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There is a new phenom in the Tour de France, the 23-year-old sprinter from the Isle of Man off the coast of England, Mark Cavendish (riding for the AMERICAN team, Columbia!). He has won four sprint stages so far, with more to come. He'll never win the Tour de France itself as a sprinter (he barely survives through the mountain climbs), but he is untouchable in the last 200 meters of a bunch sprint. Really amazing.
Here's the video of him winning today's Stage 13. This is a foreign-language video (sounds like German? -- the only one I could find), but listen to the commentator mention "Cavendish" -- and at the end, "Cavendish der speedball!!!" What a hoot.
Here's an English video of Cavendish winning yesterday's Stage 12 spring -- his third victory. You get a better feel in this video of the speed and power of the peloton (main group of riders) and how these sprinters put their lives on the line to battle for the win at the end. The sprinters hit the line at around 45 m.p.h. -- and that's after riding 120 or so miles to get there:
tour
power and control
jet engine
There is a new phenom in the Tour de France, the 23-year-old sprinter from the Isle of Man off the coast of England, Mark Cavendish (riding for the AMERICAN team, Columbia!). He has won four sprint stages so far, with more to come. He'll never win the Tour de France itself as a sprinter (he barely survives through the mountain climbs), but he is untouchable in the last 200 meters of a bunch sprint. Really amazing.
Here's the video of him winning today's Stage 13. This is a foreign-language video (sounds like German? -- the only one I could find), but listen to the commentator mention "Cavendish" -- and at the end, "Cavendish der speedball!!!" What a hoot.
Here's an English video of Cavendish winning yesterday's Stage 12 spring -- his third victory. You get a better feel in this video of the speed and power of the peloton (main group of riders) and how these sprinters put their lives on the line to battle for the win at the end. The sprinters hit the line at around 45 m.p.h. -- and that's after riding 120 or so miles to get there:
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