taiwan said:
When they're both fit, both racing, and it's an important race, Cav still wins >80% of the time, and until that changes, Tyler's not that close.
Tyler's a great rider, but I don't think we need to pad his ego pretending he's nearly as good as someone who consistently beats him when it matters.
And if we're going to talk wins and consistency, let's try have a look at reality. Last year was the best of Farrar's career, and the worst of Cav's. Let's compare -
Tyler -
1st Overall Delta Tour Zeeland
1st Vattenfall Cyclassics
1st Stage 2 Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 10 Giro d'Italia
1st Grote Scheldeprijs
1st Stage 3A Three Days of De Panne
1st Stage 5 Vuelta a España
1st Stage 21 Vuelta a España
5th Tour of Flanders
Cav -
Volta a Catalunya
1st, Stage 2 [18]
Tour de Romandie
1st, Stage 2
Tour of California
1st, Stage 1
Tour de France
1st, Stage 5 [19]
1st, Stage 6 [20]
1st, Stage 11 [21]
1st, Stage 18 [22]
1st, Stage 20 [23]
Vuelta a España
1st Points Classification
1st, Stage 1 Team Time Trial
1st, Stage 12
1st, Stage 13
1st, Stage 18
I could go further back, but the comparison would only become silly.