Pro Cycling Thread - Page 43

Matteh · 05-10-2007, 07:46 PM

Beat you to it by a few months.

Craig · 11-10-2007, 02:25 AM

Astana are down for the Jayco Herald Sun Tour. Itstl.

Craig · 18-10-2007, 07:32 PM

Cadel Evans is the new leader of the ProTour and will win it as long as he finishes in 17th spot, and/or Alejandro Valverde and Oscar Freire don't out do him after Danilo Di Luca was removed after being suspended because of his involvement in the "Oil for Drugs" scandal.

Craig · 28-11-2007, 04:18 AM

T-Mobile withdraw their sponsorship. But the team is still continuing, thankfully. Otherwise an angry mob of riders might have been at Patrik Sinkewitz's door.

BoyBrumby · 27-05-2008, 04:11 PM

Now I know nothing about cycling, but know a good bandwagon when I see (or read about) one. So congrats to Britain's Mark Cavendish who has won two stages of this year's Giro d'Italia, doubling the total of British stage wins over the last 99 years, or so says The Guardian's Richard Williams anyway.

Any of our more cycling literate posters aware of his work? Is he any good?

Chubb · 27-05-2008, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoyBrumby

Now I know nothing about cycling, but know a good bandwagon when I see (or read about) one. So congrats to Britain's Mark Cavendish who has won two stages of this year's Giro d'Italia, doubling the total of British stage wins over the last 99 years, or so says The Guardian's Richard Williams anyway.

Any of our more cycling literate posters aware of his work? Is he any good?

Mark Cavendish is a very good young sprinter with his best days ahead of him... a world champion on the track and a potential one on the road. Unfortunately, he is also a bit of a dick.

Matteh · 27-05-2008, 05:28 PM

Yeah i'd agree with that.
David Millar's still my favourite Brit cyclist, got done for drugs, put his hands up and said 'yeah fair enough, you got me', spent the two years off sorting out his life and now he's come back all outspoken about drugs. Unlike Landis, the fact he said yeah you got me, makes him respectable instead of an idiot.

Craig · 28-05-2008, 12:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoyBrumby

Now I know nothing about cycling, but know a good bandwagon when I see (or read about) one. So congrats to Britain's Mark Cavendish who has won two stages of this year's Giro d'Italia, doubling the total of British stage wins over the last 99 years, or so says The Guardian's Richard Williams anyway.

Any of our more cycling literate posters aware of his work? Is he any good?

Very talented with a lot of speed to burn. Probably the best thing to come out of the Isle of Mann since ever (I could be and probably am wrong). Very much a multiple Tour de France stage winner. However as chubb said he can be bit of a dick, got disqualified in a race in California earlier in the year for basically holding onto the team car back up to the bunch after a flat and took the win before the DNQ.

All of Britain's best cyclists are Welsh, Scottish (and born in Malta), half-Australian but born in Belgium and raised in London, or from the Isle of Mann.

Samuel_Vimes · 28-05-2008, 03:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chubb

Mark Cavendish is a very good young sprinter with his best days ahead of him... a world champion on the track and a potential one on the road. Unfortunately, he is also a bit of a dick.

Awta, except for the world champion on the road bit. Far as I see it, he'll struggle uphill, and they don't want sprinters to win it these days.

He's been doing good work in the Giro sprints, but not the stiffest competition. Also remember him for an interview Norwegian TV did with him before the Tour stage to Canterbury last year - they tried to ask about his familiarity with the Canterbury Tales. Rather priceless face expression on Cavendish then.

BoyBrumby · 29-05-2008, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samuel_Vimes

Awta, except for the world champion on the road bit. Far as I see it, he'll struggle uphill, and they don't want sprinters to win it these days.

He's been doing good work in the Giro sprints, but not the stiffest competition. Also remember him for an interview Norwegian TV did with him before the Tour stage to Canterbury last year - they tried to ask about his familiarity with the Canterbury Tales. Rather priceless face expression on Cavendish then.

Huh. Typical smart-arse Norse & their ruthless exposing of the natives' ignorance of their own literary heritage.

Anyway, according to The Guardian Cavendish spurned the chance of a "historic" third stage win by letting his team mate take the flag ahead of him yesterday.

Would like to think it's a sign he's not a total dickhead, but his team mate calling him "Cavendish" rather than "Mark" doesn't suggest a close relatiionship.

Matteh · 29-05-2008, 08:05 PM

Very cycling thing to do, Boonen handed Steegmans(iirc) a win in the TdF last year because he led him out too well.

Craig · 29-05-2008, 11:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoyBrumby

Huh. Typical smart-arse Norse & their ruthless exposing of the natives' ignorance of their own literary heritage.

Anyway, according to The Guardian Cavendish spurned the chance of a "historic" third stage win by letting his team mate take the flag ahead of him yesterday.

Would like to think it's a sign he's not a total dickhead, but his team mate calling him "Cavendish" rather than "Mark" doesn't suggest a close relatiionship.

You see that in football though, a manager calls one of his players by his surname, I've seen Wenger, Mourinho and SAF all do it for example. Obviously English isn't Greipel's first language (I assume he gave it in English) it just came out, even if he was speaking in German.

Craig · 19-06-2008, 01:42 AM

Did anybody see Frank Schlek's crash in the Tour of Switzerland? He was very lucky.

NZTailender · 19-06-2008, 08:41 AM

When is that fantasy TDF page going up? Can't remember the link.

Matteh · 25-06-2008, 07:13 AM

I can check when i get home. Home on the 28th, so should be time enough.

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Matteh Cricket Web: All-Time Legend Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Midlands Posts: 22,938	Yeah i'd agree with that. David Millar's still my favourite Brit cyclist, got done for drugs, put his hands up and said 'yeah fair enough, you got me', spent the two years off sorting out his life and now he's come back all outspoken about drugs. Unlike Landis, the fact he said yeah you got me, makes him respectable instead of an idiot.

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