Happy 100 victories to Roadrunner Cav - here's the video!!

[VanessaVV]

Roadrunner Cav, the fastest man on 2 wheels, achieved his 100th professional victory in stage 1 of the Giro d'Italia 2013. My video includes Robbie McEwen, himself a brilliant sprinter, sharing his thoughts on why Cav's so fast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHmeFIr45BY

One of these days I've got to learn how to put the youttube clip in the post, not just the link. Does anyone know how to do that?

 

[ElChingon]

100 already? Does anyone have the stats of wins/year, etc. on Cav? Would be interesting vs Cipo/Zabel/ and so on.

 

[VanessaVV]

100 already? Does anyone have the stats of wins/year, etc. on Cav? Would be interesting vs Cipo/Zabel/ and so on.

I heard it on Eurosport at the end of Cav's win on stage 1 - I think it was Declan Quigley who said it. I hope my congratulations aren't premature.

 

[spalco]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHmeFIr45BY

I think there's more to it than what McEwan says there. Imo, Cavendish doesn't get enough credit for his race intelligence. I don't know if that's natural to him, or if he studies the course in more detail than others (maybe both), but he's amazingly smart about getting on the right wheel, choosing the right lane and getting into the wind at the right moment.
He's probably the fastest guy anyway, due to the reasons mentioned by McEwan, but that alone doesn't explain his incredible (maybe unprecedented) winning percentage.

 

[Panda Claws]

98th pro victory.

 

[tweak37]

I count 100:

