No Cav at TOB !
It is now reported that Cav is going to the Tour of Missouri - http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/No_Cavendish_at_2008_Tour_of_Britain_article_266458.html
What's going on here, can Cav not ride in the same team as Wiggins ??
Is there some muck in here somewhere hanging over from Beijing ??
What's the 'Bitterness' about the Madison that Cav mentioned post-stage yesterday ??
What's going on here, can Cav not ride in the same team as Wiggins ??
Is there some muck in here somewhere hanging over from Beijing ??
What's the 'Bitterness' about the Madison that Cav mentioned post-stage yesterday ??
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He'll definately win them some stages.
Perhaps Cav is bitter that his only medal option was the madison where as he could've maybe got one elsewhere?
I think Cavendish has every right to be bitter over his treatment by British Cycling.
wiggins did the triple earlier in the year at the worlds so the team selection in hindsight didn't look that unreasonable
the fact wiggins couldn't perform that day is one of things
thats cycling.. who else manning ... newton... maybe?
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I thought both Cav and Bradley were supposed to be doing Ireland and the TOB, so am assuming they have had a major falling out. I know Cav shows some arrogance, but Bradley seems to have been displaying some serious arrogance recently. Two arrogant people aren't going to get on or apologise.
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Yeah Iain I say that interview tonight and thought Mmm don't think he'll be going to the Brailsford road team somehow. He looks tired though and the great Sean said as much. BTW Is Sean REALLY that tall or is Gary Imlach tiny?
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Cavendish is the best British cyclist going and arguably, he's one of the sports top riders, full stop.
His sprint is phenomenal. I'm normally bored by the sprinters, I want a breakaway to leave me in suspense all the way to the finish line but the power and skill of this guy is just something very special. The way he smoked the field four times in the Tour de France was just phenomenal. Granted, Boonen and Pettachi were out for inhaling the wrong things but that's their problem and he's still a kid learning the ropes at times.
British racing public want to see cav but the wider british public only care about Beijing medal winners and will wonder why Chris Hoy is not riding :?
So from columbia stand point they can win Big PR selling Wiggins as Olympic medalist and over in US sell cav as fastes man ona bike/ 4 tour stages etc.
Columbia is a US team and need to use there biggest asset there, outside Cav they have hincapie but he will not captiavte public like cav.
Also we all know cav feels (rightly so you could add) that he is not appreciated in UK for his achievements in Tour. Easily up there with a multi-medal perf in olympics.
But what happens when this carries on and on and on and on - It's got to the point where you know if it comes to a sprint he's going to win. His positioning is getting better and he's getting good at making a bit of room for himself.
It could make the sprints even more boring than they usually are.
EDIT: For all this talk of a rift between Cav and Wiggins - Wiggins did a lot of work for Cav in the Giro - would he have got his wins if Wiggins hadnt been there? Maybe Cav will be more forgiving than may otherwise be thought. Also, when was the last moment that the madison team could have been changed? Did it have to be decided a long time before or could it be decided on the day? If they had trained a lot together then maybe the people in charge thought it was better if they give it a go rather than an untried combination?
My original comments were intended as a bit of mischievious fun but it seems from your responses there are a few with doubts about the relationship between Cav and Wiggo.
Having seen Cav's interview last night though, I reckon he's well on the way to getting over it all - whatever was behind it. I'm still delirious that we have so many riders making waves in the sport on so many fronts and am over the moon with that. It's maybe just a pity that Cav won't be at the TOB just for the many pure fans who have come on board recently
but I've never seen cycling in GB in such an exciting and optimistic shape - on road, track, and pretty much everywhere else !!
I seem to recall during the TdF that Cav himself said words to the effect that having Ciolek nearby in sprint finishes gave Columbia a "Plan B" option rather than him bearing all the onus of bagging the team's wins on the flatter stages.
David
Probably a gross over simplification, but, they didn't get many points or take any laps, so is it really fair to put blame totally on the shoulders of Mr Wiggins?
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I was tired. I let Cav down a bit. But I have carried him (or words to that effect) in the past, so...
Not sure Cav would have taken that too well.
Also Cav is a winner. He will not have liked being the only member of the track team to be coming back in economy (without a medal).
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good,we wont have to put up with his greetin'faced puss on whatever telly highlights there are of the TOB
The only reason there's any suggestion of a spat is because Cav is still a kid and doesn't know when to stay schtum. Let's not forget that after the team pursuit Wiggins mentioned that he'd managed to get enough rest despite "Cav buggering about in the flat" that morning. Or that it was Wiggins' power and staying ability that got them the gap and put them in position to win the Madison at the Worlds.
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haahaaa says he tapping the side of his nose :P
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Oh, I heard that as Cath - Wiggins's wife. I wonder which he actually said.