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Tour de France 2024 - this time it’s personal

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  • #512
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,771 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122336709#Comment_122336709

    I don't think so. Some riders can expend no energy and still be poor at positioning.

    His riding from being dropped off to getting to the front was class and other riders would were dropped off under similar circumstances couldn't do what he did.



  • #513
    eagle eye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,775 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122336113#Comment_122336113

    I think he'd have had a heart attack.😂



  • #514
    eagle eye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,775 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    Tne one thing I noticed towards the end was Coquard pulling out of the sprint, it looked unlikely he'd make the podium but he pulled up quickly like he just knew there'd be an accident.



  • #515
    eagle eye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,775 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    Sam has the speed to beat anybody over the last 100 metres but putting himself in position to do it is his problem. I think he should try staying towards the middle of the road more because all his troubles seem to be at the barriers.



  • #516
    De Bhál
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,935 ✭✭✭De Bhál


    Just watched it. Top class from Cavendish, weaving through the front of a bunch at that speed takes a lot of skill and guts. Fair plsy



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  • #517
    retalivity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,445 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122336766#Comment_122336766

    Zingle with the bunny hop, proper CX height

    https://twitter.com/BikeBlz/status/1808635047777611951



  • #518
    gmacww
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 447 ✭✭gmacww


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122336741#Comment_122336741

    In that instance can any of us have an opinion on anything in the professional space? I've never raced a tour de france therefore do I have any valid opinion on the race? Jose Mourinho nor Arrigo Sacchi were ever professional footballers do they have an opinion on football at that level?

    Sport is about opinions, it's what drives the conversation, it's what drives engagement. I played SH but even I can look at a scrum and tell you that Porter is not driving straight or that Ellis Genge is 9/10 the reason the scrum collapses.



  • #519
    Macy0161
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,466 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    Probably the most aggressive Cav has been in a run in in years I'd say. imo, more incidents several k out that may warrant a look than the actual sprint!

    Absolutely chaotic sprint - it's easy to say Sam doesn't have the positioning, but Mads being behind him at that point says a lot about how messy it was.



  • #520
    Paddigol
    Registered Users Posts: 1,808 ✭✭✭Paddigol


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122336430#Comment_122336430

    He was, imo. He was coming up nicely with good momentum when there was a bit of messing just in front of him along the right hand barriers. He was passing Cav at that point if I recall correctly. He stalled and looked to switch to the left and surf the wheels there and then the same thing happened.

    The other day he was well placed but just got boxed in.

    There's a fine line between lack of tactical nous and bad luck… time will tell, but I get a better feeling with Sam this year than I have for quite a while.



  • #521
    dahat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,816 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    Potential echelons today for stage 6 so hopefully a better watch than stage 5.



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  • #522
    Reality_Check1
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122337790#Comment_122337790

    I thought I’d get to experience that this year but strong teams at our level just put it in the gutter - the lineouts still giving me nightmares 😂



  • #523
    lawrencesummers
    Registered Users Posts: 8,608 ✭✭✭lawrencesummers


    The sprinter that finishes first takes the glory but guys like Morkov are as much a part of it. Anybody have the time patience and ability to see who cavendishes lead out man has been over the wins he has? Who is the unsung hero in all these wins



  • #524
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,771 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122338301#Comment_122338301

    Renshaw was his main man for years if I remember correctly. I think Robbie McEwan too.



  • #525
    happytramp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,625 ✭✭✭happytramp


    Sam showing the least interest in the sprint points of any of the main guys there.



  • #526
    Torrey
    Registered Users Posts: 37 ✭Torrey


    Why no effort there from Bennett at the intermediate sprint, he was in Pedersens wheel, he may as well have a go ffs



  • #527
    Mefistofelino
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,890 ✭✭✭Mefistofelino


    Why would you bother spaffing energy on an intermediate sprint when you're not in the running? Pedersen is second to Girmay in the green jersey so it's worth his while



  • #528
    Torrey
    Registered Users Posts: 37 ✭Torrey


    If he keeps chipping away at the intermediate sprints and gets a few podium finishes he will be well in it,Green jersey is wide open this year plus alot of sprinters might head home early with no finish on CE this year



  • #529
    Macy0161
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,466 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122339146#Comment_122339146

    But hard to see Mads and Bini going home early, and they'll probably pick up more points on breakaway stages. He did pick up a few points - I'd rather he save it for the final tbh on a sprint stage.



  • #530
    dastardly00
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,437 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    As amazing as Cavendish is in terms of his TdF stage wins, sprinting ability, resilience etc., he must be the biggest whinge-bag in the peloton? It appears as if the Commissaires were warning him about riding behind cars after he got dropped by the peloton, and then he spends the next while gesticulating and giving out 🤷‍♀️



  • #531
    G1032
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122339315#Comment_122339315

    Any rider would be giving out if pulled like that ,not just Cav



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  • #532
    Paddigol
    Registered Users Posts: 1,808 ✭✭✭Paddigol


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122339315#Comment_122339315

    Personally I love his Zero F**ks Given approach to the spotlight.



  • #533
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,048 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122339363#Comment_122339363

    Its the inconsistency, you tried even 10% of the amount of riding a bumper in the Gorey 3 day without at least progressing through the peloton, and the Comms would throw you out, yesterday there were lads riding on them for 20km.



  • #534
    Mefistofelino
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,890 ✭✭✭Mefistofelino


    Thank fcuk there isn't a Eurosport "Cav" drinking game - I'd probably need a new liver after today's coverage



  • #535
    G1032
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,099 ✭✭✭G1032


    Agreed.



  • #536
    dastardly00
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,437 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    Nice Chateau

    Probably cheaper than a four-bed terraced house in Ranelagh!



  • #537
    De Bhál
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,935 ✭✭✭De Bhál


    5Km to go

    Fingers crossed for Bennett



  • #538
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,506 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    The most boring stage I’ve ever seen. Watching on and off for the last 120km. Complete masochism

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • #539
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,548 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122339588#Comment_122339588

    Even the scenery was dull.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #540
    De Bhál
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,935 ✭✭✭De Bhál


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122339582#Comment_122339582

    about 10th or 12th was he? was that even him. A hard jersey to spot I find



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  • #541
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,548 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Couldn't follow that sprint at all with the shadows from the trees on the road…

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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