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I don't see Cav going any further from here despite the rhetoric from the team manager. Three big mountain stages to come then the rest day.
Another Cat 1 mountain to get over on Tuesday and a sprint stage on Wednesday. Then the Ventoux followed by the ITT and slim pickens for sprinters over the next 14 days.
Why would he put himself through all that just to get to the Champs Elysees with the Olympics so close?
Well I have to say, I thought his dominance was over, but happy to say I was wrong.
We are lucky to be watching the greatest sprinter in tour history.
Still think he won't get to Paris though.
I think only in the uk would this discussion about olympics versus tdf happen. This is the biggest race bar non. Even if it happens every year.
True, but irrespective of whether the TdF or the Olympics is bigger if you're making a choice between them then you do it before doing all the Olympic training and taking a slot on the team. If he wears himself out in the next 2 weeks and lets the pursuiters down in Rio, that would be tough to understand.
I think only in the uk would this discussion about olympics versus tdf happen. This is the biggest race bar non. Even if it happens every year.
It's not really a choice between the two though. Cav's goal was win the first stage and wear yellow. Job done. TdF objective achieved. And as a bonus he's also won a couple of other stages too.
Next goal, Omnium medal at Rio, then a pan flat nailed on sprint finish World Champs road race (... and with that in mind he may be better off calling it a day now while he has the psychological upper hand on Kittel and Greipel.)
Cav's goal was win the first stage and wear yellow. Job done. TdF objective achieved. And as a bonus he's also won a couple of other stages too.
It depends whether the people paying his wages agree with that.
It depends whether the people paying his wages agree with that.
I think part of the deal of moving to DD was that they accommodate his Rio ambitions. It's almost unthinkable at this level for there not to be an agreed plan in place.