Mark Cavendish

Weather130 · 09-07-2008, 04:29 PM

Mark Cavendish has become the 9th cyclist from the UK to win a stage of the Tour de France! He won in a big pack sprint finish. He also is the 1st cyclist to win a stage from the Isle of Man!

I am also very happy because the leader of the race and I share the same first name.

DBond5 · 09-07-2008, 04:30 PM

Congratulations! Toot Toot!

thuda1991 · 09-07-2008, 11:03 PM

i wonder how much doping he has in his blood...

nah... good win for the young guy, they all do doping anyway - so in a way, the best wins... you gotta be seriously naive, or just not know cycling well enough to think otherwise..

Michael Rasmussen is the true winner of TDF 07

Weather130 · 12-07-2008, 04:31 PM

He did it again! Mark Cavendish has just won stage 8 of the Tour de France! He is in 148th place 45' 15" behind

yarnbury11 · 12-07-2008, 06:17 PM

He was a grumpy **** when things didn't go his way, though. Big respect to that Luis Sanchez guy on whatever stage it was, he did well and I didn't realise his brother had died in a bike accident

homelessdave · 12-07-2008, 06:20 PM

mark cavendish wont be able to complete the tour de france though due to his duties in the beijing olympics, but well done to him for winning a couple of stages

yarnbury11 · 12-07-2008, 06:21 PM

He wouldn't anyway, he has no chance of getting through the high mountains.

homelessdave · 12-07-2008, 06:23 PM

maybe if no one was looking and he held on to one of the cars?

yarnbury11 · 12-07-2008, 06:29 PM

People have tried that, when they are being given bandages they hold on for a bit longer and then get time penalties

Weather130 · 13-07-2008, 12:59 AM

The tour ends July 27th. He can finish the Tour as long as he isn't eliminated in the mountains!

CreerBFC · 13-07-2008, 02:12 AM

no he said he cant he has to meet up with the rest of the GB cycling squad before it ends

thuda1991 · 13-07-2008, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by yarnbury11

He wouldn't anyway, he has no chance of getting through the high mountains.

With Michael Rasmussen out, he'll have it easier finishing within the 20% time limit, as long as he's on the "bus"

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Originally Posted by yarnbury11

People have tried that, when they are being given bandages they hold on for a bit longer and then get time penalties

and they deserve it...

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Originally Posted by CreerBFC

no he said he cant he has to meet up with the rest of the GB cycling squad before it ends

He has a fair chance of taking the green shirt, why in the world would he wanna miss that chance..?

CreerBFC · 13-07-2008, 10:33 AM

because the Olympics are more important to him, GB has the best cycling squad in the world and will proberbly take 90% of the gold again like they did in the world championships

yarnbury11 · 13-07-2008, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by CreerBFC

no he said he cant he has to meet up with the rest of the GB cycling squad before it ends

He doesn't, they will let him finish it. Besides, they can't exactly stop him.

thuda1991 · 14-07-2008, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by CreerBFC

because the Olympics are more important to him, GB has the best cycling squad in the world and will proberbly take 90% of the gold again like they did in the world championships

Didn't know Cavendish was in track cycling too...

yarnbury11 · 14-07-2008, 12:28 AM

Yeah, GB are actually good at it too!

BTW Thuda, is Rasmussen banned from cycling?

CreerBFC · 14-07-2008, 12:28 AM

yeah him and Bradley wiggins won the Madison in the world championships

thuda1991 · 14-07-2008, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by yarnbury11

Yeah, GB are actually good at it too!

BTW Thuda, is Rasmussen banned from cycling?

knew GB is good at it...

and Rasmussen is banned (I honestly still haven't found out why) for one year to go...

skinjim123 · 14-07-2008, 10:28 AM

wasnt the tour de france full of drug takers last year?

Maxen13 · 14-07-2008, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by skinjim123

wasnt the tour de france full of drug takers last year?

Was it last year or the year before when they changed the winner about 5 times, before finally deciding who won. It was all to do with whether the riders had taken drugs...

