Cav hanging up his wheels

[T4tomo]

I agree and also hope to be wrong. I just feel he is really pushing his luck at his age given there are some very fast youngsters emerging who will be very hungry for those wins.

Always a chance he gets in a breakaway that stays away. Would need sympathetic companions as they would all pretty much know he'll do them in the sprint!!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Cav’s skill has always been knowing which wheels to surf, when to go etc. don’t underestimate the experience and skill he has.

 

[DogmaStu]

Cav’s skill has always been knowing which wheels to surf, when to go etc. don’t underestimate the experience and skill he has.

Morkov is his best chance.

The problem is that there are sprinters emerging who have a lot more power and who he'll struggle to get past even if on their wheel.

Cav has reached the point where power and skill also need a decent element of luck too to see him cross the line first at that level.

Still, he is a Champion who 'only' needs one win to achieve the legacy he obviously wants, so it is possible.

 

[ianrauk]

Morkov is his best chance.

The problem is that there are sprinters emerging who have a lot more power and who he'll struggle to get past even if on their wheel.

Cav has reached the point where power and skill also need a decent element of luck too to see him cross the line first at that level.

Still, he is a Champion who 'only' needs one win to achieve the legacy he obviously wants, so it is possible.

... and thats the rub.. if all the planets align.. just the one lucky break and he can get that one win.

 

[tarric]

It's not always the fastest on paper that wins the sprints but the one who uses luck or experience to be in the right position at the right time.

 

[matticus]

The problem is that there are sprinters emerging who have a lot more power and who he'll struggle to get past even if on their wheel.

Cav has reached the point where power and skill also need a decent element of luck too to see him cross the line first at that level.

People were saying that before the '21 Tour, and before this year's Giro!

Still, he is a Champion who 'only' needs one win to achieve the legacy he obviously wants, so it is possible.

I agree

 

[Dogtrousers]

People were saying that before the '21 Tour, and before this year's Giro!

And to a degree in 2016 when he was with Dimension Data

Thing is, it's possible to just keep saying "he's finished, he's too old, he's washed up" and inevitably you will be proved right at some point if he keeps on going.

 

[Adam4868]

Needs someone to throw some tacks under Jasper's wheels...any volunteers ?

 

[tarric]

Well the weekend might give us a bit of a clue going into next year.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Well the weekend might give us a bit of a clue going into next year.

Is it 2024 this Monday?

 

[tarric]

Is it 2024 this Monday?

No but both Cav and Jasper are on the provisional start list for the Tour of Turkey.

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[rich p]

If he hadn't crashed out he may have gone through with the retirement but he got close this year.
Maybe only a dodgy gear from winning stage 7. Phillipsen also thought, apparently, (for a nano-second) that he could have gifted the stage to Cav!!

And if only he'd won the Champs stage when WVA pipped the true sprinters in 2021...

...ifs, buts and maybes!

 

[rich p]

Well the weekend might give us a bit of a clue going into next year.

Yes but Cav is recovering from the injury and JP is fighting fit.

 

[Cathryn]

Excellent interview with Cav on the Rich Roll podcast! He’s very frank in places and is very disarming. The only time he clams up is discussing the burglary, I wish RR hadn’t brought it up! Definitely worth a listen if you’re in a car for a long time over Christmas!