George Hincapie: How fast is Mark Cavendish?

[brendanbutterworth]

My old car goes faster and only cost 150 quid

[brendanbutterworth]

@speedtorpedo1234 Of course I have thought I may not be fit or good enough to get up a slight hill but I dismissed that idea when I bought a more expensive bike and found I could now get up the hill. On my old bike which was a cheap one, I could very rarely make it up my hill. After cycling for years, I finely invested in an expensive bike. I now fly up that hill every day. It made a real difference to me. I think that if I had an extra £5000 for a better bike then even easier

[brendanbutterworth]

I think it is his expensive bike that makes him win. I would like to see him win some of those races on my £69 bike from the catalogue. I can't even get up a slight hill, I have to get off and walk.

[speedotorpedo1234]

@brendanbutterworth its not the bike that makes him win. All the riders he races against in races e.g tour de france are on similar spec bikes so they wont gain any advantage over one another on the bike front. However his acceleration is so much quicker than all his other competitors. If him and all his competitiors rode on this £69 bike you are talking about then he would still win races, end of. And havnt you thought that maybe you arent quite fit or good enough to get up a slight hill.

[babbfamilyidaho]

@brendanbutterworth Everyone in the race has an expensive bike, if they all raced on a bike like yours he would still win.

[goblin183]

helping lance with tdf.

Nogt anymore

[TheDrIeZ]

for the sprints is this the perfect team ciolek boonen farrar hushovd cavendish thats the train

[djBigHeadBassground]

Cav is as fast as George is tough

[TheSirOlivier]

The perfect team in the 5 km is Hincapie - Eisel - Renshaw - Cavendish

[genderpretender]

bloody hell does the leadout last 5 km?!

i mean im no expert but i thought that was wen they usually aimed 2 catch the breakaway - then they take control of the whole field b4 starting the leadout with around 1500m 2 go.

but ye - they have the best leadout team and the best sprinter - in my opinion watching the climax 2 the cavendish wins was the best part of the tour - more interesting than the contador - armstrong bitchfight

and who is Eisel - cant remember him from the tdf

[golfnut20]

The leadout distance depends on the stage. Depending on whether the finish is uphill or flat, where other teams and riders are etc they can be as much as 5km or as little as a few hundred metres.

I'm always amazed at the selflessness of the leadout riders, because many of them could win stages themselves but work for the team instead.

[shudahknive]

@TheSirOlivier ooh i thought it was Timancpy lol

[jrod8496]

love those jerseys hanging on the wall!!

[Beevee64]

Respect to George for getting Cav in the right place at the right time, every time.

[roadbikerob]

agreeded, but also renshaw, kirken etc haven't done a bad job in helping cav!

[swansfan007]

And Bernard Eisel is probably good enough to be the number sprinter in most other teams but he leads Cav out perfectly most days.