Hectorsdad Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Good to see that Mark Cavendish has been given a place in the Quick Step team. It follows the withdrawal of Sam Bennett who is still recovering from injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherbanana Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 His team manager reckons Bennett is scared to lose so says he’s still injured. Article in Cycling News or one of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Sorry it's The Guardian again [:$]https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jun/23/tour-de-france-2021-full-team-by-team-guide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomoss Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 [quote user="NormanH"]Sorry it's The Guardian again [:$]https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jun/23/tour-de-france-2021-full-team-by-team-guide[/quote]Careful, you'll upset the Oracle of Piddleton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Do women take part? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherbanana Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 There is a different Tour for women. Given the difficulty of deciding what is a woman at the moment I dont know if former men can take part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Cavendish did well today..https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul/06/tour-de-france-mark-cavendish-closes-in-on-record-with-33rd-win-in-stage-10https://www.france.tv/sport/cyclisme/tour-de-france/2561295-direct-france-2-etape-10-2-2.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherbanana Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Amazing team effort got him into the right place at exactly the right moment then let him loose… what a finish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Mt Ventoux tomorrow .......... twice!It’s hard enough to drive up it, let alone twice on a bike.Thursday’s stage also passes very close to us. Will settle for watching it on the TV though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Yes, really tough tomorrow; one of our English neighbours has cycled up it once, he can’t imagine doing it twice though.Probably a wise choice to watch Thursday’s stage on tv, although we thoroughly enjoyed it last time it came through town, took chairs, bunting, Champagne and snacks just across the road. Several nationalities complete with their flags were next to one another in our little corner and had a great time through the hours of waiting.I’d been warned that we’d know when the riders were arriving imminently as the helicopter would appear - but it didn’t! ?The cyclists were suddenly upon us and I was all fingers and thumbs with our tiny Ixus, kept pressing to take rapid photos one after another. It later turned out that I’d managed to turn the video function on (hadn’t known there was one), so had very jerky video of them approaching very close to us, with Bradley Wiggins in the centre, by pure luck. That was the year he won the TdF. Happy days when we could visit France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Mark Cavendish , what a rider! Just one win away from equalling the number of stage wins. And he is English!!! Rule Britannia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonia Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Mark Cavendish is Manx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Very true.Rule Britannia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 https://www.deceuninck-quickstep.com/en/team/aboutDeceuninck – Quick-Step is a World Tour cycling team established in 2003 and based in Wevelgem, Belgium, a city that’s iconic for Flemish cycling. Currently made up of 30 riders from 13 different countries, Deceuninck – Quick-Step has built an extraordinary reputation over the years, becoming one of the most successful squads in history under the guidance of CEO Patrick Lefevere. At the end of 2010, Czech Businessman Mr. Zdenek Bakala took over the outfit, which is managed by a Board comprising eight members.The team focuses on its Belgian roots, but also strives to have an international impact. Since its inception, the outfit has scored almost 800 UCI victories, including 19 Monuments, 5 World Road Championships, 6 World ITT Championships, 4 World TTT Championships, 2 World Cups and an Olympic Title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cajal Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 For me, yesterday's finish was up there as one of the best, if not the best I've ever watched on the T de F. It was so precisely paced and clinically executed for Cavendish to snag the line that it surely must go down as one of the classics. I would also add a chapeau to the producer as they were absolutely spot on with the timing and relaying of the aerial shots, enabling such an outstanding finish to be witnessed from my armchair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinBretagne Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Mark Cavendish , what a rider! Just one win away from equalling the number of stage wins. And he is English!!! Rule Britannia! After the football thread farce can we really believe that he is genuine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickP Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Who Mark Cavendish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith-aka-Judith Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Passes through the next village Friday. Lots of discussion over the diner table at lunch today as to who would go, but I won't. Seen twice now, last time it passed through our own village, but twice is quite enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cajal Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Much nostalgia for us over the weekend. Stages 8 and 9, the Haute-Savoie, our old stomping ground where we bought our first house in1989. A beautiful department, but as was apparent at the weekend, far too much rain for us. That is why it always looks so green, although this is not too much of an issue in winter as it falls as snow, and it becomes white.Just outside of Clusses, at the beginning of Sunday's race in a village called Magland, I saw the Boucherie we once stopped off at to buy some meat for a fondue (yes I know, but guests expected that sort of thing) and to my disbelief they proudly presented themselves as purveyors of Donkey sausage. Yikes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Cavendish again!.And in our part of France... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul/09/mark-cavendish-equals-record-with-34th-stage-win-in-tour-de-france Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherbanana Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 What a performance. And he is so modest, unassuming, in contrast to many others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Crashes, abandons etc have wiped out many of his rivals for stage wins.This is not to in any way diminish his achievement, given that he was almost unemployable at the end of last season.Seems likely that he’ll just try to get round now until Paris and go for the Champs Elysee win to cap it all.Who’d bet against it? A great Tour for him & his team even if he doesn’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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