Non -paywalled version available via a 12 foot ladder

https://12ft.io/

https://12ft.io/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mark-cavendish-we-are-at-that-point-when-i-can-stand-alone-from-eddy-merckx-jmcdc7j00

(though it seems it doesn’t fully work, I only get a few lines)

(though it seems it doesn’t fully work, I only get a few lines)

That’s because that’s all the un-paywalled contents that The Times exposes to search crawlers. You know, to get people to pay for the journalism they do. Think of it like buying a full membership for Singletrack.

He’s riding in the tour of oman on saturday

Can’t wait to see how he goes… The team are clearly in a decent place, with the main ‘fast’ lads doing pretty well including Ces Boll. If they’ve got the leadout sorted or Cav is in decent early form.. well, a good finish isn’t exactly a daft thought.

https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-of-oman/2023/startlist

Not all the teams are fully listed.. but it’s only really Merlier who’s the big name in speed currently.

The Times exposes to search crawlers. You know, to get people to pay for the journalism they do.

OT, but the Times is a lobbying machine to further entrench Murdoch’s obscene wealth, I don’t think they need to actually *sell* papers.

Seems happy in is job

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You can register and access two free articles per week if you really want to read the odd story there.

So it’s UAE Tour and the last 11km…. Cavendish in the big group and ready to play….Can this be the first ? Mmmmm

I’d love to see him racing the track champions league

Well as hopefully anyone who cares enough to read has now seen, Cav didn’t quite make it on stage 1. Not ideal positioning and didn’t quite have the outright speed either…Close… but not there..

So today is chance 2 after a TTT and a mountain stage where hopefully he left some in the tank for today.

Lots of sprinters teams in.

Outside the top 10!
I turned it on literally in the last 200m so missed the run into the sprint, did I miss anything that kept Cav out of contention?

Not really… Although he was all alone on the last km from what i could tell, couldn’t see Bol at all.