Video: Cavendish aiming for sprint victory on his final stage of 2011 Giro d’Italia
HTC Highroad rider says no more opportunities after today Mark Cavendish knew at this morning’s start in Castelfidardo that he had an important day ahead of him; bunch sprint opportunities have been scarce in this Giro, and he has his final chance to take a stage victory in the race today. Despite the weight of expectation, he was in a relatively relaxed mood. He signed autographs for fans, posed for photographs and even sang a few bars of a song at the request of Italian TV in the sign on area. Afterwards, Cavendish spoke to VeloNation about the chances for a big gallop. “We hope so,” he said, when asked if a bunch finish was a certainty. “It is probably going to be down to our team to control it, nobody really wants to help until the last few kilometres. We will try our best…hopefully a good group goes that [...]
Mark Cavendish Video: Sing When You're Winning
HTC Highroad leader on song before stage startStage 12 of the Giro d’Italia worked out perfectly for Mark Cavendish, who clocked up his second win of this year’s race prior to heading home and beginning his preparations for the Tour de France. Cavendish predicted before the start that it would be a bunch gallop and so it proved. This was mainly due to the work of his HTC Highroad team, which dragged the peloton along for many kilometres, reeled in the day’s break, and then gave him a perfect lead-out to the line in Ravenna. The sprinter wasn’t feeling the pressure this morning, despite his focus on grabbing win number two. He signed autographs with fans and, as the video below shows, even accepted Italian television’s request to sing a tune prior to heading off. We’ll leave it up to you to decide whether he’s got a career ahead in [...]
Video: Disappointed Le Mevel says hunt for Giro's Maglia Rosa is over
Garmin-Cervélo rider believes it’s not possible to take race lead nowOut front for much of today’s Ardennes Classic-style stage of the Giro d’Italia, Christophe Le Mevel was race leader on the road and riding strongly in his bid to take the Maglia Rosa. The Frenchman was caught before the finish, though, and has now said that he believes it’s not possible to take the lead in this year’s race. “It is finished, I don’t have the opportunity as tomorrow it is a flat day for sprinters, then afterwards it is for climbers like Contador and Nibali,” the deflated rider told VeloNation in a video interview after the finish. “Now it is not possible.” Le Mevel went away with eight others after approximately 62 kilometres of racing. The others who jumped clear with him were Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank), Ignatas Konovalovas (Movistar), Daniel Moreno (Katusha), Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas-Cannondale), Marco Manzano (Lampre-ISD), Simone [...]
Video: Disappointed Le Mevel says hunt for Giro's Maglia Rosa is over
Garmin-Cervélo rider believes it’s not possible to take race lead nowOut front for much of today’s Ardennes Classic-style stage of the Giro d’Italia, Christophe Le Mevel was race leader on the road and riding strongly in his bid to take the Maglia Rosa. The Frenchman was caught before the finish, though, and has now said that he believes it’s not possible to take the lead in this year’s race. “It is finished, I don’t have the opportunity as tomorrow it is a flat day for sprinters, then afterwards it is for climbers like Contador and Nibali,” the deflated rider told VeloNation in a video interview after the finish. “Now it is not possible.” Le Mevel went away with eight others after approximately 62 kilometres of racing. The others who jumped clear with him were Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank), Ignatas Konovalovas (Movistar), Daniel Moreno (Katusha), Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas-Cannondale), Marco Manzano (Lampre-ISD), Simone [...]
Video: Disappointed Le Mevel says hunt for Giro's Maglia Rosa is over
Garmin-Cervélo rider believes it’s not possible to take race lead nowOut front for much of today’s Ardennes Classic-style stage of the Giro d’Italia, Christophe Le Mevel was race leader on the road and riding strongly in his bid to take the Maglia Rosa. The Frenchman was caught before the finish, though, and has now said that he believes it’s not possible to take the lead in this year’s race. “It is finished, I don’t have the opportunity as tomorrow it is a flat day for sprinters, then afterwards it is for climbers like Contador and Nibali,” the deflated rider told VeloNation in a video interview after the finish. “Now it is not possible.” Le Mevel went away with eight others after approximately 62 kilometres of racing. The others who jumped clear with him were Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank), Ignatas Konovalovas (Movistar), Daniel Moreno (Katusha), Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas-Cannondale), Marco Manzano (Lampre-ISD), Simone [...]
Video: Disappointed Le Mevel says hunt for Giro's Maglia Rosa is over
Garmin-Cervélo rider believes it’s not possible to take race lead nowOut front for much of today’s Ardennes Classic-style stage of the Giro d’Italia, Christophe Le Mevel was race leader on the road and riding strongly in his bid to take the Maglia Rosa. The Frenchman was caught before the finish, though, and has now said that he believes it’s not possible to take the lead in this year’s race. “It is finished, I don’t have the opportunity as tomorrow it is a flat day for sprinters, then afterwards it is for climbers like Contador and Nibali,” the deflated rider told VeloNation in a video interview after the finish. “Now it is not possible.” Le Mevel went away with eight others after approximately 62 kilometres of racing. The others who jumped clear with him were Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank), Ignatas Konovalovas (Movistar), Daniel Moreno (Katusha), Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas-Cannondale), Marco Manzano (Lampre-ISD), Simone [...]