Should Mark Cavendish swallow his pride and retire?

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    m.r.m. said:

    Maybe misclick?

    You need to then select the reason for hitting flag so have to be very clumsy to do it accidentally.
  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,475
    Oh okay. Didn't know that.
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  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,124
    amrushton said:

    Or his salary is being paid by e.g. Specialized, Oakley or Richard Mille (Alaphillipe wears one)

    Salary and costs paid by a third party sponsor.
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  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    edited December 2020
    davidof said:

    amrushton said:

    Or his salary is being paid by e.g. Specialized, Oakley or Richard Mille (Alaphillipe wears one)

    Salary and costs paid by a third party sponsor.
    Offshore holding company using the sponsorship to offset tax liability for the ult ben owner who happens to be a professional athlete by any chance?
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    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    it's a weird world.. I still think DQS wouldn't be sentimental about giving up the spot tBH
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    mididoctors said:

    it's a weird world.. I still think DQS wouldn't be sentimental about giving up the spot tBH


    Lefevere's got plenty of sentiment if the price is right
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    RichN95. said:

    mididoctors said:

    it's a weird world.. I still think DQS wouldn't be sentimental about giving up the spot tBH


    Lefevere's got plenty of sentiment if the price is right
    I liked that comment... literally
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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,601
    It's sad that he's become a charity case.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Still think it's hard to know where he's really at.

    Heard somewhere, probably Friebe, which on reflection makes sense, that the older riders did much worse during lockdown than the younger guys.

    That and the illness previously I think still has hidden his real level.

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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,334
    WIll Fotheringham made the same point about older riders, writing about Cavendish here: https://lacourseentete.com/cav-and-pat-putting-the-band-back-on-the-road/
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  • shinyhelmut
    shinyhelmut Posts: 1,364
    RichN95. said:

    mididoctors said:

    it's a weird world.. I still think DQS wouldn't be sentimental about giving up the spot tBH


    Lefevere's got plenty of sentiment if the price is right
    Maybe this is what tipped the balance?

    https://crowdfunder.co.uk/mark-cavendish-sendoff-year




  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    Just got 2nd behind Tim Merlier
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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    blazing_saddles said:

    Just got 2nd behind Tim Merlier

    Not saying he could have won, but Cavendish's leadout was a mess. Merlier won by a distance, but it could and should should have been a lot closer. Cav should take some confidence from that.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,927
    So he is now sprinting again?
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,822
    That leadout was a stinker, for the last 5 k they were all over the place.

    He did well to get 2nd tbf
  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,953
    He hasn't even been within touching distance for a very long time, so that's definite progress.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,656
    Cav rides Coppa e Bartali, where he's reunited with Brian Holm for the first time since 2015.

    There's a nice interview with Holm here (Danish)

    https://m.feltet.dk/nyheder/holm_inden_foerste_loeb_med_cav_det_er_som_gamle_dage/
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  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    Watched him crash on some 2nd tier Belgian race that Eurosport had on last Sunday.

    He didn't seem sharp/up there if you know what I mean....
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    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    He's only 35, he's not senile yet...
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Half a wheel away from winning this morning
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  • gregg.baker
    gregg.baker Posts: 19
    Pross said:

    Sad joke? The guy contracted Epstein Barr Virus and still hasn't recovered. Maybe he'll never make it back to winning ways but I think he's earned the right to decide for himself when to retire or to at least get to a position where a team is no longer prepared to give him that chance.

    This
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  • ddraver
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,656
    RichN95. said:

    Half a wheel away from winning this morning

    He's listed as winning stage 1a
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,656
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    RichN95. said:

    Half a wheel away from winning this morning

    He's listed as winning stage 1a
    And then it got corrected.
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  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    Apparently Cav is now race leader after the team time trial.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,574
    webboo said:

    Apparently Cav is now race leader after the team time trial.

    And it's the 18th different stage race he has led.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,927
    I thought there was some sort of ban on split stages? Or is that just in GTs?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    TheBigBean said:

    I thought there was some sort of ban on split stages? Or is that just in GTs?



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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    Tiz has uploaded Rai's highlights if anyone is interested.
    Looks as if there was a big crash just behind the leaders as they were heading for the sprint.
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