Originally Posted by
Caretaker
I seem to remember Cav pulling out of Tours once he had won a bunch of sprints to prepare for other events, something other sprinters have done. If you plan not to finish it diminishes your achievement IMO.
This is a Cav who has grown up a lot. Came back to D-QS and basically begged them to take him back at a rider's minimum salary just so he could race again. Had no plans to ride the Tour until a week before when Sam Bennet couldn't. He did do the hard training to be at least an OK domestique for other D-QS riders and show himself out front on breaks. Those were duties he would have shunned in his former days. Now (at least so far) he is riding the whole race; yes with real sacrifice from an entire team set up around him.