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ColinJ
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Mark Cavendish injured at Ghent Six Day yesterday
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Beaten to it! 
annedonnelly
Girl from the North Country
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- Blyth, Northumberland
Quite a claim to fame I supposeI don't think @annedonnelly was riding in Ghent, I get the impression she rides more for leisure...
I hope he feels better than me!Oh, I knew it to be true (well, unless what I'd read was false!) And despite the derailing posts on the 'odd factoids' thread, I think that thread works best with the genuiinely surprising - almost counter intuitive - little nuggets of truth.
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
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- North Wales
I have a lot of respect for Cav and wish him well and a fast recovery but I fear he will never be the Cavendish of years gone by. There are too many young lions out there and his age is against him now.
Froome is another example. After his accident , he never recovered his form fully despite hard training and perseverance.
You can't fight advancing time , no matter who you are.
Past champions like Anquetil, Mercks, Hinault acknowledged that at the right time.
I think Cav will carry on racing because of his love for cycling and honouring his contract but don't expect miracles.
Froome is another example. After his accident , he never recovered his form fully despite hard training and perseverance.
You can't fight advancing time , no matter who you are.
Past champions like Anquetil, Mercks, Hinault acknowledged that at the right time.
I think Cav will carry on racing because of his love for cycling and honouring his contract but don't expect miracles.
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Alex321
Veteran
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- South Wales
TBH, I think winning three stages and the green jersey in this year's TDF was a minor miracle.
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
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- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Having watched the video he was an innocent bystander of the panicking rider in blue, who caused the crash.
One of the key things on the track is to not move without looking; they swung high for no apparent reason, except that the rider ahead got onto the azure and had a slide on the damp patch.
One of the key things on the track is to not move without looking; they swung high for no apparent reason, except that the rider ahead got onto the azure and had a slide on the damp patch.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Recent interview here.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/nov/21/mark-cavendish-i-knew-i-could-be-top-again
I liked this bit: “It’s the freedom,” he explains. “You’re not confined by an arena. You don’t have to go to a training venue. There’s no tee-time. You can leave your front door at what time you want and go for as long as you want, the speed you want, the distance you want. You can go out with someone or go out on your own. The world’s your oyster. That feeling is why I started it. And I still get that feeling.”
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/nov/21/mark-cavendish-i-knew-i-could-be-top-again
I liked this bit: “It’s the freedom,” he explains. “You’re not confined by an arena. You don’t have to go to a training venue. There’s no tee-time. You can leave your front door at what time you want and go for as long as you want, the speed you want, the distance you want. You can go out with someone or go out on your own. The world’s your oyster. That feeling is why I started it. And I still get that feeling.”
raleighnut
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breaking a couple of ribs or a collarbone, even an arm is pretty easy to recover from in cycling, breaking a Femur (largest bone in the body) not so easy. The way they 'fix' one is pretty extreme and involves drilling out the inside of the bone and hammering an intramedullary 'nail' which is then fixed in place with 2 or 3 big bolts.
View: https://youtu.be/RfiFAQLxB7I
Threevok
Growing old disgracefully
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- South Wales
Ouch ! That brings back bad memories
I had a similar procedure on my lower leg some years back, which entailed pushing the kneecap to one side, hamming a nail down the bone and fixing at each end with two screws.
I was the first person in Wales to pick up Channel 5 though
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
True. Froome's injury was a probable career-ending injury at any age, one he has done incredibly well to return from.
Cavendish's current injuries are the sort of thing that a top rider could normally be expected to return from relatively easily. But his age does count against him.
bitsandbobs
Über Member
He hasn't got a contract for next season!
I saw Lefevere skulking around in 't kuipke at the last Friday: I guess the crash puts him in a slightly better position now re contract negotiation with Cavendish.
Cathryn
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- Marlborough, Wiltshire
Ooh they did that to me when I was skiing!!! Not going to watch the video...
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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How did you manage to avoid falling while they were doing it?
I would have found it really distracting! 
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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- Inside my skull
How did you manage to avoid falling while they were doing it?
You do it in the snow angel position
