Mark Cavendish stage win #31

What a job by DQS, equal to HTCs efforts. They’d lost that but still pulled it back.

34, unbe****inglievable.

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Originally Posted by cityhammer

I think he might actually beat the record on stage19 before Paris, but to do it Paris would be so good! He seems so grounded these days and has so much respect for the race, and seems genuinely surprised at his success this year, but, and it’s a big but, I wonder if he might just back himself to win in Paris and not try to beat the record before. Altho having said that I just think he loves winning at Le Tour so expect him to go for 36!

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That would be special , you can't help being amazed at the fitness and durability of these cyclists , it's astonishing to watch them apply such endurance and speed day after day .

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Originally Posted by life on mars

That would be special , you can't help being amazed at the fitness and durability of these cyclists , it's astonishing to watch them apply such endurance and speed day after day .

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Puts the antics of footballers into perspective, today there was a crash at 70kmh, rudest went off the edge of the road into a ravine, their fall stopped only by hitting a tree. They just hit back on their bikes and carried on,no fuss. A few years ago Geraint Thomas hit a telegraph pole at speed and fractured his pelvis, 3 weeks later he was riding into Paris having competed the tour. These guys are phenomenal beings.

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Originally Posted by Des Parrot

What a job by DQS, equal to HTCs efforts. They’d lost that but still pulled it back.

34, unbe****inglievable.

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CJP, I've been watching TDF since the 70's. Its man on man. Cav is the best is, the best was, and the best there ever will be.

Cav is up there is up there with the best athletes of all time. Chapeau

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Originally Posted by Jonny London

CJP, I've been watching TDF since the 70's. Its man on man. Cav is the best is, the best was, and the best there ever will be.

Cav is up there is up there with the best athletes of all time. Chapeau

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If he hadn’t crashed on first day in 2014, been elbowed out by Sagan and suffered ill health he’d have put the record out of site years ago. Merckx was a beast, and there will always be suspicions, but he could win any type or race, which fir me makes what Cav has done even better, he only has one weapon in his armoury.

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Originally Posted by cityhammer

If he hadn’t crashed on first day in 2014, been elbowed out by Sagan and suffered ill health he’d have put the record out of site years ago. Merckx was a beast, and there will always be suspicions, but he could win any type or race, which fir me makes what Cav has done even better, he only has one weapon in his armoury.

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There is no one even close. Sagan 12 wins. Greipel 11 wins. Even 5 times TDF winner, Miguel Indurain only had 12 wins. Cav's achievements are monumental.

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Originally Posted by Jonny London

There is no one even close. Sagan 12 wins. Greipel 11 wins. Even 5 times TDF winner, Miguel Indurain only had 12 wins. Cav's achievements are monumental.

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Agreed. He’s up there with The greatest sports names of all time imo.,

He’s beaten not just 1,but 3 generations of sprinters, there are world class sprinters whose careers started after his first win and who retired before his most recent.

Chapeau

He has won around 1 in 6 of the stages he has riden in the Tour. Nobody else comes remotely close. Be particularly nice if he breaks the record in Paris.

Saw a comment on the ITV highlights, about the Tour as a whole, that length of stages have shortened in modern cycling compared to decades ago.

How much does that/should that factor in when talking about who is the best ever?