
It's a big year for retirement this year and Cav will be one of the biggest gaps for the sport to fill.1
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Just fishing this out to note how incredible it is to think that it's still a live question even after Cavendish has announced his retirement and apparently finished his last tour.2
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Hard decision - on the one hand what else does he do - yes he will have options but any he really wants to do? Once retired you can't come back - not at this age.
On the other hand he's got a big family, enough money and he's going to have to face what comes next in the near future anyway whether it's this year or in the next couple.
It may come down to how much that slipped gear will haunt him - I've heard sportsmen say that they think of that one "what if" moment every day in retirement.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]1 -
I think the slipped gear will be much further down his what if list. What about the worlds in Qatar, the Champs-Élysées two years ago, MSR when Kristoff won, the Madison with Wiggins, the Olympic pursuit he didn't ride, the omnium he only got a silver at, the crash in the tdf in Yorkshire etc.? Like every sports star he will eventually accept his fate and then spend years telling the stories.0
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Beating Merckx's record would have been history
Equaling it is poetry“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
Tour of Britain and call it a career“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0
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Trying to think of other British sporting stars with a legitimate claim to be the best ever at what they did.
Cavendish
Ronnie O'Sullivan
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David Bryant and Phil Taylor2
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Never heard of David Bryant...his Wikipedia entry is impress though.kingstongraham said:David Bryant and Phil Taylor
Phil Taylor a good shout. Should have had him“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
Adam Peaty?Warning No formatter is installed for the format0
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Being the best breast stroke swimmer in the world is like being the fastest unicyclist though, surely? It's sort of impressive, but everyone secretly knows there are faster and more elegant ways from A to B.No_Ta_Doctor said:Adam Peaty?
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WG Grace, as long as we accept the thing he was very good at was self-publicity and not a little cheating?
Ben Ainslie as a match sailor might have a claim, from what I've been told.0 -
kingstongraham said:
David Bryant and Phil Taylor
My dad beat Bryant in the semi to win the national singles in 1975 😃 In His autobiography, Bryant said he’d never played better but dad just refused to lose.kingstongraham said:David Bryant and Phil Taylor
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There were many faster cyclists than Cavendish at getting from A to B in a grand tour, too. So the Peaty comparison seems apt to meLanterne_Rogue said:
Being the best breast stroke swimmer in the world is like being the fastest unicyclist though, surely? It's sort of impressive, but everyone secretly knows there are faster and more elegant ways from A to B.No_Ta_Doctor said:Adam Peaty?
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I kinda hope he sticks to his decision ."If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0
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Not when it counts over the last 200m in a sprint stage whatever stroke they pedal with.r0bh said:
There were many faster cyclists than Cavendish at getting from A to B in a grand tour, too. So the Peaty comparison seems apt to meLanterne_Rogue said:
Being the best breast stroke swimmer in the world is like being the fastest unicyclist though, surely? It's sort of impressive, but everyone secretly knows there are faster and more elegant ways from A to B.No_Ta_Doctor said:Adam Peaty?
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Isn't the guy in a recumbent going to win whatever?0
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In a way maybe some of those may be more costly moments but that near miss is the one that in 10 years may make him think he could have got the record, that his form was still good enough. Yes there will be lots of stages where he messed up positionally or started his sprint too early or too late - but they weren't the last chance.TheBigBean said:I think the slipped gear will be much further down his what if list. What about the worlds in Qatar, the Champs-Élysées two years ago, MSR when Kristoff won, the Madison with Wiggins, the Olympic pursuit he didn't ride, the omnium he only got a silver at, the crash in the tdf in Yorkshire etc.? Like every sports star he will eventually accept his fate and then spend years telling the stories.
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He was sounding very upbeat in his post on Instagram. Said the shoulder will take slightly longer than the usual two weeks due to previous plates but he’ll be back soon.2
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Possibly not in a sprint, and while recumbents are fast on the flat they are not as good uphill.TheBigBean said:Isn't the guy in a recumbent going to win whatever?
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Guy at our club has a carbon fibre one ...pretty light ..he rockets uphillbobmcstuff said:
Possibly not in a sprint, and while recumbents are fast on the flat they are not as good uphill.TheBigBean said:Isn't the guy in a recumbent going to win whatever?
"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!1 -
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The thread that keeps giving has been confirmed for another year...
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"Should Mark Cavendish swallow his Champagne and continue for one more season?"Warning No formatter is installed for the format0
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I think it's going to be very difficult.... should morkov swallow his pride and retire is the question to my mind . If morkov has it I'll be happily surprised
It's not impossible I guess ."If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
It's October what's the tour route looking like ?"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVDH3MX4MYI
