Addie Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 An anonymous french bleat, why even print that mess? As for humility, the first thing he says when he gets off his bike is 'the team got me there'. He's definitely got a mouth on him, but he matches it with actions. No wonder the French are pissed off! Which French are pissed off? Certainly none that live in my neck of the woods. That's no more the voice of France than the Sun comic purporting to speak for Britain. We had a long debate about Le Tour and Cavendish with french folk yesterday evening and I have to report that there's a lot of admiration re the excellence of our Isle of Man cyclist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 Which French are pissed off? Certainly none that live in my neck of the woods. Sorry, thought you'd read the article. The story is specifically about French riders, even more specifically French sprinters who normally help each other get over the mountains. Cav's not following etiquette according to them, so they're slagging him. He's reacted by laughing it off. It's a silly story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 Heh, cavs bike: Wonder how many stickers they brought to france? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sausages Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 His views on it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_spor...ing/8153223.stm He's also been getting criticism for not speaking French. He should tell them he can speak more French than Manx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terse Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 His views on it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_spor...ing/8153223.stm He's also been getting criticism for not speaking French. He should tell them he can speak more French than Manx. "I'm able to do the interviews, to get asked the questions in French and I reply in English." That's a mistake. He should reply in Manx and let the French fuckers try to translate it. "Cavendish is racist, he's anti-French," said the rider. Anti-French is not racist - its natural. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alias Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 BBC News says he's been DQed from latest stage for pushing another rider into the barriers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sausages Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Not pushing, just allegedly blocking his route past. The footage of it isn't conclusive, but apparently there's no appeal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Take Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 BBC News says he's been DQed from latest stage for pushing another rider into the barriers. BBC news is right. The road narrowed and he was deemed to have cut off Hushovd from attacking. The smug git who made the decision says there is no possibiity of appeal - you could tell he wanted to do an evil mwa ha ha laugh after he said it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyconcrete Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 BBC News says he's been DQed from latest stage for pushing another rider into the barriers. http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/video/180720...-cavendish.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 I wondered about that at the time. Him and the green jersey holder were sprinting to lead out the peloton, and pick up points on each other. Cav in the lead, greenie was faster though, Cav swerved in front of him and he lost momentum then Cav just held on. It wasn't "into the barriers", but not surprising the judges wanted a sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatshaft Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 BBC News says he's been DQed from latest stage for pushing another rider into the barriers. BBC news is right. The road narrowed and he was deemed to have cut off Hushovd from attacking. The smug git who made the decision says there is no possibiity of appeal - you could tell he wanted to do an evil mwa ha ha laugh after he said it. The decision was good. You saw in the sprint that Cav was looking around and trying to baulk Hushovd, and across to see if his team were coming up beside him. He wasn;t trying to beat Hushovd like normal, he was trying to put a few riders in front of Hushovd by blocking him. When I saw it I was screaming "you stupid fucking idiot" at the TV, it was clear he was going to be investigated there. Possibly blown it with one act of stupidity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted July 19, 2009 Author Share Posted July 19, 2009 The decision was good. You saw in the sprint that Cav was looking around and trying to baulk Hushovd, and across to see if his team were coming up beside him. He wasn;t trying to beat Hushovd like normal, he was trying to put a few riders in front of Hushovd by blocking him. When I saw it I was screaming "you stupid fucking idiot" at the TV, it was clear he was going to be investigated there. Possibly blown it with one act of stupidity. I thought the confusion was because they were trying to get George Hincapie up for GC position, but there was deffo something odd going on at the finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 That might have been the problem, at the same time they wanted to slow the peloton for Hincappie and get Cav home at the head of it. So instead of having a true run sprint they tried to box in the green jersey. Then right at the end because Cav didn't get the usual release he was going to lose out to the green jersey and blocked him off. I suppose that's what happens when you are trying to slow down and sprint at the same time, they were caught between a rock and a hard place and ended up with neither the yellow or green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyconcrete Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=33c11z5&s=3 The right-hand barriers sweep inwards at one point. I think even if Cavendish didnt move, Hushovd would have hit the barriers. EDIT - Updated video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Take Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 I'd like to just say that the Liquigas outfits are obscene. The colour doesn't help either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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