The Pro Road Cycling Thread

[johnnytapia]

Think this may well go back to the judges; he deviated off line slightly.

 

[willipp]

Where does Cav sit in terms of greats? Never really gets talked about like some of the others, but his stage win count is surely up there with the all time best. Never gets the recognition in this country either from the media really.

 

[johnnytapia]

Where does Cav sit in terms of greats? Never really gets talked about like some of the others, but his stage win count is surely up there with the all time best. Never gets the recognition in this country either from the media really.

Greatest cyclist this country has produced. Points jersey winner in all 3 grand tours; world champion (road and track); monument winner; multiple stage winner across virtually every stage race; classics winner and greatest sprinter the world has ever seen, bar none.

 

[Gray]

Cavendish is super human, brilliant made up for him.

 

[Fred_Quimby]

The Manx Missile does it again.

 

[johnnytapia]

I saw him riding behind the derny at the velodrome about 5 years ago. He was doing close to 60mph and barely broke sweat (Cav, not the derny - he was shitting himself).

 

[Manc in London]

Think this may well go back to the judges; he deviated off line slightly.

Philipsen and Cav wanted to take the line immediately infront of the Alpecin lead out rider. From the overhead shot, it looked like a simple case of Cav getting there first. That line didn't belong to Philipsen.

 

[discopop]

The lad can now now live back up to his Twitter handle, fast on a bike, even faster mouth, love the little bastard, he put his bike in a perfect position as a spoiler today. Best last kilometre sprinter there has been or probably will be.

 

[Rascal]

The longest stage for 21 years, its a monster length.

There is an intermediate sprint at 115km, it will be interesting to see if Cav goes for points, if he does he must fancy his chances of the Green Jersey.

It looks all over a day for the break though , especially with 2 big mountain stages over the weekend for the GC times to think about.

Van Der Poel is 6/1
Alaphillpe is 10/1
Van Aert 12/1

My pick today though is my old favourite Thomas De Gendt, it looks made for him and he is 20/1

 

[Tim of the Oak]

The longest stage for 21 years, its a monster length.

There is an intermediate sprint at 115km, it will be interesting to see if Cav goes for points, if he does he must fancy his chances of the Green Jersey.

It looks all over a day for the break though , especially with 2 big mountain stages over the weekend for the GC times to think about.

Van Der Poel is 6/1
Alaphillpe is 10/1
Van Aert 12/1

My pick today though is my old favourite Thomas De Gendt, it looks made for him and he is 20/1

I think we need to see an Alaphillipe swashbuckling master class today. Saying that, it would be brilliant to see another Cav stage win.