Mark Cavendish

Er .... Am I missing something here, WHERE is Mark Cavendish in the
Olympics?

Jack Ouzzi wrote:
Er .... Am I missing something here, WHERE is Mark Cavendish in the
Olympics?

He's being "rested" for the Madison:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/7563738.stm


Colin

On 18 Aug, 09:16, Colin Blackburn wrote:
Jack Ouzzi wrote:
Er .... Am I missing something here, WHERE is Mark Cavendish in the
Olympics?

He's being "rested" for the Madison:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/7563738.stm

Colin

Thanks for that Colin .... I looked everywhere for this (obviously
not) .. :-|

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:16:38 +0100, Colin Blackburn
wrote:

Jack Ouzzi wrote:
Er .... Am I missing something here, WHERE is Mark Cavendish in the
Olympics?

He's being "rested" for the Madison:

Or more realistically, he's not as good as the others in any of the
other events. (Sprinting at the end of 4 hours riding and sprinting
for 750m from nothing being different skills)

Jim.

"Jim Ley" wrote in message
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On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:16:38 +0100, Colin Blackburn
wrote:

Jack Ouzzi wrote:
Er .... Am I missing something here, WHERE is Mark Cavendish in the
Olympics?

He's being "rested" for the Madison:

Or more realistically, he's not as good as the others in any of the
other events. (Sprinting at the end of 4 hours riding and sprinting
for 750m from nothing being different skills)

Jim.

I thought that he'd be a good bet for the points race - longer race with
periodic sprints.

Colin

Colin Reed wrote:

"Jim Ley" wrote in message
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On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:16:38 +0100, Colin Blackburn
wrote:

Jack Ouzzi wrote:
Er .... Am I missing something here, WHERE is Mark Cavendish in the
Olympics?

He's being "rested" for the Madison:

Or more realistically, he's not as good as the others in any of the
other events. (Sprinting at the end of 4 hours riding and sprinting
for 750m from nothing being different skills)

Jim.

I thought that he'd be a good bet for the points race - longer race with
periodic sprints.

Colin

The madison is a 'tag points race' where you have two riders with only
one active at any one time. even more tactical.

--
Andy Templeman http://www.templeman.org.uk/

Andrew Templeman wrote:

Colin Reed wrote:

"Jim Ley" wrote in message
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On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:16:38 +0100, Colin Blackburn
wrote:

Jack Ouzzi wrote:
Er .... Am I missing something here, WHERE is Mark Cavendish in the
Olympics?

He's being "rested" for the Madison:

Or more realistically, he's not as good as the others in any of the
other events. (Sprinting at the end of 4 hours riding and sprinting
for 750m from nothing being different skills)

Also the road course wouldn't have suited him. He would have been
spewed out the back on that climb fairly early on.

I thought that he'd be a good bet for the points race - longer race with
periodic sprints.

The madison is a 'tag points race' where you have two riders with only
one active at any one time. even more tactical.

Yes. He forms part of a near perfect team with Bradley Wigggins.
Madison teams need a sprinter and a stayer. Cav is the sprinter to get
the points or make a break and Bradley is the stayer to build that
break. The only thing that is sub optimal is their height difference
which makes the handsling between them less efficient than it could
be.
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

"Phil Cook" wrote in message
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Andrew Templeman wrote:

Colin Reed wrote:

"Jim Ley" wrote in message
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On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:16:38 +0100, Colin Blackburn
wrote:

Jack Ouzzi wrote:
Er .... Am I missing something here, WHERE is Mark Cavendish in the
Olympics?

He's being "rested" for the Madison:

Or more realistically, he's not as good as the others in any of the
other events. (Sprinting at the end of 4 hours riding and sprinting
for 750m from nothing being different skills)

Also the road course wouldn't have suited him. He would have been
spewed out the back on that climb fairly early on.

I thought that he'd be a good bet for the points race - longer race with
periodic sprints.

The madison is a 'tag points race' where you have two riders with only
one active at any one time. even more tactical.

Yes. He forms part of a near perfect team with Bradley Wigggins.
Madison teams need a sprinter and a stayer. Cav is the sprinter to get
the points or make a break and Bradley is the stayer to build that
break. The only thing that is sub optimal is their height difference
which makes the handsling between them less efficient than it could
be.
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

Where was Mark Cavendish in the Madison?

John Grove submitted this idea :

Where was Mark Cavendish in the Madison?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olym...ng/7570007.stm

--
Simon

John Grove wrote:


"Phil Cook" wrote in message
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Andrew Templeman wrote:

Colin Reed wrote:

"Jim Ley" wrote in message
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On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:16:38 +0100, Colin Blackburn
wrote:

Jack Ouzzi wrote:
Er .... Am I missing something here, WHERE is Mark Cavendish in the
Olympics?

He's being "rested" for the Madison:

Or more realistically, he's not as good as the others in any of the
other events. (Sprinting at the end of 4 hours riding and sprinting
for 750m from nothing being different skills)

Also the road course wouldn't have suited him. He would have been
spewed out the back on that climb fairly early on.

I thought that he'd be a good bet for the points race - longer race with
periodic sprints.

The madison is a 'tag points race' where you have two riders with only
one active at any one time. even more tactical.

Yes. He forms part of a near perfect team with Bradley Wigggins.

Where was Mark Cavendish in the Madison?

Same place as the Swiss pair of Franco Marvulli and Bruno Risi, marked
into oblivion :-(
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"