Originally Posted by
luxroadie
As for Cav - not sure if the reports made it to States but he is 4 kg less than his lowest race weight. Gave up all sugar (he was eatin candy bars?!?!?) and is training to make it up Box Hill. He notes the Olympic course isn't the best for him (because of the Box Hill circuits where teams will go and try to drop the likes of Cav). So it will be interesting to see how he is going in the traditional bunch sprints.
Interesting you say that. The last quote I saw from Cavendish was that he had lost too much weight in the Giro and was working with Sky's nutritionist to recover and put it back on.
I agree that the Tour will be interesting, because neither the green nor yellow jersey competitions are entirely predictable. If Cavendish finishes the Tour my money is on him, Sagan or no Sagan, just because he has so often demonstrated what a consummate finisher he is. Sagan looked very impressive riding round Ben Swift yesterday, but we all know that Swift is nowhere near Cavendish's class.