Mark Cavendish, the best UK cyclist?

He broke the rules by breaking his line, cut across some riders, and pulled in way too close to Hausser which resulted in a pretty bad accident.

Fucking EXACTLY.

Clearly horatio and I are the only ones that remembered to put our glasses on today.

It's also been discussed in the "cycling on TV" thread.

Are you suggesting he deliberately caused the crash?

 No. Truly incredible (ie. weird) question actually.

before you get too pompus there Ashe…

Shitty inferred that there was a malicous intent to cause an accident which would have been shitty

breaking the racing line is foolish and rightly penalised, hardly 'shitty' tho

[which was the point illy was trying to make, I believe]

Me?

Pompous?

WTF? ;) ;) ;)

I prefer, when the moment dictates, to appear imperious.

Pomposity is lower class.

I think it was shitty. It looks to me like he was trying to cut out Haussler's line.

As for illy's question, as to whether I had meant that Cavendish meant to crash, and lose points, and get injured....

Can you blame me for thinking it was an odd question?

was it a shitty sprint? Doesn't Bill work for them

I think Cavendish's competitive spirit is causing him some psychological issues.

What does one do when they feel they should win, but see that that no matter how hard they try, they just might not win?

Get really close and bite your oppenents ear off, of course. Cavendish missed.

Cav rode like a complete twat. He was punished for it.. but not as much as Haussler who loses his chance to win GC or the French bloke with broken wrist.

hippym define what you mean, when you use the word "complete"?

It seems to be that that is what is bothering people today....the meanings of words.

It's a compound word and means "Manx rider who's too hungry for a win after a shitty early season and fucks up other riders in order to try and achieve the win"..

It's a compound word and means "Manx rider who's too hungry for a win after a shitty early season and fucks up other riders in order to try and achieve the win"..

agree with this, but implying he caused the crash to stop haussler is over the top.

it's a red mist moment, not thinking properly and just trying to do anything to win, trying to get a marginal drag by riding too close to hausler.

in his defence though, didnt pettachi say there was a strong cross wind on the finish line?

Strong cross-wind, that affected only one rider.......causing them to drift right across the road?

Yep. I'll buy that one.

agree with this, but implying he caused the crash to stop haussler is over the top.

He did cause the crash, though? It was his riding that resulted in it. I'm sure he didn't mean to cause a crash, but...

From the "cycling on tv" thread:

i don't have a strong opinion on who was at fault but this composite image seems to suggest on the line issue cav was at fault

Who drew those lines, Mark Cavendish's mum?

looks to me like it was actually GA2Gs fault.

Cavendish is trying a bit harder not to get hit by the laser beam. You've got to give him credit for that.

Couldn't be truer.

Cavendish is trying a bit harder not to get hit by the laser beam. You've got to give him credit for that.

Trying to outsprint a laser beam. Yep, I buy one of those as well.

We are talking about the speed of light, are we not? ;)

Yes, yes, I did understand the reference to the other sporting event.

agree with this, but implying he caused the crash to stop haussler is over the top.
it's a red mist moment, not thinking properly and just trying to do anything to win, trying to get a marginal drag by riding too close to hausler.
in his defence though, didnt pettachi say there was a strong cross wind on the finish line?

He's a professional sprinter. Don't play the heat of the moment card bollocks.
He also was not 'moved' by any cross wind. ffs

Couldn't they just look where they were going? 'Kin cyclists.