TdF 2016 Stage 14 *Contains spoilers*

jscl

Here you go:

TheBigBean

Points. Might have been closer, but for Cav's mechanical the other day.

1.
SAGAN P.
TNK 340 pts
2.
CAVENDISH M.
DDD 278 pts
3.
KITTEL M.
EQS 228 pts

FocusZing

Updated image, due to incompetence.

TheBigBean

That's not a photo of this stage! Bring back frenchfighter.

bobmcstuff

Cyclingnews live blog is talking nonsense - saying it was a photo finish when it very clearly wasn't. Missed most of it and tuned in for the sprint.

jscl

bobmcstuff wrote:

Cyclingnews live blog is talking nonsense - saying it was a photo finish when it very clearly wasn't. Missed most of it and tuned in for the sprint.

The commissaires apparently needed to review the line camera for 3rd and 4th.

But other than that, it was pretty clear.

above_the_cows

pottssteve wrote:

It was Chainring.

Nighty night.

ddraver

First bit of this year I ve been able to watch, Blimey have all Cav's wins been that good???

RichN95.

ddraver wrote:

First bit of this year I ve been able to watch, Blimey have all Cav's wins been that good???

That was the most dominant one I think.

fleshtuxedo

Before this years race, 34 wins looked very unlikely. That's changed, majorly.

slim_boy_fat

ddraver wrote:

First bit of this year I ve been able to watch, Blimey have all Cav's wins been that good???

He's been absolutely fantastic this year. Back to his brilliant best.

tonyf34

RichN95 wrote:

ddraver wrote:

First bit of this year I ve been able to watch, Blimey have all Cav's wins been that good???

That was the most dominant one I think.

As Robbie McEwan said earlier in discussion with B&M in which he half cheekily called Cav for the win, he's not the dominant Cav of old as he's not winning by several lengths but he's that good that he's still winning.

above_the_cows

FOUR!!!!!

ocdupalais

I love losing in PTP when Cav wins.

andyp

RichN95 wrote:

ddraver wrote:

First bit of this year I ve been able to watch, Blimey have all Cav's wins been that good???

That was the most dominant one I think.

I thought his win on Stage 1 had the biggest margin of victory.

above_the_cows

tonyf34 wrote:

RichN95 wrote:

ddraver wrote:

First bit of this year I ve been able to watch, Blimey have all Cav's wins been that good???

That was the most dominant one I think.

As Robbie McEwen said earlier in discussion with B&M in which he half cheekily called Cav for the win, he's not the dominant Cav of old as he's not winning by several lengths but he's that good that he's still winning.

I was thinking during that discussion with McEwen whether Cav was that dominant 2009-2012 because he was just amazing or because everyone else was a bit rubbish, he didn't have a challenger. That isn't to criticise Cav but Greipel was not racing the Tour then, Kittel wasn't around, Kristoff hadn't appeared. Who did Cav have as competition back then? Hushovd?

bobmcstuff

OCDuPalais wrote:

I love losing in PTP when Cav wins.

Me too.

I keep thinking Kittel is going to find his Giro dominance, or Cav's track training is going to catch up with him on the long stages or after he pyrenees - but it hasn't happened.

above_the_cows

OCDuPalais wrote:

I love losing in PTP when Cav wins.

Good man. Not that I'm playing PTP this year but whenever I picked him he lost. So it seems it works for others. I also turn my TV off because if I don't watch the sprint, he wins.

TheBigBean

Above The Cows wrote:

OCDuPalais wrote:

I love losing in PTP when Cav wins.

Good man. Not that I'm playing PTP this year but whenever I picked him he lost. So it seems it works for others. I also turn my TV off because if I don't watch the sprint, he wins.

I'm struggling to reconcile this with your signature.

mrb123

Hard to see Cav dropping out the Tour now. One more win this year and the record is really on the cards.

above_the_cows

TheBigBean wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

OCDuPalais wrote:

I love losing in PTP when Cav wins.

Good man. Not that I'm playing PTP this year but whenever I picked him he lost. So it seems it works for others. I also turn my TV off because if I don't watch the sprint, he wins.

I'm struggling to reconcile this with your signature.

As an empiricist though I do feel like it is worthy of further investigation.

tailwindhome

His 4th shock win of this Tour

Pross

andyp wrote:

RichN95 wrote:

ddraver wrote:

First bit of this year I ve been able to watch, Blimey have all Cav's wins been that good???

That was the most dominant one I think.

I thought his win on Stage 1 had the biggest margin of victory.

Yeah, my recollection was that was his most comfortable win in a long while.

ocdupalais

Can I officially lodge the comment "he's finished!" to be retrospectively applied to the point at which people agree was actually the point at which it seems he was finished?
Thanks.

FocusZing

Inspired decision for dimensions data to sign Cav.

tailwindhome

FocusZing wrote:

Inspired decision for dimensions data to sign Cav.

Would love to see Dan Martin there.

FocusZing

@simongerrans now
My new hardware... The surgery went as well as we could hope. Now it's time to put a plan in place.

above_the_cows

OCDuPalais wrote:

Can I officially lodge the comment "he's finished!" to be retrospectively applied to the point at which people agree was actually the point at which it seems he was finished?
Thanks.

I thought it was just referring to him crossing the line.

tonyf34

Above The Cows wrote:

tonyf34 wrote:

RichN95 wrote:

ddraver wrote:

First bit of this year I ve been able to watch, Blimey have all Cav's wins been that good???

That was the most dominant one I think.

As Robbie McEwen said earlier in discussion with B&M in which he half cheekily called Cav for the win, he's not the dominant Cav of old as he's not winning by several lengths but he's that good that he's still winning.

I was thinking during that discussion with McEwen whether Cav was that dominant 2009-2012 because he was just amazing or because everyone else was a bit rubbish, he didn't have a challenger. That isn't to criticise Cav but Greipel was not racing the Tour then, Kittel wasn't around, Kristoff hadn't appeared. Who did Cav have as competition back then? Hushovd?

Well Hushovd won the first stage in '08 and won the Green in 09, Oscar Freire nicked his last grand tour victory in '08 in the 2nd stage though was at the back end of his career but still won Green that year, Steegmans won the final stage that year.

I think there were still plenty for Cav to worry about before Griepel et al Hush was bigger than AG at his peak. Maybe teams are more organised now than when Cav first came to the fore?

FocusZing