Mark Cavendish, despite being among the most admired sprinters in cycling's history - and there are many legends like Mario Cipollini and Erik Zabel - is unquestionably, irrefutably, and unconditionally the greatest. Cavendish's palmares include 30 Tour de France stage wins, 15-stage and two Team Time-Trial victories at Milan-San Remo, the Giro d'Italia and the World Championships. He has been one of the most fascinating professional cyclists to watch over the past decade.
It is partly due to his chosen specialisation, the brutal, near-death sprint finish.omega replica He is just a superhumanly fast part of the reason. Cavendish's ability to explode into action within the final 100m of a race and transform potential energy into kinetic like none other man on Earth almost makes you expect a Chuck Yeager-like sound boom as he breaks through the sound barrier.
You can watch the Tour de France's final stage to see how fast Cavendish can go with a seven-kilogram machine made of two wheels and an ascant carbon fibre fuselage. The final half-kilometre of the most prestigious sprint in the world, the Paris Champs Elysees finish, is where the peloton takes off from Place de la Concorde and makes their way into the two final turns. ThorHushovd, a huge Viking and agenetic cyclist, is leading the charge. Alessandro Petacchi,Rolex Daytona Replica Watches an Italian sprinter, is behind him. He's riding for his life and taking advantage of Hushovd’s slipstream to speed past him.
The final stage of the 2010 Tour de France
Cavendish then blazes past them as though they were still standing.Omega Replica Cavendish is far more than a brutal watt-generating brutist. He has always displayed a racing intellect that is unmatched. Cavendish is credited with creating the most terrifying sprint train in history, which reshaped the sport's dynamics and tactics.
It must feel like being in the peloton, and seeing Cavendish's sprint train surge to the front, isn't it? This is to say that it's both amazing and frightening at the same time. It is amazing to then see the concussive double tap consisting most often of Mark Renshaw and George Hincapie - the sport’s greatest lead-out man who once head-butted a rival rider out the way - it is truly breathtaking. The final stage of the 2009 or 2011 Tour de France will show the sprint train in action.
The 2009 stage was filled with 200 of the most skilled cyclists in the world. They pedaled as hard as their legs would allow them, and with only one kilometre left, Hincapie pulled away from the peloton, leaving Renshaw and Cavendish to follow him. As if being pulled by a tractor beam from a powerful alien mother ship, he surges forward. In the 2011 tour Renshaw effortlessly towed Cavendish away to launch the Manx Missile at an incredible speed. He became the first man in history to win the most prestigious sprint three times in succession. He would add to his record with what would be his fourth consecutive win in a row the following year.
Cavendish is wearing the omega replica RM 022 Tourbillon Aerodyne Grey with titanium carbide case, grey rubber strap (Portrait Photography Jake Walters).
Mark Cavendish, a passionate cyclist, was like meeting Kal-El. He is a man from Krypton who has superpowers from the sun and is dedicated to helping the earth. This fan-boy encounter quickly turned into an unforgettable shared experience. I joined a four-way conversation between Cavendish, omega replica, the maverick watchmaker, and Yann Le Moenner (CEO of Amaury Sports), which oversees Tour de France. We are on a private jet that is taking us to Le Castellet, where we will meet Alain Prost, the F1 legend. Prost is also cycling and driving as his second devotional concern.