1 18/04/2007 1.HC 1 Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen 140
2 10/05/2007 2.HCs 1 4 Jours de Dunkerque, Stage 3 : Saint-Amand les Eaux - Caudry 25
3 13/05/2007 2.HCs 1 4 Jours de Dunkerque, Stage 6 : Steenvoorde - Dunkerque 25
4 22/05/2007 2.PTs 1 Volta a Catalunya, Stage 2 : Salou - Perafort 40
5 26/05/2007 2.PTs 1 Volta a Catalunya, Stage 6 : Llivia - Lloret de Mar 40
6 23/06/2007 2.1s 1 Ster Elektrotoer, Stage 4 : Sittard-Geleen - Eindhoven 20
7 5/08/2007 2.HCs 1 Post Danmark Rundt / Tour of Denmark, Stage 6 : Praesto - Frederiksberg 25
8 24/08/2007 2.PTs 1 Eneco Tour of Benelux, Stage 2 : Antwerpen - Knokke-Heist 40
9 29/08/2007 2.PTr 1 Eneco Tour of Benelux, Points classification 40
10 9/09/2007 2.1s 1 Tour of Britain, Prologue : London I.T.T. 20
11 10/09/2007 2.1s 1 Tour of Britain, Stage 1 : Reading - Southampton 20
12 6/10/2007 2.1s 1 Circuit Franco-Belge, Stage 3 : Bray-Dunes - Poperinge 20
13 2/04/2008 2.HCs 1 Driedaagse De Panne - Koksijde, Stage 2 : Zottegem - Koksijde 25
14 3/04/2008 2.HCs 1 Driedaagse De Panne - Koksijde, Stage 3a : De Panne - De Panne 25
15 16/04/2008 1.HC 1 Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen 140
16 29/04/2008 2.PTs 1 Tour de Romandie, Prologue : Genève I.T.T. 40
17 13/05/2008 GT2s 1 Giro d'Italia, Stage 4 : Pizzo Calabro - Catanzaro-Lungomare 70
18 23/05/2008 GT2s 1 Giro d'Italia, Stage 13 : Modena - Cittadella 70
19 21/06/2008 2.1s 1 Ster Elektrotoer, Stage 5 : Sittard-Geleen - Gemert-Bakel 20
20 9/07/2008 GT1s 1 Tour de France, Stage 5 : Cholet - Châteauroux 80
21 12/07/2008 GT1s 1 Tour de France, Stage 8 : Figeac - Toulouse 80
22 17/07/2008 GT1s 1 Tour de France, Stage 12 : Lavelanet - Narbonne 80
23 18/07/2008 GT1s 1 Tour de France, Stage 13 : Narbonne - Nîmes 80
24 27/08/2008 2.1s 1 Tour of Ireland, Stage 1 : Dublin - Waterford 20
25 28/08/2008 2.1s 1 Tour of Ireland, Stage 2 : Thurles - Loughrea 20
26 29/08/2008 2.1s 1 Tour of Ireland, Stage 3 : Ballinrobe - Galway 20
27 8/09/2008 2.1s 1 Tour of Missouri, Stage 1 : St. Joseph - Kansas City 20
28 9/09/2008 2.1s 1 Tour of Missouri, Stage 2 : Clinton - Springfield 20
29 13/09/2008 2.1s 1 Tour of Missouri, Stage 6 : Hermann - St. Charles 20
30 4/02/2009 2.1s 1 Tour of Qatar, Stage 4 : Doha - Madinat al Shamal 20
31 6/02/2009 2.1s 1 Tour of Qatar, Stage 6 : Sealine Beach Resort - Doha 20
32 18/02/2009 2.HCs 1 Tour of California, Stage 4 : Merced - Clovis 25
33 19/02/2009 2.HCs 1 Tour of California, Stage 5 : Visalia - Paso Robles 25
34 17/03/2009 2.HISs 1 Tirreno - Adriatico, Stage 7 : San Benedetto del Tronto - San Benedetto del Tronto 40
35 21/03/2009 1.HIS1 1 Milano - Sanremo 275
36 1/04/2009 2.HCs 1 Driedaagse De Panne - Koksijde, Stage 2 : Zottegem - Koksijde 25
37 2/04/2009 2.HCs 1 Driedaagse De Panne - Koksijde, Stage 3a : De Panne - De Panne 25
38 17/05/2009 GT2s 1 Giro d'Italia, Stage 9 : Milano - Milano 70
39 20/05/2009 GT2s 1 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 : Torino - Arenzano 70
40 22/05/2009 GT2s 1 Giro d'Italia, Stage 13 : Lido di Camaiore - Firenze 70
41 15/06/2009 2.PTs 1 Tour de Suisse, Stage 3 : Davos - Lumino 40
42 18/06/2009 2.PTs 1 Tour de Suisse, Stage 6 : Oberriet - Bad Zurzach 40
43 5/07/2009 GT1s 1 Tour de France, Stage 2 : Monaco - Brignoles 80
44 6/07/2009 GT1s 1 Tour de France, Stage 3 : Marseille - La Grande-Motte 80
45 14/07/2009 GT1s 1 Tour de France, Stage 10 : Limoges - Issoudun 80
46 15/07/2009 GT1s 1 Tour de France, Stage 11 : Vatan - Saint-Fargeau 80
47 24/07/2009 GT1s 1 Tour de France, Stage 19 : Bourgoin-Jallieu - Aubenas 80
48 26/07/2009 GT1s 1 Tour de France, Stage 21 : Montereau-Fault-Yonne - Paris/Champs-Élysées 80
49 2/08/2009 1.1 1 Sparkassen Giro Bochum 80
50 22/08/2009 2.1s 1 Tour of Ireland, Stage 2 : Clonmel - Killarney 20
51 7/09/2009 2.HCs 1 Tour of Missouri, Stage 1 : St. Louis, Circuit race 25
52 8/09/2009 2.HCs 1 Tour of Missouri, Stage 2 : Ste. Genevieve - Cape Girardeau 25
53 23/03/2010 2.PTs 1 Volta a Catalunya, Stage 2 : Salt - Banyoles 40
54 29/04/2010 2.PTs 1 Tour de Romandie, Stage 2 : Fribourg - Fribourg 40
55 16/05/2010 2.HCs 1 Tour of California, Stage 1 : Nevada City - Sacramento 25
56 8/07/2010 GT1s 1 Tour de France, Stage 5 : Epernay - Montargis 80
