Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
Originally posted by redrose49er:
Great that the Tour is back for another three weeks, even better that Cavendish has already racked up a couple of wins, a little bit unexpectedly perhaps. Weird that in winter I often see him out and about on local club runs, shows how accessible cycling is compared to most other sports.
Does he live by your town? Does he talk to people too? Or just go about his training runs?
Yes he is very good. 2 stage wins at this point is amazing. But he is a remarkable guy with his skill set.
He's from the Isle of Man, I live here. He is mainly based in Southern England now but still has a house and family over here, makes club runs somewhat interesting, especially as Peter Kennaugh (Sky, UK road race champion 2014 and 2015, 2012 Olympic team pursuit gold) is also from here. There is a real core of very serious riders, way, way above my level but they do sometimes participate in local events, last year Cav set off immediately behind me in one of our local 10s. Another very strong rider is Cal Crutchlow, MotoGP rider, he is based over here too as are Ben Swift (Sky), Ian Stannard (Sky), Mark Christian (Team Wiggins, local born) and we have a few youngsters on the GB Olympic Development Program. Best place in the world for cycling per capita!