... before he has the most of any british person?
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How many more stage wins does Cav need....
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I hope this isn't a spoiler, smee.
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I’m not worried about how many he wins, i would prefer he actually finished the Tour with the green jersey.
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Don't worry, today was all about the snails.
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8 I think
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Don't worry, today was all about the snails.
Yum Yum
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He got the record last year for the most wins by a British rider in a single year when we won four.
Not sure what the most in a career is but can't be far away i would have thought.
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Barry Hoban won 8, seven of them competitively, the other out of respect for Tommy Simpson
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IIRC he's just overtaken Chris Boardman has having the most pro wins, I think Chris had 41, Cav now has about 43.
Stages in the TdF, not sure.Posted 2 years ago # -
i liked how Stephen Roche said what a lot of people think.....
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Trev - what did Stephen Roache say (he says taking the bait :-))?
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i liked how Stephen Roche said what a lot of people think.....
Maybe, but I also agree with what Emma Pooley was saying about a bit of arrogance (although I prefer confidence) is likely to come with being the best sprinter in the world.
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he is the best, but i doubt many riders like him in the peleton, he is brash and cocky, arrogant and rude. he has no respect for anyone or what they have done. he has no respect for the Tour, the jerseys and what it all stands for. i doubt he will even get to paris.
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He has no respect for anyone? He has no respect for the tour? Or the jersey and what it all stands for?
On what do you base the opinions?
cocky and brash yes but the other comments?Posted 2 years ago # -
the fact that he said he didnt care about the green jersey, it means nothing, stage wins mean more, the way he rode past cipo with one leg clipped out....
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He's got a lot better though, he did used to open mouth before engaging brain but he's calmed down a lot. Always praises his team-mates for the work they've done.
It comes with the territory - look at Robbie McEwen when he was winning everything, he had the same attitude. Doesn't mean he didn't respect the Tour or the jersey, everyone respects that, it's the 2nd most coveted prize in cycling (after the yellow jersey).
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Manchester Trev - suggest you read his book 'Boy Racer'. You'll probably come away with quite a different perspective.
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he is a very good sprinter
i think as he gets older he will mellow a bit, and start to show other riders a bit more respect.shaun kelly was the most respected rider on the tours he rode, he was a cocky young fellow too when he 1st rode it.
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Well, you know - live in Manchester long enough and that's what happens.
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he has no respect for anyone or what they have done. he has no respect for the Tour, the jerseys and what it all stands for. i doubt he will even get to paris.
Utter nonsense, total and utter Garbage
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if he wins today he has the record, no?
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to answer the OP - 2 more. So maybe done and dusted by tomorrow evening
if he wins today he has the record, no?
no, he equals the record.Manchester Trev - are you Hora in disguise? What a crock of sh1t.
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Lance seems pretty fond of him....
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Sprinters need to be cocky and arrogant no one will ever win by saying after you thats fine just nudge me into the barriers.
I for one love Cav I am just sick of seeing british sports people folding at the first sign of pressure. Hes got an Australian/American attitude to sport 1st is the winner 2nd is first loser.
GO CAV get your elbows out and weave like a rat in a sewer
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It isn't that he doesn't want or respect the jersey - he is just saying that if he wins enough stages he'll end up wearing it anyway. In other words, he has set out with the team planning not to bother contesting intermediate sprints.
The guy really is in exceptional form - every other sprinter will admit he is the fastest right now. Considering the (discussed) feisty nature of the typical sprinter that is quite something.
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he has no respect for the Tour, the jerseys and what it all stands for. i doubt he will even get to paris.
Utter tosh!
He came out and said wearing the green jersey was the proudest moment in his careeer??? He praises his team every time he wins. I agree he is cocky and arrogant. So what? He's the best and as others have said it seems to come with the territory. I also think he will mellow with age
IMO - He will get to Paris, he will win green and the final sprint. I hope we (the British public) give him the respect and credit that deserves should it happen.
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Well he's definitely not endearing himself to the locals.
Whether they're being just prickly or sore losers, its not good for his relations is it?
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/15072009/3/french-tour-riders-slam-racist-cavendish.htmlCavendish has already been accused of not doing his share of the work in the 'grupetto', the slow bunch of non-climbers which usually works together to get through the difficult mountains stages.
But some French riders claim to have also been racially insulted by the 24-year-old, who claimed his third stage from this year's race Tuesday when he won at Issoudun to take his career tally to seven.
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So he's winning all the time, and annoying the French. Splendid.
I think some people are confused by what is racism - Cav is the same race as most French people. He has a different nationality.
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Sure he's fast, but I'd rather go down the pub for a drink with Bradley Wiggins or David Miller. Though now I think about it Vicky would be more preferable, but I've got a bit distracted now.
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FFS! im not making this up, Stephen Roche said cavendish needs to make his mind up, one minute he doesnt care about the jersey, that stage wins mean more, then he says he wants the jersey as it stands for so much........
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what he's actually said is that since he's not yet finished a Tour, his targets are first winning stages and finishing in Paris. He quite rightly (and not very arrogantly) said that planning to win green when you've never made Paris yet is a bit OTT. He's also quite reasonably said that he'd love to win green but with the aforementioned aims first for the reason stated.
If it becomes clear that he will make Paris (hard this year because of Ventoux on the penultimate day) then I'm sure he'll start going for the points at intermediate sprints. Nothing conflicting there at all unless you deliberately want to make something of it.
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Indeed - if he openly said he wanted to win green when he's never even completed the distance - well that would be arrogant.
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Blame Stephen Roche not me, he made it out like that....
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c'mon, seriously, what does he know about bike racing
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We might take Stephen Roche seriously if he came clean about the drug taking during his Tour/Giro/World Champ year.
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