Cav V The Gorilla, first to 150

No_Ta_Doctor
No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,649
edited May 2018 in Pro race
Who will make 150 pro wins first ("shit small races" included)?
According to procycling stats, Cav is on 146, Greipel on 149.
https://www.procyclingstats.com/en/rider/mark-cavendish
https://www.procyclingstats.com/en/rider/andre-greipel
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Greipel will get one before Cavendish gets four surely.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,649
    Possibly, but it's all on the early season form, isn't it?
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Greipel was in good form in Australia
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,649
    Any idea what the race schedules look like?
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Any idea what the race schedules look like?

    Cav:
    13.02 Tour of Oman
    21.02 Abu Dhabi Tour

    Greips:
    21.02 Abu Dhabi Tour
    04.03 Paris-Nice
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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    At the current rate Gaviria will get there first!
  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    Joelsim wrote:
    At the current rate Gaviria will get there first!

    Gaviria is on 29.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,649
    So Cav has the opportunity to pull one back today in Dubai, then it's head to head in Oman :-D
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,649
    Joelsim wrote:
    At the current rate Gaviria will get there first!


    This Gaviria fetish has got to stop, Joel. Otherwise we'll have to stage an intervention. We'll come round and take away your Quickstep bedspread, all your posters, the lifesize cardboard cut-out AND the figurines.
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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,473
    But I already called it. This will be the year Gaviria becomes the best sprinter in the world!!
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  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Joelsim wrote:
    At the current rate Gaviria will get there first!


    Oh starp :D
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Joelsim wrote:
    At the current rate Gaviria will get there first!


    This Gaviria fetish has got to stop, Joel. Otherwise we'll have to stage an intervention. We'll come round and take away your Quickstep bedspread, all your posters, the lifesize cardboard cut-out AND the figurines.

    It’s Gaviria and López this year. Sigh.
  • philbar72
    philbar72 Posts: 2,229
    Greipel will get there first, probably. still a class act, but probably will wind down over the next couple of years. Think Cav has 2-3 more years at the top.
  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    Voted for Cav but the numbers make it look like Griepel will get there first. Didn't Cav say he was riding in support in Abu
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,054
    Did Griepel bribe the race director car driver yesterday? WTH!

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/43140818

    No stage wins for Cav at Abu Dhabi.
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  • joey54321
    joey54321 Posts: 1,297
    NitrousOxide wrote:
    Did Griepel bribe the race director car driver yesterday? WTH!

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/43140818

    No stage wins for Cav at Abu Dhabi.

    You can't see much from the video but I don't know how that was anything to do with the race director.
  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,495
    joey54321 wrote:
    NitrousOxide wrote:
    Did Griepel bribe the race director car driver yesterday? WTH!

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/43140818

    No stage wins for Cav at Abu Dhabi.

    You can't see much from the video but I don't know how that was anything to do with the race director.

    Apparently it was the auto brake system for crash avoidance on the car that caused the issue, not human error :|
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,119
    Tashman wrote:
    joey54321 wrote:
    NitrousOxide wrote:
    Did Griepel bribe the race director car driver yesterday? WTH!

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/43140818

    No stage wins for Cav at Abu Dhabi.

    You can't see much from the video but I don't know how that was anything to do with the race director.

    Apparently it was the auto brake system for crash avoidance on the car that caused the issue, not human error :|

    What was it trying to avoid crashing into on that closed road with nothing in the lane in front of it? Not a great advert for Mercedes if it's true. Does it brake every time a bike comes close to it from behind?
  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,495
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    Tashman wrote:
    joey54321 wrote:
    NitrousOxide wrote:
    Did Griepel bribe the race director car driver yesterday? WTH!

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/43140818

    No stage wins for Cav at Abu Dhabi.

    You can't see much from the video but I don't know how that was anything to do with the race director.

    Apparently it was the auto brake system for crash avoidance on the car that caused the issue, not human error :|

    What was it trying to avoid crashing into on that closed road with nothing in the lane in front of it? Not a great advert for Mercedes if it's true. Does it brake every time a bike comes close to it from behind?

    I have no idea, just repeating what I read http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/abu-dhabi-tour-organisers-blame-cars-automatic-brake-sensors-for-causing-mark-cavendish-crash-370116
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,119
    Tashman wrote:
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    Tashman wrote:
    joey54321 wrote:
    NitrousOxide wrote:
    Did Griepel bribe the race director car driver yesterday? WTH!

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/43140818

    No stage wins for Cav at Abu Dhabi.

    You can't see much from the video but I don't know how that was anything to do with the race director.

    Apparently it was the auto brake system for crash avoidance on the car that caused the issue, not human error :|

    What was it trying to avoid crashing into on that closed road with nothing in the lane in front of it? Not a great advert for Mercedes if it's true. Does it brake every time a bike comes close to it from behind?

    I have no idea, just repeating what I read http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/abu-dhabi-tour-organisers-blame-cars-automatic-brake-sensors-for-causing-mark-cavendish-crash-370116

    Yes, wasn't having a go - I'd read the same and it struck me as dangerous in city traffic if it's going to automatically brake whenever a bike comes close.
  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,495
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    Yes, wasn't having a go - I'd read the same and it struck me as dangerous in city traffic if it's going to automatically brake whenever a bike comes close.

    I've had this thought too. With peds, bikes and m/c manouuvering through traffic the likelyhood of even greater gridlock looms
  • fenix
    fenix Posts: 5,437
    I could maybe understand if the riders had gone round the front of the car - but at the side ? Surely that happens in traffic every day ?
  • archieboy
    archieboy Posts: 1,398
    We have a winner and it wasn't Cav
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,649
    archieboy wrote:
    We have a winner and it wasn't Cav

    Have to say, I didn't anticipate this going to May, thought it would be done and dusted long before.

    Was happy to see Cav was back on his bike in Yorkshire last week.
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