Originally Posted by
Ray9
Eddy Merckx is a legend of the sport of cycling and Cavendish did not even have a contract this year; he got in on a fluke because another rider got injured. He tied Merckx with 34 wins but was the politics of the sport more important than a historical win?
What politics would that be? Only the British journalists are as disrespectful to claim Cavendish has equalled Merckx. Cavendish is a sprinter, winning stages is his job. If in the process of trying to win stages he would pick up let's say 5 GC TdF wins we would be talking about equalling Merckx, and in that case rightly so. If Cavendish would have won, it would be seen as a testament of how good he is in his specialism, nothing less but certainly nothing more.