TdF Stage 18 *Spoilers*

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  • FCE2007
    FCE2007 Posts: 962
    RichA wrote:
    Cav starting to regret sitting up way back in Stage 4 when he came in 12th?

    +1
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    The thing with the last stage is that if a rider gets the last corner wrong they can find themselves way back in the final straight with no momentum. Thor was this -> <- close to hitting the barriers last year. It's thrown up some unusual winners in the past - Steegmans, Nazon, Konyshev, Minali, Zanini.
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  • wicked
    wicked Posts: 844
    FCE2007 wrote:
    RichA wrote:
    Cav starting to regret sitting up way back in Stage 4 when he came in 12th?

    +1

    He will probably console himself with his 4 or most likely 5 stage wins :wink:
    It’s the most beautiful sport in the world but it’s governed by ***ts who have turned it into a crock of ****.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    FCE2007 wrote:
    RichA wrote:
    Cav starting to regret sitting up way back in Stage 4 when he came in 12th?

    +1

    They should've all waited because he might have had a mechanical.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • rockmount
    rockmount Posts: 761
    iainf72 wrote:
    FCE2007 wrote:
    RichA wrote:
    Cav starting to regret sitting up way back in Stage 4 when he came in 12th?

    +1

    They should've all waited because he might have had a mechanical.
    Nah ... because just as the polka doesn't signify the best climber, the green jersey doesn't the best sprinter.
    Best climber AS closely followed by AC, best sprinter Cav ... no contest.
    .. who said that, internet forum people ?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Plagiarism or homage?

    bettiniphoto_0057611_1_full_600.jpg


    cipo_sapa990710729910_600.jpg

    Maybe Cav will sign in wearing a toga on Sunday
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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,811
    It's a case of saying "I'm so good I can win whilst not even looking the right way"

    He's looking to see where his competition is
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    It's a case of saying "I'm so good I can win whilst not even looking the right way"

    He's looking to see where his competition is

    Oh, I know that. I also know that Cav is a keen student of the history of the sport and a Cipo fan (one legged TT aside) and may well be aware of Cipo's celebration and may have been copying him.
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  • secretsqirrel
    secretsqirrel Posts: 2,041
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    It's a case of saying "I'm so good I can win whilst not even looking the right way"

    He's looking to see where his competition is

    In that case definitely plagiarism :wink: :
    bettiniphoto_0057104_1_full_600.jpg
  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    SecretSqirrel wrote:
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    It's a case of saying "I'm so good I can win whilst not even looking the right way"

    He's looking to see where his competition is

    In that case definitely plagiarism :wink: :
    bettiniphoto_0057104_1_full_600.jpg

    I've never raced in my life, but I can imagine how supremely good it must feel to be able to look back like that at the end of a stage.
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  • stagehopper
    stagehopper Posts: 1,593
    Cav's now done four stage wins in three successive Tours - anyone know who else has done that (I'll start - Merckx)? There was a list of those who've done 3x3 when he won stage 11 but can't seem to find it.
    @stagehopper
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    stagehopper wrote:
    Cav's now done four stage wins in three successive Tours - anyone know who else has done that (I'll start - Merckx)? There was a list of those who've done 3x3 when he won stage 11 but can't seem to find it.

    Rene Le Greves 1934-36 4-4-6

    Near misses:

    Nicolas Frantz 1925-28 4-4-3-5
    Francois Faber 1908-10 4-6-3
    Charles Pelissier 1929-31 1-8-5

    As you can see, these are all pre-war, when cycling was a whole different sport really.

    Merckx's record is amazing: 1969-72 6-8-4-6

    It's an extraordinary achievement by Cav. This is really unprecedented domination in Tour sprinting. (He'll still lose the Sports Personality award to Tony McCoy, though).
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  • jibberjim
    jibberjim Posts: 2,810
    RichN95 wrote:
    (He'll still lose the Sports Personality award to Tony McCoy, though).

    Good! 'cos as a sprinter he's excellent, as a personality he has so much to learn - not spitting on people perhaps the first.
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  • le_patron
    le_patron Posts: 494
    Slightly off topic, but I hate it when all that Hollywood bolleaux invades the Tour. It's a jarring culture clash.

    Anyway, the pic above is awesome.

    And Cav was damned fast today.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    jibberjim wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    (He'll still lose the Sports Personality award to Tony McCoy, though).

    Good! 'cos as a sprinter he's excellent, as a personality he has so much to learn - not spitting on people perhaps the first.

    There's more than one meaning to 'personality', you know. By your definition Phil Tufnell would have won five times.

    And he didn't spit on anyone. He spat on the floor in front of them.
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  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    RichN95 wrote:
    Plagiarism or homage?
    I think it is Surprise and relief after the first week and that Renshaw is missing.
    He can't believe what he saw under arm and just had to have a look.
    His interviews seemed more Humble today I thought.
    RichN95 wrote:
    bettiniphoto_0057611_1_full_600.jpg



    Maybe Cav will sign in wearing a toga on Sunday
    A great comparison you made with Mario. :wink:

    Phil Tufnell,
    I spilt my tea over that one. :lol:
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972
  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    stagehopper wrote:
    Cav's now done four stage wins in three successive Tours - anyone know who else has done that (I'll start - Merckx)? There was a list of those who've done 3x3 when he won stage 11 but can't seem to find it.

    I cant quite recall who it was but a poster in this forum made great play of the fact Cav wouldnt amount too much , wonder what he thinks now some 14 stage wins later :wink:
    Gasping - but somehow still alive !
  • Tusher
    Tusher Posts: 2,762
    I've been closely studying that celebration photograph as well.
    Is he circumcised?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Tusher wrote:
    I've been closely studying that celebration photograph as well.
    Is he circumcised?

    You'll find out in time Tusher. Just be patient.
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  • Tusher
    Tusher Posts: 2,762
    Sigh. Only in my dreams.

    (logs off and toddles off to bed to dream of Manxmen and tight lycra)

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