Cav hanging up his wheels
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Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Cav's already done that ... more than once.
Look at him - he's past it, it's time he retired, he's yesterday's man he's ... oh, hang on, he's winning again.
- Location
- Inside my skull
I don’t think taint is the right word. I actually have a lot of respect for those world tour pros who carry on, when they are no longer the very best , because they love racing. Approx 99.5% of pros will never win a world tour stage, and will remain a domestique.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
It probably won't happen.
But stranger things have happened. Sam Bennett was QS's nailed on starter for the 2021 TdF.
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Jameshow
Veteran
You talking about me!! 🤣🤣🤣
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
- Location
- Inside my skull
Should I announce my retirement from World Tour Pro cycling? Just haven’t been getting the results I want of late.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
To be honest you've tainting your aura for quite a while now. I was just saying "Ming's aura is looking a bit tainted these days"
Cathryn
Legendary Member
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- Marlborough, Wiltshire
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Yup - he can be emotional
although most of what we have seen is the emotion oh "Damn I didn;t win" type emotions
but I have seen others as well!!
but Gods than man likes to win!!
(not a critisism - I love him for it - he is, after all, a sprinter!)
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
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- Z’ha’dum
On the subject of people staying on when they are way past their best
I think it depends on several things
obviously enjoyment to the sport is key - same for any sport - I heard of an ex top line England rugby player who was still playing for his club many years later - he was down to the 5th team but stayed on coaching and playing where he could contribute - and helping the bar profits!
but if they feel they can contribute by changing their training so be better able to be a domestique or pulling long turns on the front then I would admire that if they want to do that
However some just can;t do much that they feel is worth it - or have other priorities - look at Nico Rosberg in F1 - won the championship then just buggered off and spent time with his family that he had neglected for years to get where he was.
Horses for courses and all that
anyway - enough woffle - I'll go now
I think it depends on several things
obviously enjoyment to the sport is key - same for any sport - I heard of an ex top line England rugby player who was still playing for his club many years later - he was down to the 5th team but stayed on coaching and playing where he could contribute - and helping the bar profits!
but if they feel they can contribute by changing their training so be better able to be a domestique or pulling long turns on the front then I would admire that if they want to do that
However some just can;t do much that they feel is worth it - or have other priorities - look at Nico Rosberg in F1 - won the championship then just buggered off and spent time with his family that he had neglected for years to get where he was.
Horses for courses and all that
anyway - enough woffle - I'll go now
Va Va Froome
Über Member
- Location
- Blairgowrie, Perthshire
Goes without saying: legend.
Contributed massively to a cycling golden era for these islands [including the Belgian and Kenyan parts!].
When the nearly moments and glorious failures became big wins!
Contributed massively to a cycling golden era for these islands [including the Belgian and Kenyan parts!].
When the nearly moments and glorious failures became big wins!
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
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- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Never say never. If another team's sprint plan falls apart, few are better than Cav at riding the bunch and finding the gaps.
Or sometimes another rider to crash into but let's hope that's not how this story ends.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
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- Z’ha’dum
In my opinion the leadout train he had in the old days was a thing of beauty
I thni I am remembering mostly a year on the final stage of the Tour where they just pealed off in sequence until it was Cav second and the other Mark - then cav just lit the afterburners
wonderful stuff
I thni I am remembering mostly a year on the final stage of the Tour where they just pealed off in sequence until it was Cav second and the other Mark - then cav just lit the afterburners
wonderful stuff
Once a Wheeler
…always a wheeler
My own pic of Mark Cavendish in the prologue of his first Tour de France 2007. Just coming out of the Serpentine bridge in Hyde Park:
Good one Cav! Hope you make it 35 TdF stages and have a happy, fulfilling future career.
