Cav Vs Goss Vs Greipel TODAY!!!

[cycladianpirate]

Too big, too strong, too fast.

Griepel is the gorilla!

Your conviction (albeit based on little evidence) does you credit. Your spelling, less so.

 

[Afrank]

Doesn't anyone remember Cav was crashed last week? Give
him a week or so for the scabs and bruises to heal properly.

And he was forced off the road today, so he couldn't contest the sprint.

 

[taiwan]

Aside from the battle sin the GT sprints, I hope we see some unexpected performances from these three, e.g. in Classics, harder stages, even breakaways. Enjoyed seeing Greipel win from the break that time last year, and also get pretty far in P-R. Goss will be pretty versatile too, and you never know what Cav might do this year.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Aside from the battle sin the GT sprints, I hope we see some unexpected performances from these three, e.g. in Classics, harder stages, even breakaways. Enjoyed seeing Greipel win from the break that time last year, and also get pretty far in P-R. Goss will be pretty versatile too, and you never know what Cav might do this year.

I hope he sticks to the knitting.

Grinding perpetual domination is the holy grail of professional sports.

It all goes wrong when people get bored and try to be something they're not.

Just bat and bat and bat and bat, until you're Alistair Cook.

 

[taiwan]

I hope he sticks to the knitting.

Grinding perpetual domination is the holy grail of professional sports.

It all goes wrong when people get bored and try to be something they're not.

Just bat and bat and bat and bat, until you're Alistair Cook.

Hm, all three of them can't dominate simoultaneously though. Apart from Cav (grinding perpetual domination, pretty much) the others look to have potential for the tougher Classics. If they can develop in that direction, why not?

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Hm, all three of them can't dominate simoultaneously though. Apart from Cav (grinding perpetual domination, pretty much) the others look to have potential for the tougher Classics. If they can develop in that direction, why not?

Yeah, I was just talking about Cav - obviously ordinary riders have to get what they can.

Not like lovely Alistair.

 

[ferryman]

Yeah, I was just talking about Cav - obviously ordinary riders have to get what they can.

Not like lovely Alistair.

Alas my lovely Alas. If you are going to troll, troll with the correct name

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Alas my lovely Alas. If you are going to troll, troll with the correct name

It's a pet name. If you were with us you would understand.

 

[El Pistolero]

Yeah, I was just talking about Cav - obviously ordinary riders have to get what they can.

Not like lovely Alistair.

You got it wrong here I'm afraid, ordinary riders only focus on one thing. The truly great ones could both sprint and win the big classics.

 

[Old School]

Your conviction (albeit based on little evidence) does you credit. Your spelling, less so.

Dang! Thought i left college last century...guess not. Um, well, yeah, I did the Gorilla wrong in spelling....but I sure can pick 'em huh cycladiampirate can't I? Psh.

So, with Greipel pulling away from the top dawgs (yup, spelled that wrong too!)....is that EVIDENCE enough for ya?

 

[Midnightfright]

Cavendish was in the first big group in G-W, but got caught out because of a crash in the last 20k.

I see euanli was more then an hour faster....

I thought he looked exhausted before the crash. Maybe that's just my perception.

 

[Swede1]

Greipel is obviously my pick. I stuck with him last year when it didnt go so well. This year he will kill Cav in number of wins and in head to head wins. I think Greipel is equal to if not faster than Cav in an equal sprint. Now with his leadout this year he will hopefully have the advantage = many wins for Greipel.

Goss is not yet on the same level as those 2. He is fast but first has to prove he can beat Cav and Greipel or at least consistently be up there in the big races.

 

[Midnightfright]

Greipel is obviously my pick. I stuck with him last year when it didnt go so well. This year he will kill Cav in number of wins and in head to head wins. I think Greipel is equal to if not faster than Cav in an equal sprint. Now with his leadout this year he will hopefully have the advantage = many wins for Greipel.

Goss is not yet on the same level as those 2. He is fast but first has to prove he can beat Cav and Greipel or at least consistently be up there in the big races.

I really like Griepel and think

 

[Midnightfright]

Greipel is obviously my pick. I stuck with him last year when it didnt go so well. This year he will kill Cav in number of wins and in head to head wins. I think Greipel is equal to if not faster than Cav in an equal sprint. Now with his leadout this year he will hopefully have the advantage = many wins for Greipel.

Goss is not yet on the same level as those 2. He is fast but first has to prove he can beat Cav and Greipel or at least consistently be up there in the big races.

I really like Griepel and think hes the only one that can beat Cav in a straight up Sprint if hes in any type of form. But last year he wad inconsistent altough he did a lot of work for Gilbert and in the past on the rare occasion him and Cav sprinted from similar positions Cav tended to come out on top. I haven't seen anything yet this year to convince me otherwise . Griepel has been my pick for a while for MSR and I still think that

 

[roundabout]

Looked like a slightly uphill sprint today from the news. Shame that Cavendish couldn't contest it. Would have been interesting to see the balance of power on this kind of finish.

 

[Swede1]

I really like Griepel and think hes the only one that can beat Cav in a straight up Sprint if hes in any type of form. But last year he wad inconsistent altough he did a lot of work for Gilbert and in the past on the rare occasion him and Cav sprinted from similar positions Cav tended to come out on top. I haven't seen anything yet this year to convince me otherwise . Griepel has been my pick for a while for MSR and I still think that

In most of the times he sprinted against Cav he started from like 15th wheel and still only lost by a couple of feet. One of the few times he actually started one wheel ahead of Cav he beat him. (his tour stage win)

 

[Midnightfright]

In most of the times he sprinted against Cav he started from like 15th wheel and still only lost by a couple of feet. One of the few times he actually started one wheel ahead of Cav he beat him. (his tour stage win)

Yes one of the few times and the other of the few times cav beat him. It would be too small a sample size I would imagine to be confident in making a statement either way and even in that small sample size it still comes out in favour of Cav and the other evidence also favours Cav.

 

[Four Winds]

Greipel is obviously my pick. I stuck with him last year when it didnt go so well. This year he will kill Cav in number of wins and in head to head wins. I think Greipel is equal to if not faster than Cav in an equal sprint. Now with his leadout this year he will hopefully have the advantage = many wins for Greipel.

Goss is not yet on the same level as those 2. He is fast but first has to prove he can beat Cav and Greipel or at least consistently be up there in the big races.

World Championship Road Race 2011

2nd Matthew Harley Goss
3rd Andre Greipel

Goss got pretty close to Cav in Copenhagen but Greipel was well behind, though he didn't have great position again.

 

[Kwibus]

I thought he looked exhausted before the crash. Maybe that's just my perception.

Could be, but I have yet to see a sprint in which Cavendish isn't fast because he is tired.

 

[Kwibus]

World Championship Road Race 2011

2nd Matthew Harley Goss
3rd Andre Greipel

Goss got pretty close to Cav in Copenhagen but Greipel was well behind, though he didn't have great position again.

Uphill finish. We all know Goss is good on an uphill finish, but he seems to lack topspeed on a flat finish.

 

[Midnightfright]

Could be, but I have yet to see a sprint in which Cavendish isn't fast because he is tired.

Very true.

 

[greenedge]

Nice win by Greipel. I was sure Blythe might have gone better.

 

[maltiv]

Cav vs Greipel vs...Goss? The same Goss who failed to get into the top 10 in a single stage of TDU?

No, Kittel is the man. He's the only sprinter with potential to beat Cavendish on a regular basis.

Was I right or what?

 

[cineteq]

Was I right or what?

In part, as Greipel delivered as well