57 9/07/2010 GT1s 1 Tour de France, Stage 6 : Montargis - Gueugnon 80
58 15/07/2010 GT1s 1 Tour de France, Stage 11 : Sisteron - Bourg-lès-Valence 80
59 23/07/2010 GT1s 1 Tour de France, Stage 18 : Salies-de-Béarn - Bordeaux 80
60 25/07/2010 GT1s 1 Tour de France, Stage 20 : Longjumeau - Paris/Champs-Élysées 80
61 9/09/2010 GT2s 1 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 : Andorra la Vella (And) - Lleida 70
62 10/09/2010 GT2s 1 Vuelta a España, Stage 13 : Rincon de Soto - Burgos 70
63 16/09/2010 GT2s 1 Vuelta a España, Stage 18 : Valladolid - Salamanca 70
64 19/09/2010 GT2r 1 Vuelta a España, Points classification 70
65 20/02/2011 2.1s 1 Tour of Oman, Stage 6 : Qurayyat - Mattrah 20
66 6/04/2011 1.HC 1 Scheldeprijs 140
67 17/05/2011 GT2s 1 Giro d'Italia, Stage 10 : Termoli - Teramo 70
68 19/05/2011 GT2s 1 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 : Castelfidardo - Ravenna 70
69 6/07/2011 GT1s 1 Tour de France, Stage 5 : Carhaix - Cap Fréhel 80
70 8/07/2011 GT1s 1 Tour de France, Stage 7 : Le Mans - Châteauroux 80
71 13/07/2011 GT1s 1 Tour de France, Stage 11 : Blaye-les-Mines - Lavaur 80
72 17/07/2011 GT1s 1 Tour de France, Stage 15 : Limoux - Montpellier 80
73 24/07/2011 GT1s 1 Tour de France, Stage 21 : Créteil - Paris 80
74 24/07/2011 GT1r 1 Tour de France, Points classification 80
75 11/09/2011 2.1s 1 Tour of Britain, Stage 1 : Peebles - Dumphries 20
76 18/09/2011 2.1s 1 Tour of Britain, Stage 8b : London, circuit race 20
77 25/09/2011 WCRR 1 World Championships (Kobenhavn) R.R. 400
78 7/02/2012 2.HCs 1 Tour of Qatar, Stage 3 : Dukhan - Al Gharafa Stadium 25
79 9/02/2012 2.HCs 1 Tour of Qatar, Stage 5 : Camel Race Track - Al Khor Corniche 25
80 26/02/2012 1.1 1 Kuurne - Brussel - Kuurne 80
81 8/03/2012 2.WTs 1 Tirreno - Adriatico, Stage 2 : San Vincenzo - Indicatore 40
82 6/05/2012 GT2s 1 Giro d'Italia, Stage 2 : Herning - Herning 70
83 10/05/2012 GT2s 1 Giro d'Italia, Stage 5 : Modena - Fano 70
84 18/05/2012 GT2s 1 Giro d'Italia, Stage 13 : Savona - Cervere 70
85 17/06/2012 2.1 1 Ster ZLM Tour 110
86 2/07/2012 GT1s 1 Tour de France, Stage 2 : Visé (Bel) - Tournai (Bel) 80
87 20/07/2012 GT1s 1 Tour de France, Stage 18 : Blagnac - Brive-la-Gaillarde 80
88 22/07/2012 GT1s 1 Tour de France, Stage 20 : Rambouillet - Paris 80
89 26/08/2012 2.HCs 1 Post Danmark Rundt - Tour of Denmark, Stage 6 : Slagelse - Frederiksberg 25
90 11/09/2012 2.1s 1 Tour of Britain, Stage 3 : Jedburgh - Dumfries 20
91 12/09/2012 2.1s 1 Tour of Britain, Stage 4 : Carlisle - Blackpool 20
92 16/09/2012 2.1s 1 Tour of Britain, Stage 8 : Reigate - Guildford 20
93 21/01/2013 2.1s 1 Tour de San Luis, Stage 1 : San Luis - Villa Mercedes 20
94 5/02/2013 2.HCs 1 Tour of Qatar, Stage 3 : Al Wakra - Mesaieed 25
95 6/02/2013 2.HCs 1 Tour of Qatar, Stage 4 : Camel Race Track - Al Khor Corniche 25
96 7/02/2013 2.HCs 1 Tour of Qatar, Stage 5 : Al Zubara Fort - Madinat Al Shamal 25
97 8/02/2013 2.HCs 1 Tour of Qatar, Stage 6 : Sealine Beach Resort - Doha Corniche 25
98 8/02/2013 2.HC 1 Tour of Qatar 160
99 27/03/2013 2.HCs 1 Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde, Stage 2 : Oudenaarde - Koksijde 25
100 4/05/2013 GT2s 1 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 : Napoli - Napoli 70

(including 3 points classifications)

 

[Panda Claws]

The papers said 98, probably they don't count point classifications (I don't either btw).

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Fastest man on two wheels? Notwithstanding Jorge Lorenzo, there's a few trackies who'd probably beg to differ.

Fastest man on two wheels after 180km of lead-out? That's a bit more cut and dried.

 

[VanessaVV]

Listing all 100 wins!!! Wow! That's some work you did this morning. I'm going to keep that list. Thank you!

 

[Netserk]

103rd win.

 

[VanessaVV]

Fastest man on two wheels? Notwithstanding Jorge Lorenzo, there's a few trackies who'd probably beg to differ.

I should say what I really think. He is beauty on 2 wheels - an absolute joy to watch. He's the Roadrunner.

 

[Pricey_sky]

39 GT stage victories (i think) plus a world championship and a MSR. Love him or hate him Cav is one of the very best.