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[geronimo]

don't tell me that Wiggins is the wrong team leader.
he has been in the thick of the action since day 1 and if his strength and fitness are not deserving of the yellow jerset then what the hell was he doing helping with the lead out today.
Wiggins and sky have been awesome throughout this tour to the extent that anyone that has has tried to attack or threatened to attack have lost more time. i think it is testament to how sky have controlled and set the pace.
Cavendish now with 22 stage wins was just awesome today. the overhead shot of his sprint was just jaw dropping. lets hope sky now win the last 2 remaining stages.
i am looking forward to a beer after the Bentham 10k and making sure that the local pub has the finish on the TV so the local drunken bums can appreciate a true british champion

[IanDarkpeak]

agreed that was a spellbinding finish.

cav winning the last stage on the Champs will be the icing on the cake.

1&2 on the tour and the greatest ever sprinter....
The French are bound to go on strike...

[Stagger]

agreed that was a spellbinding finish.

cav winning the last stage on the Champs will be the icing on the cake.

1&2 on the tour and the greatest ever sprinter....
The French are bound to go on strike...

OH you cant mention a country on this thread.
Possibly a mid range european country that host the tour with a 3 coloured flag and a bloke call Thomas who won king of the mountains.

[Deadlegs]

agreed that was a spellbinding finish.

cav winning the last stage on the Champs will be the icing on the cake.

1&2 on the tour and the greatest ever sprinter....
The French are bound to go on strike...

French have had a good Tour. KOM jersey, stages and a prospect for the future. And apparently they like the Brits winning. Anyone but Armstrong.

Agree that Wiggins' achievement fantastic but Cav is one of the greats. Voted best tour sprinter ever.

[The devil's own]

Didn't have much time for Cav, but he's gone up in my estimations during this tour. IMO he still has a long way to go before he matches super mario's 42 stage wins in the giro, and all of that with more panache, élan and flair than you can shake a stick at.

[Witton Park]

If a sun tan and nice red top = panache, élan and flair or a lazy approach to the Tour and Vuelta, never completing.....

Let's face it, the Tour is the place to win sprint stages and all others are 2nd division.

There was a huge degree of panache and swagger yesterday, not just from Cav, but from the Sky lads who brought it back and showed the other teams that they'd basically given them a few crumbs over the last 2 weeks.

[shaunaneto]

History may not be so kind to The Lion Kings style

[Graham Breeze]

Mmmh. He wears the same top as me though: MG-GB so he can't be all bad.

GB

History may not be so kind to The Lion Kings style

[geronimo]

the more i watch the replays of yesterdays sprint the more i am convinced the others stopped pedalling in disbelief at the speed Cav went past them.
got Ingleborough fell race today but hoping by the time i get back Froome or Wiggins have another stage win. cant wait for tomorrows sprint. who said this years tour was boring? the news is full of cycling so probably one of the best eras for british cycling and the olympic road race only a week away as well

[The devil's own]

If a sun tan and nice red top = panache, élan and flair or a lazy approach to the Tour and Vuelta, never completing.....

Let's face it, the Tour is the place to win sprint stages and all others are 2nd division.

His job was to sprint, who cares whether he finished or not. And lets not forget he won the worlds, milan-san remo and gent wevelgem 3 times.
The place to win for an italian is probably the Giro. On the basis of your point it should be noted that the majority of Coppi's grand tour success came in the Giro, would you say he was second division?
And before anyone says it I'm not comparing Coppi to Cipo, what I am doing is saying the tour isn't the be all and end all of cycling.