#GoSirCav! #35tdf #Goat!
So happy! Sat on a bus home and struggling not to cry.
I didn't want to watch it, not because I thought it would jinx but I want sure I could manage it
Work MSTeams channel completely spoiled it for me. Ok, I work in 'bikes', but FFS... not all of us can spend 3 weeks of every summer watching the tour in work hours 😩
Delighted
Jasper Phillipsen looking a bit cheesed off….
He missed Cav's jump and that meant he had further to ride, then couldn't accelerate to come round. He'll win plenty.I have Case Bol in my team as I was thinking Cav might go home early 😉
And I was trying to avoid it, but this is bigger than cycling news, bigger than sports news really, so very hard to avoid. Mrs TiRed screaming "He's done it!" from reading some feed was enough. It will move the TdF from back to front page for a day. And that's no bad thing.
Did you see the guy bunny hopping the fallen rider? Awesome stuff!
https://twitter.com/CarelessLabs/status/1808528398190260624
Am lucky I can watch it all afternoon & was getting nervous & annoyed by the commentators talking about being possibly about to witness history. I was thinking don't build this up only for him to finish 15th or worse still crash.
Well bloody hell that was like Super Cav of old!!
The footage of him on all of his previous wins started to tip me over the edge & then we got the 2021 win, full on tears rolling down my cheeks 😮
He really is Sir Mark Cavendish now 😀
I think MvdP was borked after working so hard to get Jasper Disaster back in with a shout; when Alpecin lost their positioning, Campenaerts went to the front and did his usual - this may well have been a big help to Cav in shaking off a few rivals.
It looked like a bunny hop from Martin (I think?) over Pedersen, with a bit of using him as a ramp. Impressive skills!
Dad wins more stages @ the tdf than anyone ever and your son's like "theres Tadej!!" 😀
https://twitter.com/GCKUSSfan/status/1808547022405800128
Watched Cav a lot this season, never seemed in the right position and didn't seem up for the fight....today he most certainly had his elbows out and rode on instinct.....****ing marvellous!!!
Just settling in to watch the highlights in case I missed anything... 😂
Bloody meeting at 10km to go. WhatsApps suggested something dramatic had happened so scrambled to find a catchup.
S4C had it first, so watched the whole thing with commentary from what sounded elves. I really thought he was too boxed in with 500 to go.
Just brilliant.
Bloody meeting at 10km to go. WhatsApps suggested something dramatic had happened so scrambled to find a catchup.
I think you'd have had to be living under a rock to avoid the result to be honest, the entire internet exploded! My Twitter and FB was absolutely chocka with it almost instantly, obviously this thread but newspapers, the BBC etc all picked up on it within seconds and were also publishing their own feeds.
Project 36 😉
Philipsen tomorrow I think.
I'm sooooo much looking forward to the re-edit of the netflix documentary...
Sooo much
Couldn't work out whether to laugh or cry when one of the commentators said it was a comeback to rival Tiger Woods! There's just no comparison.
Watching the highlights on ITV+1. Do we really need a time trial for dummy's section today!!
Which dummy has an aection?
And fat thumbs...
Well, we've watched today's sprint 5 times now, and just been through a compilation of all 35 wins. My wife first watched le Tour in 2021, so missed out on the years of utter his utter dominance. She's hooked on the TdF though, largely due to supporting Cav in the sprints.
I think you’d have had to be living under a rock to avoid the result to be honest, the entire internet exploded!
I steer clear of likely sources of spoilers. Generally not that hard to do. But some stupid wazzock at Cycles UK decided that it was a good idea to send out some spam with "Cav makes it 35!" in the subject line, which was the only spoiler I saw. I deleted it instantly but couldn't wipe my memory... bah. I've sent them an arsey email and unsubscribed from their mailing list. That'll teach 'em!
there's a chance of some crosswind action tomorrow 🙂
Was avoiding it to watch later since we had a friend round... My wife said she'd seen something in the news and spoilt it for herself so I'd half guessed, but then my father-in-law messaged me about it 🤦♂️
Still a great moment.
Today was the best day EVER to just not get round to checking social media. Had no idea of the result, sat down to watch the ITV highlights programme at 9pm. On the final descent, i said to Mrs NBT that Cav must be feeling good to get the team on the front like that, and the team did a super job of keeping him up there. Watching him surf wheels in the last 750m was like vintage Cav, and it almost felt inevitable that he was going to win. I'm surprised the neighbours haven't been round to see what all the screaming was about...
And yes, i saw the Lidl Trek rider go down and the Cofidis Ryder bunny hop him live, even as i was reveling in Cav's win
Anyone else planning to be in front of the TV for the last 20k tomorrow for #36?
It's been very dusty in the Bunnyhop household.
From about 20 -30 km out and Sir Cav's team had their act together. Have now watched the sprint finish 3 times, it's Cav of old. So very pleased and screamed so loudly I possibly scared the neighbours.
Wow, just wow. Can he get 36? I really think so.
Who’s that in fourth place? Looks a bit like an old colleague of mine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathias_Norsgaard
Anyone else planning to be in front of the TV for the last 20k tomorrow for #36?
Yes!!!
We've now had a sixth viewing of the final 3km 🙈
Managed to catch it live on TV with 60km to go, was such a great finish, Astana played an absolute blinder with their positioning, then Cav drew on the all those years' experience to pick the right wheels and the right gaps then still managed to pull away. One win from two flat stages, with six more to go. He and the team are looking decent so can really see him getting another
there’s a chance of some crosswind action tomorrow
If you haven't seen this excerpt before, well worth a read
https://chpt3.com/blogs/journal/crosswind-chaos
Spread a fiver over six riders with a quid in Cavendish at 14/1....... Yay!
Escape has the most important take as ever.
https://escapecollective.com/the-price-of-history-a-smushed-fox-laying-by-the-astana-bus/
Could have been Mads Pedersen if it weren't for the bunny hop.
Cav nearly ditched due to mechanical while the peleton split in crosswinds, think he's getting back now as peleton reformed and Pog is no longer isolated.
all a bit late now ! but some random rubbish from yesterday 😀
and some stuff you've already seen from today 🙂
UAE are really not good in the wind.... just the 2 big guys @ the front with Pogi isn't enough, it's not just isolating him on the road it's isolating him in the standings too. Visma would like to drop Pogi but if they can't they'd take putting a couple of minutes into Ayuso and Almeida
Quite nervy in the "not quite crosswinds". Cav and Astana up for this again though. Under 20km to go now, should all start picking up pretty soon.
