Will Cav Win A Stage ?

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  • mike876
    mike876 Posts: 28
    I hope so...
  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,104
    He's better than I expected
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Needs Philipsen to screw up if he’s gonna get it as he’s head and shoulders above the rest
    _
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,151
    Cav gets his head and shoulders lower though, limbo style and top speed with it.

    Cav showed he's still in with a good chance.
  • pangolin
    pangolin Posts: 6,648
    Real shame he had gear issues, would have been a very interesting result
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  • exlaser
    exlaser Posts: 268
    Heart says yes . Brain says no . 😀
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  • roscoe
    roscoe Posts: 526
    I think the closer we get to Paris the greater his chances. Cav has the experience in his legs and his head. He’s battled through 3 week Tours more than the other sprinters.

    Heart says yes, head says probably.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,334
    edited July 2023
    Philipsen to serve across and take his wheel out on the Champs, on his last chance to do it, when he's had a perfect leadout and is coming through like an express train. You read it here first.
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  • wavefront
    wavefront Posts: 397
    He’ll get a stage, where’s everyone’s positivity? The worst that can happen is that I’m wrong
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    After today, I now believe
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  • me-109
    me-109 Posts: 1,915
    I reckon he'd have had that today. He's got the legs, he just needs those marginal bits of luck.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,822
    Not sure he's got the speed to beat Jasper, but he's got the experience of GT racing and the nous to position himself that he's got a good chance
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    edited July 2023
    takethehighroad said:

    Not sure he's got the speed to beat Jasper, but he's got the experience of GT racing and the nous to position himself that he's got a good chance


    According to the data people, Cavendish reached 74.7 kph. That seems quick to me.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    edited July 2023
    RichN95. said:

    takethehighroad said:

    Not sure he's got the speed to beat Jasper, but he's got the experience of GT racing and the nous to position himself that he's got a good chance


    According to the data people, Cavendish reached 74.7 kph. That seems quick to me.
    He was badly positioned and got lucky with a gap but it was probably 75m too early to go.

    He doesn’t have the double kick he used to have.

    I’ve not seen a sprint where he’s coming in in a good position and I don’t think that’s down to him but that’s gonna make it probably too hard for him to win.

    Not least as Philipsen is both the fastest and Alpecin have an outrageous leadout.
    _
  • wavefront
    wavefront Posts: 397
    rick_chasey said:

    RichN95. said:

    takethehighroad said:

    Not sure he's got the speed to beat Jasper, but he's got the experience of GT racing and the nous to position himself that he's got a good chance


    According to the data people, Cavendish reached 74.7 kph. That seems quick to me.
    and Alpecin have an outrageous leadout.
    You mean Alpecin have MvdP!

    Not sure Cav was lucky with the gap. In the years I’ve watched Cav, it seems he manages to creates the gaps he needs where others couldn’t.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,553
    wavefront said:

    rick_chasey said:

    RichN95. said:

    takethehighroad said:

    Not sure he's got the speed to beat Jasper, but he's got the experience of GT racing and the nous to position himself that he's got a good chance


    According to the data people, Cavendish reached 74.7 kph. That seems quick to me.
    and Alpecin have an outrageous leadout.
    You mean Alpecin have MvdP!

    Not sure Cav was lucky with the gap. In the years I’ve watched Cav, it seems he manages to creates the gaps he needs where others couldn’t.
    I think he reads the finishes well and understands well which side will open up. I think it was Ed Pickering (editor of Rouleur) who was saying yesterday that he interviewed Cavendish about a month after the 2016 Worlds in Doha, where he lost to Sagan. He was still a) furious that he didn't win and b) incredulous that the sprint didn't open up on the left hand side, which is where he thought it would.
  • pangolin
    pangolin Posts: 6,648
    RichN95. said:

    After today, I now believe


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  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,151
    edited July 2023
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    focuszing723 Posts: 8,151
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    Looking like a definite no atm…
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  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,151
    edited July 2023
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  • joeyhalloran
    joeyhalloran Posts: 1,080
    That's a no :'(
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,698
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  • secretsqirrel
    secretsqirrel Posts: 2,124
    It wasn’t supposed to end like this :'(
  • Jezyboy
    Jezyboy Posts: 3,612
    Such a cruel sport, thought it was on after yesterday too.
  • joeyhalloran
    joeyhalloran Posts: 1,080
    Even Cavs detractors must say that is a particularly cruel end for the greatest sprinter of all time (imo)
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Gutted
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    It’s why the record is so impressive. Very hard to win one.
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  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    Gutted for him. Wanted him to win one and even if he didn't, to at least have the chance for a lap of honour round Paris at the end.

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