Adam Blythe confused with Lefevere's decison on Cavendish - "Patrick, what the hell are you playing at. It’s Mark Cavendish the greatest sprinter of all time"
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After Bradley Wiggins, now Adam Blythe has come to support Mark Cavendish. He is not pleased with Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl boss Patrick Lefevere after it was announced Mark Cavendish will leave the team.
“Patrick, what the hell are you playing at? It’s Mark Cavendish, the greatest sprinter of all time,” Blythe told Eurosport. He continues, “You stopped him going to the Tour de France this year, you didn’t give him that opportunity to get that record. Has Eddy Merckx paid you? For me, Mark Cavendish, you can never write him off. You just need to give him that chance. The Tour de France is the Tour de France, and Mark turns into another rider coming into that. I think it would only be fair if Patrick would do that.”
Quick-Step’s line-up for the Tour de France was missing the name of Cavendish which was a surprise since the sprinter has been performing great this season. He won four stage wins and the green jersey at last year’s Tour, which put him equal to Eddy Merckx’s record of 34 stage wins in the tour.
Cavendish still hopes to continue his dream of breaking the record, and he is busy finding another team who can guarantee him a spot in the team next year. “He’s got to look for another contract now, and I do hope that he can prove Patrick Lefevere wrong in not taking him to the Tour and not letting him be part of the team in the future,” concluded Blythe.
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- for what?frieders311-11-2026
- Blah blah blah!frieders311-11-2026
- Where Merckx just rode every single race he could and won all the time, Hinault won less often (percentage wise) because he was more judicious in what he raced. His palmares are nuts. He had amazing rivals, one to start his career and another to end it in the grand tours. His classics were solid. What sets him apart from Merckx and Pogačar are that he basically dabbled in the classics while the other two love(d) them. I used to compare Pogačar to Hinault for his grand tour record and occasional classics win, until I realized that the comparison was wrong. Pogačar loves the classics - ah, the memory of his reaction to finishing fourth in a 2 person sprint in Flanders in ‘22: utter domination in any one day race since then, even when he doesn’t win. Hinault lived for the grand tours and I don’t think anyone else will ever reach his record. 10 wins in 13 attempts? Good lord. An amazing rider. Wish there was more footage to watch.RidesHills11-11-2026
- I had no idea about that either.
santiagobenites10-11-2026 - great analysis thanks! appreciate you posting this. I didn't realize CX had a different standard for deviation. this is even more egregious it seems.mij10-11-2026
- As he isn't currently with Red Bull, I guess if he want to race for one more year he needs to find a team. He's 37 so this will be his last year I would guess, unless he wants to race for almost nothing like Froome did.awp10-11-2026
- I think some are making much ado about nothing. Even though Jonas is getting older, before his crash in the Tour, he looked like a solid 2nd all the way home. No one can really climb with Tadej until this year, Eric Mas showed himself which I think was a one off year for him and Paul Seixas has been able to be pretty close to him. Whatever stage race Jonas enters as long as Tadej is not there he is a favorite to win.awp10-11-2026
- Giro or not Giro, he won't win the Tour!MajorPayne10-11-2026
- Very true.awp10-11-2026
- Ciccone had a very strong end of season. Consistently attacking and livening up races. Hope he makes that last leap in progress and starts notching some significant wins. Great rider to watch.Occam10-11-2026
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Mark Cavendish to leave Patrick Lefevere's team "Cavendish would like to race for another two years, but that no longer fits our project. There is no more room for Mark. I say this with a heavy heart, but it is time to say goodbye said Lefevere in Het Laatste Nieuws.
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