Tirreno Adriatico
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Tirreno Adriatico
Postby Strawburger » Thu Mar 08, 2018 9:36 pm
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Re: Tirreno Adriatico
Postby fat and old » Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:21 am
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Re: Tirreno Adriatico
Postby g-boaf » Fri Mar 09, 2018 11:58 am
Yep, 32 years old, well and truly past it. Off to the retirement village, huh? It's a racing accident, they happen, even to much younger riders.fat and old wrote:I'm wondering if it's just a bad run of luck, age and reduced reflexes or desperation? I guess TDF will be an indicator....on past performance I don't fancy his chances.
If this wasn't Mark Cavendish, nobody would care. If it was a relative no-name pro rider it wouldn't even be in the news, or it'd hit the local news at best.
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Re: Tirreno Adriatico
Postby fat and old » Fri Mar 09, 2018 7:49 pm
Well der of course it’s a big deal cos it’s Crashendish. And I don’t think it’s an unreasonable question, certainly not meant to be insulting (the age). There’s a limit to how long a person will risk himself to win a race... just ask Andy Schleck....just as there’s a point at which a persons reflexes begin a downward trajectory.g-boaf wrote:Yep, 32 years old, well and truly past it. Off to the retirement village, huh? It's a racing accident, they happen, even to much younger riders.fat and old wrote:I'm wondering if it's just a bad run of luck, age and reduced reflexes or desperation? I guess TDF will be an indicator....on past performance I don't fancy his chances.
If this wasn't Mark Cavendish, nobody would care. If it was a relative no-name pro rider it wouldn't even be in the news, or it'd hit the local news at best.
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Re: Tirreno Adriatico
Postby fat and old » Sun Mar 18, 2018 9:06 am
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Re: Tirreno Adriatico
Postby Strawburger » Sun Mar 18, 2018 3:57 pm
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Re: Tirreno Adriatico
Postby Uncle Just » Sun Mar 18, 2018 6:35 pm
Exactly. More to the point the bollard was unflagged unlike most every other piece of road furniture and he wasn't the only other rider to come down too in that mishap. Hopes for a speedy recovery.It's a racing accident, they happen, even to much younger riders.
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Re: Tirreno Adriatico
Postby fat and old » Mon Mar 19, 2018 8:20 am
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Re: Tirreno Adriatico
Postby bianchi928 » Wed Mar 21, 2018 7:00 pm
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Re: Tirreno Adriatico
Postby Strawburger » Wed Mar 21, 2018 8:08 pm
The conversation has moved to how much cavendish crashes now. We all know the bollard incident was Milan sanremo.bianchi928 wrote:Bit harsh on Cav here, race pace after 250+ clicks, the rider in front swerves out. (BTW, The bollard incident wasn't in Tirreno Adriatico.)
Not really harsh considering all his fingers point outward every time he crashes
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Re: Tirreno Adriatico
Postby Chuck » Fri Mar 23, 2018 9:19 am
Agree. Some people are allowing their dislike of Cavendish to see things through a very narrow view. All pro riders crash.... and when you make that statement it isn't one of those meaningless sweeping comments that aren't actually true, pro riders will crash multiple times during a year. Of course the majority of those riders don't have the high profile of a Cavendish so it doesn't make headlines or draw comments on forums like this.bianchi928 wrote:Bit harsh on Cav here, race pace after 250+ clicks, the rider in front swerves out. (BTW, The bollard incident wasn't in Tirreno Adriatico.)
So Cavendish crashed, he isn't Robinson Crusoe on that score.
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Re: Tirreno Adriatico
Postby fat and old » Mon Mar 26, 2018 10:30 am
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Re: Tirreno Adriatico
Postby RonK » Mon Mar 26, 2018 11:05 am
He already has 'em.biker jk wrote:Cavendish needs glasses to miss such an obvious obstacle...
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Re: Tirreno Adriatico
Postby RobertL » Mon Mar 26, 2018 12:08 pm
Yeah - and one of the crashes he had this year was into the back of a car in the neutral zone, when the car auto-braked in front of the group. It's a bit hard to blame him for THAT one.Strawburger wrote:The conversation has moved to how much cavendish crashes now. We all know the bollard incident was Milan sanremo.bianchi928 wrote:Bit harsh on Cav here, race pace after 250+ clicks, the rider in front swerves out. (BTW, The bollard incident wasn't in Tirreno Adriatico.)
Not really harsh considering all his fingers point outward every time he crashes
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Re: Tirreno Adriatico
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