S9 Ep122: Kilometre 0 – Don't mention the record
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 July 2021
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
From an interview in a two-star hotel in the south of France after his third stage win in 2008, to a game of chess in London later that year, to an unfortunate incident with cramp in an Essex restaurant Lionel recalls some of his meetings with Cavendish, telling the story of his career as he closed in on Eddy Merckx's record of 34 stage wins.
With thanks to Ian Boswell, Richard Moore, Daniel Friebe, Orla Chennaoui and Edward Pickering for additional material. Photo by Simon Gill.
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| 0:00.0 | What happened on Sunday we were incredibly surprised. |
| 0:07.0 | I think a lot of motion was rumored in the race. |
| 0:15.0 | The rest of the race are going to be cancelled. |
| 0:17.0 | I see Belgium and the government are meeting on Monday about the restrictions of the coronavirus. |
| 0:24.0 | It's only done to me. |
| 0:25.0 | I don't have next year sorted yet and it don't mean it could be the last race of the season |
| 0:32.0 | and potentially my career. |
| 0:34.0 | You are listening to Kilometre Zero by the Cycling Podcast, |
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| 0:52.0 | I still don't have next year sorted and maybe the possibility that races weren't carrying on. |
| 1:00.0 | It was suddenly realised in the Copenhagen race. |
| 1:04.0 | If you can't stop like this, you are the greatest sprinter of all time. |
| 1:08.0 | You can't stop without a number of people. |
| 1:12.0 | I don't have a desire to stop. I don't want to stop. |
| 1:15.0 | I love this sport. I give my life to this sport. |
| 1:18.0 | I'd like to continue riding my bike. |
| 1:23.0 | That's it. |
| 1:25.0 | Late last October, as the World Tour season was racing against the prospect of a second coronavirus lockdown, |
| 1:34.0 | it looked for all the world as if the sun was finally going to set on Mark Cavendish's career. |
| 1:40.0 | Since being diagnosed with Epstein-Barr virus in April 2017, |
| 1:44.0 | Cavendish had looked a shadow of his former self. |
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