SlickMongoose said:carolina said:is there something still missing from his palmarés, besides an olympic gold?
Pfffft. Until he overtakes Merckx, he's a nobody.![]()
Zinoviev Letter said:Oliwright said:Pricey_sky said:My dad adored the Tour, Cav was also my dads favourite current rider.
First Tour since he passed there was surely something written in the stars about today. He'd have been jumping for joy at that finish. Definitely brought a tear to the eye.
Great win.
Sorry to hear that!
Biggest win of Cav's career. WC & MSR were massive but they came at time when everything in Cav's career was going his own way. This completes the professional cycling set for Cav!
He hasn't looked this good since 2012, it's crucial for his career as a lot of ppl including me thought he was past it. Its massive as it promises so much for the next few years!
Really nice to see him win again, but I couldn't disagree more with the idea that this is biggest win. You could come up with similar reasons for describing his first Tour stage win as his biggest and be exactly as wrong. This win has some special surrounding circumstances that make it stand out a little among his stage wins, but is still ultimately one Tour de France stage among 27.
Zinoviev Letter said:Oliwright said:Sorry to hear that!
Biggest win of Cav's career. WC & MSR were massive but they came at time when everything in Cav's career was going his own way. This completes the professional cycling set for Cav!
He hasn't looked this good since 2012, it's crucial for his career as a lot of ppl including me thought he was past it. Its massive as it promises so much for the next few years!
Really nice to see him win again, but I couldn't disagree more with the idea that this is biggest win. You could come up with similar reasons for describing his first Tour stage win as his biggest and be exactly as wrong. This win has some special surrounding circumstances that make it stand out a little among his stage wins, but is still ultimately one Tour de France stage among 27.
[/quote]You don't think that, for Cav, his first yellow jersey in the Tour is a big deal? It elevates this win above many others, even if it's not his biggest, and came after lots of people wanted to believe he was past it.
PremierAndrew said:Zinoviev Letter said:Oliwright said:Pricey_sky said:My dad adored the Tour, Cav was also my dads favourite current rider.
First Tour since he passed there was surely something written in the stars about today. He'd have been jumping for joy at that finish. Definitely brought a tear to the eye.
Great win.
Sorry to hear that!
Biggest win of Cav's career. WC & MSR were massive but they came at time when everything in Cav's career was going his own way. This completes the professional cycling set for Cav!
He hasn't looked this good since 2012, it's crucial for his career as a lot of ppl including me thought he was past it. Its massive as it promises so much for the next few years!
Really nice to see him win again, but I couldn't disagree more with the idea that this is biggest win. You could come up with similar reasons for describing his first Tour stage win as his biggest and be exactly as wrong. This win has some special surrounding circumstances that make it stand out a little among his stage wins, but is still ultimately one Tour de France stage among 27.
Exactly this. There's no doubt that Cav will cherish this much more than any of his other TdF stage wins apart from arguably his first, his 6th in '09, that stage in 2012 where he caught the breakaway with about 100m to go in rainbow or one of those which led to his green jersey in 2011, but at the end of the day, wearing the yellow jersey doesn't contribute much to someone's palmares, especially if they're anywhere near as successful as Cav
SlickMongoose said:This argument is silly.
Waterloo Sunrise said:On the plus side, BOOOOOM, the King is back. Destroyed those bitches.
carolina said:is there something still missing from his palmarés, besides an olympic gold?
He beat Kittel. While he's rubbish at climbing he survives it better than Kittel does and it takes less out of him. DD will be desperate to have him racing on the Champs Elysees.carolina said:Thanks TMP402. He still has some work to do, then.
Maybe now that he won a stage, dimension data won't mind if he abandons before the 3rd week to prepare for the olympics.
King Boonen said:He beat Kittel. While he's rubbish at climbing he survives it better than Kittel does and it takes less out of him. DD will be desperate to have him racing on the Champs Elysees.carolina said:Thanks TMP402. He still has some work to do, then.
Maybe now that he won a stage, dimension data won't mind if he abandons before the 3rd week to prepare for the olympics.
SlickMongoose said:King Boonen said:He beat Kittel. While he's rubbish at climbing he survives it better than Kittel does and it takes less out of him. DD will be desperate to have him racing on the Champs Elysees.carolina said:Thanks TMP402. He still has some work to do, then.
Maybe now that he won a stage, dimension data won't mind if he abandons before the 3rd week to prepare for the olympics.
Usually he's better at climbing than Kittel, but with his track legs it might not be the case.
Fergoose said:An amazing turnaround from Cav's capitulation at the national championship.
Yingge said:His little girl was happy in the Interview after as she was getting the flowers. Maybe even happier with a Lion too.
SlickMongoose said:How can you hate this?