Could Mark Cavendish Have BEATEN Wout Van Aert? Sprint Analysis | Tour de France 2021 Stage 21

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Hallo Danes! I believe WVA is a stronger rider today. The sprint had open area for room for sprinters. Tak for all you do. I have not known how TDF went without your dynamic presentation. Chapeau 🥂

wow, you call Cav "not brave enough"? that is insulting and uneducated. Never has there been a rider more willing to risk for a win. sheesh

Not a Cavendish fan - indeed, a little bit of me is glad he wasn't able to replicate Sam Bennett's win in a DQS green jersey - but was there some cheeky behaviour from Philipsen on the run-in? On the overhead, Philipsen seems to be awkwardly leaning an elbow on Cavendish, perhaps to prevent him getting WVA's wheel. With the draft, and then more decisively moving along the barrier, he could have taken it, but WVA was just going too fast to be overtaken. I'm going to keep how many TdF stage wins I have a secret.

The heading gives the impression of an evaluation. In reality, a lot of talk but no substance. Here is my evaluation without fluff: Cav would have won despite the elbowing and being boxed in. Cav would have won if he had not changed position to the right and back to the left. He had room to sneak through from the left.

Nope. Wout was just waaaay too strong today. WVA is a beast!!

No he didn’t choke, his team got drained by the great attacks from strong riders. Had he been positioned into the straight he likely would have won but he got blocked and had to chop his sprint, not intentionally just one of those things.34 wins, best sprinter ever to grace the TdF chapeau Mr Cavendish. Chapeau also to the monster and prodigious talent of Wout Van Aert awesome triple stage wins, something very special given the company he is now in,

Cav’s team never should have given away stage 19.

phillipson switched lanes :( and blocked cav in that’s all

He was boxed in what are you guys saying

Here is my take. Mike Teunissen did an outstanding job of leading out Wout Van Aert and dropping him off in the perfect spot. Van Aert was able to start his sprint from further out than Cavendish is normally capable of. While Van Aert may not have that short quick burst of speed that Cav has, his power enables him to sustain a sprint for far longer. We must remember that Cavendish needs a train in a circumstance such as this and the DQT train got jumbled up in the tunnel. Regardless of Cav's ultimate position in the field, he was not going to win today without his normal leadout.

Second, I cannot remember a Tour in recent years in which one rider was able to win a mountain stage, the ITT, and the final sprint on the Champs Elysees. Only Wout Van Aert can do that. He is one of the most versatile riders in the peloton. But I would hate to see him become a GC rider. And I doubt he would be happy about doing that either. I think that is what burnt Tom Dumoulin out. Van Aert would have to lose a lot of weight and would not have the freedom he currently does now.

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Imagine if JV give WVA a team.

Yep!

WVA is a good cyclist. Cav lost the race once he lost the lead out train. It was upto hin to stay on the wheels of his lead out train he chose otherwise. Once ge was isolated it was easy to box him in and give him no room to pass

Cav could have gone for 35 wins on stage 19 that was surprising he had a better shot there, a stage with twice the distance. Any how if he does get called up next year 35 will come.

Pogacar and WVA need to win three stages a year for the next decade and 35 too will fall

The Tokyo TT has a lot of climbing. So I don't think Pippo is the favorite. Wout himself said that someone like Pogacar would be the favorite (but Pog might not do the TT at all?). So I think the favorites are Wout, Dennis, Roglic, and Doumolin.

DQS didn't do their usual leadout and Cav lost..You can't win em all

WVA is the upgraded T-1000 Terminator of Sagan….. the man who can sprint, climb, and win the hard classics

Stage 19. Oops. Well that headset wasn’t adjusted correctly. Lol

ewan is dressed like a cornell west protegé haha but you look sharp as always. the stage 21 call gave me chills, @thecyclingdane dream team sets the standard for cycling coverage. and you’re stepping your game up for the olympics, can’t wait!

Cav tried to go to the other side at first, if you watch you see it, it's only a second but I think it's the indecision for a second that cost him. Because then he couldn't get past wout

Yes, WVA was just more powerful in the end. I totally agree. Wout is a beast! ❤️ Go TJV!!!

I think they should have covered Cav's run for the intermediate sprint. That was not a good strategy in my opinion. All the other wins in the tour he saved himself for the final sprint.

Wow…look what I missed last night…sorry I faded and fell asleep, even before Ewan came on…😅

Great job as always guys, and looking forward to the Olympics coverage.

Thanks for the coverage this TDF guys, it was truly enjoyable! I also want to recognize how good Ewan is looking today, it is a special day that is well worth dressing up for. Take it easy boys, and I'll hopefully see you at the Olympics very soon!

No, he just sucked.

Pressure not choking

No video?

meh.
my highly unoriginal take is that at the end of the day, Cav didn't lose it, Wout won it.

I'm happy that Cav hype is over, thank God

i think he played it safe from past crash with barrier with sagan from before .

Cav didn't want this. The Belgium cannibal is his fruend, and his idol. No way that he wanted to pass the man that he thinks is the greatest cyclist of all times...

He just was not good enough on the day, if honest I think he should retire now. Next year if he comes back he won't win a stage as he will be 37 and all the other great sprinters will be back. I think Cav is amazing but time to stop. Green Jersey is amazing

The old cavendish would have shot through the gap between the barriers and WVA, but flashbacks with Sagan kicked in.

MAJOR CHOKE!
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choked? no.

I am happy that Eddy's record was not surpassed by a one-trick pony rider.

That final sprint was great! And while it's a shame not seeing Cav take the all-time stage win record, there's definitely a bit of a fairytale element in the Belgian National Champion (WVA) being the one responsible for Eddy Merckx remaining on top (for one more year, at least).

Cav was definitely boxed in you can see him actually free wheeling for a few seconds behind WVA the line by the barriers would be ultra dangerous WVA has the power but not cavs speed and aero position the fact cav went for the intermediate shows he was feeling good and confident or he would have saved his legs I’m pretty sure cav would have won if he had the space

Cav didn't want to take the risk, he was boxed, he ain't Sagan who can race through tight spaces... what he did is for the best to maintain the green jersey and to avoid a crash... also he already matched Merckx records, that alone is already an awesome achievement

Emmmmm, hell yes he could have. If he hadn't been boxed in, he woulda smoked that guy.

Cav could have easily beaten Van Aert but he got himself in the wrong position and ended up virtually blocked in. No doubt about it in my mind, he had the speed to win that sprint. But fair enough, he got himself in the wrong position.

well it's a blessing for Cav, if he won he would have retired, now he'll get a Huuuge payday to return

Who cares ABOUT CAVINDISH!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Sprintes like him do nothing for the TDF he never won a stage he just tags alone and the protest and cryes if he dosent win! If you cant win a stage your or try to get out front like others sprintes your a looses and hes a looser just a tag alone rider!😒

Did Cav choke??? Really!!! Stupid question, stupid video 😡😡

what choke? are you nuts? he was boxed in by a belgian who wanted to protect another belgian's record ..

Cavendish is old, arrogant and should retire. He's nothing and can't win without his train. Just a sprinter.. WVA is the most complete rider in the world, and little old cav doesn't even come at his knees.