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Jun 2021
2:43pm, 20 Jun 2021
17,857 posts
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Chrisull
Yeah Cav's only hope was Bennett being injured really as Lefebvre said he'd only take one sprinter. Also Jakobson is going to the Vuelta, so Cav won't have a chance at a big Tour this year (and he will struggle next year).
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Jun 2021
2:45pm, 20 Jun 2021
14,824 posts
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larkim
Or maybe he'll be fired up after getting tantalisingly close to being "back"?
Any chance he'll be riding on the track in the Madison etc at the Olympics? Would be good to see him get something "big" out of this season.
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Jun 2021
3:06pm, 20 Jun 2021
3,059 posts
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Cheg
Yeah to see Froome try and fall so short, it’s frustrating that cav is in shape without the platform to perform.
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Jun 2021
3:12pm, 20 Jun 2021
17,860 posts
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Chrisull
Hints Cav could also go to the Vuelta I see, but nothing definite.
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Jun 2021
3:15pm, 20 Jun 2021
3,060 posts
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Cheg
Brought my in-depth Tour de France guide but not onto the vuelta yet. Many sprinters opportunities?
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Jun 2021
3:17pm, 20 Jun 2021
17,861 posts
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Chrisull
I didn't think there was (commentators have alluded to this I think), but like you haven't checked.
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Jun 2021
3:58pm, 20 Jun 2021
2,126 posts
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MudMeanderer
There are eight nominally flat stages, and a quick look through suggests few of them have lumpy finishes that would distance sprinters or their trains. So whilst nothing is guaranteed, there should be rich pickings for the sprinters.
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Jun 2021
4:08pm, 20 Jun 2021
3,061 posts
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Cheg
Yeah thanks Mud. The official blurb has 4 decent sprint chances first week.
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Jun 2021
5:44pm, 20 Jun 2021
34,519 posts
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SPR
Bennett has earned the right to be the unquestioned no 1 and I still think there's questions about Cav anyway (and Lefevere has indicated the same) so it's the right choice.
The Vuelta is supposed to be for Jakobsen who is likely to be their no 1 sprinter next year from what I've read. I guess if Cav is showing the form to make it seem like he could be the no 1, then things could change a little.
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Jun 2021
11:36am, 21 Jun 2021
14,769 posts
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rf_fozzy
Olympic Road Race team: G, TGH, Yates x2 with TGH and G in the TT.
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So who won the tour from 1999 to 2005
May 2024