Eneco Tour Of Benelux - SPOILER

[Toks]

[url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/aug07/eneco07/?id=results/eneco072]Mark Cavendish[/url]

[mrP(Boonen)VT]

Class act

[Grahame]

I'm not desperately impressed with him.

Yes, he looks like a reasonable sprinter. But, in my opinion, his behaviour at the TdF showed him to be a bit of a spoiled brat, not a good ambassador for our sport.

[Tamar]

Aw, cut him some slack Grahame. He's just a kid and it must have been sooo frustrating for him to have all those mishaps in the tour. From what I recall he had composed himself by the end of the race and was pretty professional when it came to post-race interviews. I think his stroppiness during the race was understandable.

[-Adam-]

whilst i think he's an arrogant t**t, i sure as hell would be if i were him!

also agree with tamar, no matter what race it was the tour didn't exactly go his way. and i would find it hard to wax lyrical to the cameras after. brad wiggins was no better a couple of years ago. after a few more lessons of millar he'll be there...

[Toks]

[quote="AJC_Prima Donna Sprinter"]whilst i think he's an arrogant t**t, i sure as hell would be if i were him!

[-Adam-]

Yes and he (tony gibb) also comes across vey gentlemanly for the cameras and press no?

When i say 'Cav' is arrogant, i mean when he openly criticised the T-Mobile decision not to commit to lead him out everyday. I mean come on, your 21, first tour, first season. He has much to learn, just look at McEwen aka I wanna ride the vuelta, now im gonna throw my toys out the pram. What the team says goes. I got the impression he just expected to be allowed through to a good spot in the sprint by the other riders too. Well, no, it just don't work like that.

But at the same time, i have masses of respect for the talent he has. I just think he has a long way to go before he can honestly say 'if im on the front with 200 to go, no one can beat me'.

But hey, so do I!!!