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Er .... Am I missing something here, WHERE is Mark Cavendish in the
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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 |
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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) .. :-| |
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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. |
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"Jim Ley" wrote in message ... 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 |
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Colin Reed wrote:
"Jim Ley" wrote in message ... 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/ |
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Andrew Templeman wrote:
Colin Reed wrote: "Jim Ley" wrote in message ... 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" |
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"Phil Cook" wrote in message ... Andrew Templeman wrote: Colin Reed wrote: "Jim Ley" wrote in message ... 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? |
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John Grove submitted this idea :
Where was Mark Cavendish in the Madison? http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olym...ng/7570007.stm -- Simon |
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John Grove wrote:
"Phil Cook" wrote in message .. . Andrew Templeman wrote: Colin Reed wrote: "Jim Ley" wrote in message ... 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" |
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