British Cyclist Mark Cavendish Body Slams into Competitors

I don't think you can call it intentional. He was coming down the bank as the other guy was coming up.There is a possibility he didn't see him. And he looked pretty sheepish at the end. I suspect he won't be surprised if he loses the medal, but appeals have to be in pretty quickly. If its not in now it won't matter.

flaciddistance wrote:

I don't think you can call it intentional. He was coming down the bank as the other guy was coming up.There is a possibility he didn't see him. And he looked pretty sheepish at the end. I suspect he won't be surprised if he loses the medal, but appeals have to be in pretty quickly. If its not in now it won't matter.

I woudl hope its not intentional as well....but definitely was his fault

trollism wrote:

Lost Medal wrote:

You are still crying. You should be smug and quite.

Exactly how many medals have you won? And, how many more do you expect to win? BTW, participation medals don't count.

How many have I won personally?

Just the one gold this year, I was the horse in the dressage.

Oh boy.

Go Brit Pony Pup™ trollism boy®!!!

Oh well.

Ponytail.Girl.Trains.Hard. wrote:

trollism wrote:

How many have I won personally?

Just the one gold this year, I was the horse in the dressage.

Oh boy.

Go Brit Pony Pup™ trollism boy®!!!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3602177/Puppy-play-definitely-not-sex-TV-documentary-sheds-light-barking-mad-men-enjoy-dressing-dogs.html

Oh well.

That's dogs. I'm not a dog.

Cavendish sure acts like it was intentional:

https://puu.sh/qCEem/0134fb76b3.png

https://mobile.twitter.com/thijszonneveld

I know nothing about track cycling.

Are you allowed to do that to competitors?

LRC Regular wrote:

I know nothing about track cycling.

Are you allowed to do that to competitors?

Only if you are British.

flaciddistance wrote:

I don't think you can call it intentional. He was coming down the bank as the other guy was coming up.There is a possibility he didn't see him. And he looked pretty sheepish at the end. I suspect he won't be surprised if he loses the medal, but appeals have to be in pretty quickly. If its not in now it won't matter.

Watch the video. Cavendish looked directly at the rider he crashed into twice. The second time he veered directly into him. The guy went out on a stretcher.

Tron wrote:

flaciddistance wrote:

I don't think you can call it intentional. He was coming down the bank as the other guy was coming up.There is a possibility he didn't see him. And he looked pretty sheepish at the end. I suspect he won't be surprised if he loses the medal, but appeals have to be in pretty quickly. If its not in now it won't matter.

I woudl hope its not intentional as well....but definitely was his fault

That was, most charitably, a move from someone who doesn't ride track very much. Super amateur move. He's wobbling around like it's the last 100m in a road race that's finished ahead of him.

As it is, the guys that were taken down will go back to cycling in relative anonymity while Cav's road contract pays him 1000x their meager earnings.

Nobody wins.

New to cycling? wrote:

I'm a stupid person making excuses for idiots.

UR New to cycling wrote:

Stupid people like you don't watch the video. Your lame-arse hero looked over twice at the other rider, AND THEN INTENTIONALLY SLAMMED INTO HIM. It was not accidental.

Then he continued as though nothing had happened.

Tron wrote:

unbelievable biased writing here:

"Viviani, who went into the final race in first place, started strongly but was knocked off his bike by South Korea’s Park Sang-hoon, who had collided with Cavendish"

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/15/mark-cavendish-silver-rio-olympics-cycling-omnium

Hopefully 'dish is sitting in a Brazilian jail tonight. That is assault with a deadly weapon. That s*it can't be tolerated in Rio. #britishthug

“I felt incredible,” said Cavendish. “I kept knocking people down and I felt better and better."

What a jack ass, of course he did it on purpose. Make it a hate crime to for all I care.

flaciddistance wrote:

I don't think you can call it intentional. He was coming down the bank as the other guy was coming up.There is a possibility he didn't see him. And he looked pretty sheepish at the end. I suspect he won't be surprised if he loses the medal, but appeals have to be in pretty quickly. If its not in now it won't matter.

I replayed the video several more times and no where does Cavendish act sheepish. After Cavendish made the Korean rider kiss the floor, he didn't even flinch or look back. All Cavendish this was casually pull up on his left sock, the side of his body he slammed the Korean rider with. The more I play the video, the more guilty Cavendish is. Cavendish was not coming down the banking when he looked twice backwards and saw the Korean rider beside him.

What possible motive can you come up with?

Do you think Cav was actually sharp enough to figure he could use Park to take out Viviani? Or did he just decide to wipe out someone who was no threat whatsoever, and risk a fall and a DQ, because he was bored?

I think he was focused a few riders back looking at his main rivals

Let's hope Park is OK.

eurodonkey wrote:

What possible motive can you come up with?

Do you think Cav was actually sharp enough to figure he could use Park to take out Viviani? Or did he just decide to wipe out someone who was no threat whatsoever, and risk a fall and a DQ, because he was bored?

I think he was focused a few riders back looking at his main rivals

Let's hope Park is OK.

I would go for the testosterone he is taking giving Cavendish a short temper coupled by a win at all costs mentality and invincibility from being part of the British Cycling omerta. Park was there and Cavendish wanted to attack at that moment to gain points. Therefore, Park was hindering Cavendish and must be taken out with extreme prejudice.

Cavendish was never at risk of falling himself because, as anyone who races a bike knows, hitting someone's front wheel with your rear wheel will always cause that other person to crash and you stay up. It's a basic part of riding with other people. The rear wheel can't go anywhere because it is fixed. The front wheel can turn and will cause a crash if contacted because of the torque. Cavendish knew this and it is why you see him line up his rear wheel with Park's front wheel. Cavendish was being malicious.

pop_pop!_v2.2.1 wrote:

That was, most charitably, a move from someone who doesn't ride track very much. Super amateur move. He's wobbling around like it's the last 100m in a road race that's finished ahead of him.

As it is, the guys that were taken down will go back to cycling in relative anonymity while Cav's road contract pays him 1000x their meager earnings.

Nobody wins.

Um, sounds like Cav wins.

I was sitting in traffic with this on the radio and from the commentators views at the time he was going to be DQ. Yet nothing happened, what the f.....