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The demeanor of Mark Cavendish
OK, it's Le Tour and, yes, I have watched it for more years than I care
to recount and, yes, I am a ****ing retard for watching as many stages as I can from start to finish. Lack of a real life and all that, you see After Cavendish's win on stage 11, I watched his interview and I thought to meself that he's appeared to be a real genuine person! Yes, I have previously had that opinion, but one doesn't really believe what one sees unless there is corroborating evidence, eg someone who knows the man personally, if you know what I mean. In the last 50kms or so, there was commentary about how Cavendish was gunning for the green jersey, but when he was told he had actually won the green jersey, there appeared to be real surprise on Cavendish's part that he had it. At that point, I thought to meself that Mark Cavendish could really be a nice fellow to know, even in real life, that is, if you know what I mean (I know, I know - I am starting to sound like Sydney Slagg(?), that lawyer on the Hugh Monroe Variety Show on Channel TVS, but that is another story). I am reasonably certain that Cavendish is not after the yellow jersey this year, but who knows? Maybe in the years to come? Anybody think otherwise? |
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The demeanor of Mark Cavendish
In article , Geoff Lock glock@home
wrote: OK, it's Le Tour and, yes, I have watched it for more years than I care to recount and, yes, I am a ****ing retard for watching as many stages as I can from start to finish. Lack of a real life and all that, you see After Cavendish's win on stage 11, I watched his interview and I thought to meself that he's appeared to be a real genuine person! Yes, I have previously had that opinion, but one doesn't really believe what one sees unless there is corroborating evidence, eg someone who knows the man personally, if you know what I mean. In the last 50kms or so, there was commentary about how Cavendish was gunning for the green jersey, but when he was told he had actually won the green jersey, there appeared to be real surprise on Cavendish's part that he had it. At that point, I thought to meself that Mark Cavendish could really be a nice fellow to know, even in real life, that is, if you know what I mean (I know, I know - I am starting to sound like Sydney Slagg(?), that lawyer on the Hugh Monroe Variety Show on Channel TVS, but that is another story). I am reasonably certain that Cavendish is not after the yellow jersey this year, but who knows? Maybe in the years to come? Anybody think otherwise? Cavendish acknowledges the efforts of his team and always goes straight to them to thank them. This is better than a lot of sprinters in the past. Did you see the interview with Bernard Eisel after the stage where Greipel beat Cavendish? Eisel is on the same team as Cavendish and was disappointed that Cavendish did not win but he congratulated Greipel and added words to the effect that Greipel was a nice bloke. You don't hear those sort of comments about an opponent often. cheers, 20cents |
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The demeanor of Mark Cavendish
On 14/07/2011 4:30 PM, 20cents wrote:
In , Geoff Lockglock@home wrote: OK, it's Le Tour and, yes, I have watched it for more years than I care to recount and, yes, I am a ****ing retard for watching as many stages as I can from start to finish. Lack of a real life and all that, you see Cavendish acknowledges the efforts of his team and always goes straight to them to thank them. This is better than a lot of sprinters in the past. That's the weird thing about Cavendish. He talks like it is never just solely him that wins the stage. I dunno if it is just him being self-effacing or whether he means it. Did you see the interview with Bernard Eisel after the stage where Greipel beat Cavendish? Eisel is on the same team as Cavendish and was disappointed that Cavendish did not win but he congratulated Greipel and added words to the effect that Greipel was a nice bloke. You don't hear those sort of comments about an opponent often. No, I didn't catch the Eisel interview. I wouldn't be surprised that Eisel would have been friendly towards Greipel as I understand tha they were all in the same team once upon a time. |
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The demeanor of Mark Cavendish
On Jul 14, 1:37*pm, Geoff Lock glock@home wrote:
OK, it's Le Tour and, yes, I have watched it for more years than I care to recount and, yes, I am a ****ing retard for watching as many stages as I can from start to finish. Lack of a real life and all that, you see After Cavendish's win on stage 11, I watched his interview and I thought to meself that he's appeared to be a real genuine person! Yes, I have previously had that opinion, but one doesn't really believe what one sees unless there is corroborating evidence, eg someone who knows the man personally, if you know what I mean. In the last 50kms or so, there was commentary about how Cavendish was gunning for the green jersey, but when he was told he had actually won the green jersey, there appeared to be real surprise on Cavendish's part that he had it. At that point, I thought to meself that Mark Cavendish could really be a nice fellow to know, even in real life, that is, if you know what I mean (I know, I know - I am starting to sound like Sydney Slagg(?), that lawyer on the Hugh Monroe Variety Show on Channel TVS, but that is another story). I am reasonably certain that Cavendish is not after the yellow jersey this year, but who knows? Maybe in the years to come? Anybody think otherwise? Do you mean he might win the race? I'd be surprised. Although he has every chance to hold yellow for a stage or two before the hills start. Sprinters usually don't climb well. Not compared to TdF climbers anyway. Compared to me, they're unbelievably quick uphills. ;p^) Tony F |
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