Tag Archives: mark cavendish

  • Eaten bread is soon forgotten !

      Watching the coverage of yesterdays Olympic road race from an impartial distance left a number of impressions on many a neutral observer. The evening before Sean Kelly whilst being interviewed on Eurosport once again called it spot on. He could not see the British team being able to control the entire race with such…

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  • They don’t make them like they used to !

    In 1976 Freddy Maertens was in great form early in the season winning races like the Amstel Gold and Gent Wevelgem . He was going well and was looking towards a good Tour de France when his form began to fade . Just weeks before the tour was due to begin he was having trouble…

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  • A powerful lesson

    Nowadays almost everyone is obsessed with stats and figures . For many there is no such thing anymore as going out training on the bike . There has to be a programme and corresponding figures . Heart rate used to be the main determination of training intensity and performance but now it has been overtaken…

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