Maxen13

Weather130 · 14-07-2008, 04:57 PM

Rasmussen was fired from his team near the end of the 2007 Tour de France and has been without a team ever since. He has had a problem being unavaliable for previous doping tests. Like once he said he was in vacation in Mexico when he really was training for a future race in Italy. His ban ends on July 25, 2009 ensuring he misses the next Tour de France.

yarnbury11 · 14-07-2008, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Maxen13

Was it last year or the year before when they changed the winner about 5 times, before finally deciding who won. It was all to do with whether the riders had taken drugs...

Maxen13

No, they didn't chage the leader 5 times but about a year later they agreed that Landis (the winner) had used drugs so they awarded it officially to Pereiro who was second. It just took them over a year to deo it

Weather130 · 14-07-2008, 05:36 PM

Strange this one Russian guy in the Tour race withdrew from the race and the reasoning says that it was a planned withdrawal. I guess he is getting ready for the Olympics or something?

yarnbury11 · 14-07-2008, 05:38 PM

Some people know they won't manage the mountains so they just come to work for the team or win stages then pull out 'cause it would be pointless for them to waste energy and then have to pull out from fatigue.

But he may be thinking of the Olympics, yeah.

sprymantis · 15-07-2008, 10:35 PM

cool!

09-07-2008, 04:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
Weather130 Forum Guru Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pittsburgh, PA USA Age: 19 Posts: 2,313	Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish has become the 9th cyclist from the UK to win a stage of the Tour de France! He won in a big pack sprint finish. He also is the 1st cyclist to win a stage from the Isle of Man! I am also very happy because the leader of the race and I share the same first name.

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yarnbury11 Elite Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kenya Posts: 6,626	He was a grumpy **** when things didn't go his way, though. Big respect to that Luis Sanchez guy on whatever stage it was, he did well and I didn't realise his brother had died in a bike accident __________________

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yarnbury11 Elite Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kenya Posts: 6,626	He wouldn't anyway, he has no chance of getting through the high mountains. __________________

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DBond5 Forum Guru Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: London. Age: 19 Posts: 2,342	Congratulations! Toot Toot!

12-07-2008, 04:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
Weather130 Forum Guru Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pittsburgh, PA USA Age: 19 Posts: 2,313	He did it again! Mark Cavendish has just won stage 8 of the Tour de France! He is in 148th place 45' 15" behind

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yarnbury11 Elite Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kenya Posts: 6,626	People have tried that, when they are being given bandages they hold on for a bit longer and then get time penalties __________________

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Weather130 Forum Guru Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pittsburgh, PA USA Age: 19 Posts: 2,313	The tour ends July 27th. He can finish the Tour as long as he isn't eliminated in the mountains!

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CreerBFC EA Veteran Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Blackpool Age: 19 Posts: 11,359	no he said he cant he has to meet up with the rest of the GB cycling squad before it ends __________________

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CreerBFC EA Veteran Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Blackpool Age: 19 Posts: 11,359	because the Olympics are more important to him, GB has the best cycling squad in the world and will proberbly take 90% of the gold again like they did in the world championships __________________

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Weather130 Forum Guru Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pittsburgh, PA USA Age: 19 Posts: 2,313	Rasmussen was fired from his team near the end of the 2007 Tour de France and has been without a team ever since. He has had a problem being unavaliable for previous doping tests. Like once he said he was in vacation in Mexico when he really was training for a future race in Italy. His ban ends on July 25, 2009 ensuring he misses the next Tour de France.

14-07-2008, 05:36 PM	#23 (permalink)
Weather130 Forum Guru Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pittsburgh, PA USA Age: 19 Posts: 2,313	Strange this one Russian guy in the Tour race withdrew from the race and the reasoning says that it was a planned withdrawal. I guess he is getting ready for the Olympics or something?

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yarnbury11 Elite Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kenya Posts: 6,626	Some people know they won't manage the mountains so they just come to work for the team or win stages then pull out 'cause it would be pointless for them to waste energy and then have to pull out from fatigue. But he may be thinking of the Olympics, yeah. __________________

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