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Tag: Mark Cavendish
Tour de France 2021 Stage 10: Cavendish Wins (long live the lead-out train)!
Back in his pomp (the old pomp, before this current, late career pomp), Mark Cavendish was known for his lead-out … More
Tour de France 2021 Stage 4: Cavendish wins!
Thirteen years ago he lit up the race as a mouthy kid to win career Tour de France stage number … More
Mark Cavendish wins: WARNING, may contain nostalgia
As a rule I steer clear of nostalgia. I’m not un-romantic but I find the fuzzy sentimentality of days gone … More
Farewell Handsome Bernie, it’s been emotional
He was known as ‘Handsome Bernie’ in these parts. Putting the o man! in bromance. His retirement announcement this week … More
Mark Cavendish and the Tour de France – it’s been emotional
To a British cycling fan of a certain age – raised on a diet of the occasional Chris Boardman prologue … More
We need to talk about Cav
I like Mark Cavendish. I like the fact that he’s a cheeky monkey. I like the fact that he’ll tell … More
Tour de France 2018 Stage 13: Vive le Cav!
Stage thirteen, long and hot, was your classic transitional stage. Get the riders across country from the Alps to the … More
TDF 2017 Stage 2: Let the mind games begin
The rain continued, and the mind games began. Stage 2 was the first of nine possible days that might end … More
Mono
In the middle of what is proving to be an increasingly exciting Giro d’Italia, as usual here at ragtimecyclist.com I’m … More
You won’t believe what they’ve done to Mark Cavendish…
We are, as various media outlets have been recently reporting, living in a post-truth world. President Elect Donald Trump is … More
Tour de France un-predictions
I’m terrible at picking the winners of bike races. It’s around this time of the year that we cycling bloggers … More
