Originally Posted by
lotek
Hoy reminds me of Eric Heiden, fantastic sprinter, killer on the track in his day but it didn't
translate too well to Road racing. If one looks at the majority of sprinters (road) they aren't these
massively muscled track guys, look at Petacchi, Cipo, McEwan all smaller than Hoy or even Cavendish (who may be the exception to my post).
Marty
Cavendish is 5'9 150lbs... He could have easily finished the tour and can hang with the autobus in the big mountains.