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Dastardly
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| GZA wrote: |
| Hasn't Pettachi won 17 this season?Or was that 17 carrer Vuelta victories? I'm going senile! |
the record cav is trying to break is wins in first season as a pro, held by pettacchi at 11 i believe. if i'm wrong blame Hugh Porter c/o Aldersley Stadium, Wolverhampton. |
To my knowledge that is correct. Cavendish has 10 victories so far this season, whilst the record for a neo pro is 11 victories.
p.s - Petacchi so far this season has 18. |
isn't that from a couple of years ago. |
Again, to my knowledge, no. That is his number of victories this season, although the figure includes all races, not just pro-tour. Maybe his record from a previous season was 18 but within the top tier of cycling only? |
He has won more races that anyone this year, which is amazing considering his underpar performance. Class
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JONNO
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Cavendish unlucky in Franco-Belge
T-Mobile (Ger)
Photo ©: Stijn Vercaemer
The T-Mobile team was all ready to deliver its sprinter Mark Cavendish to his 11th win of the season in the first stage of the Circuit Franco-Belge, but bad luck that plagued the Manxman in the Tour de France returned in Belgium, and Cavendish crashed with two kilometres to go, and had to watch from behind as Aurélien Clerc (Bouygues Telecom) got his first win of the season ahead of Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) and Belgium's Wouter Weylandt (Quick.Step) in the bunch sprint.
T-Mobile had worked hard along with the Rabobank team to bring back the breakaway of Freddy Bichot (Agritubel) and Marco Marcato (Team L.P.R), but their work resulted in only a 9th place finish by Roger Hammond. "Mark crashed around two kilometres from the line," said T-Mobile Team sporting director Tristan Hoffman on the team's website, www.t-mobile-team.com. "Fortunately, he wasn't injured but the chance had gone."
"These things happen," continued Hoffman. "The most important things was that Mark was uninjured." The team will have few opportunities to win with the season drawing to a close next week, but Hoffman was happy with its performance despite the crash. "The team were impressive in the chase and in driving the bunch to the finish. That is great to see from the lads at the end of a long season.
Courtesy Cyclingnews.com
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racyrich2
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Second today behind Steegmans in a bunch finish. Allan Davis 3rd.
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mho
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| Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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strike 2... 
1 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick.Step - Innergetic 4.34.20 (46.979 km/h)
2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team |
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hed
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| Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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| maybe we could let him win the british cyclocros title or national hill climb. would that count? |
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mho
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| Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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| hed wrote: |
| maybe we could let him win the british cyclocros title or national hill climb. would that count? |
I'm sure a revolution could be arranged!  |
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Patrick
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| Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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he won today  |
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De Rosa
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| Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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| he won today |
Beating Streegmans and McEwen!
Have to say that Steegmans has really come on this year as well. How old is he? |
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Café Racer
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Sorry to be a spoiler but I have received the following info:
Petacchi turned pro in 1996 and didn't win anything till 1998.
McEwen's official site has him turning pro in 1996 and clocking 10
wins that year. Even if you don't count the GP Fremantle, as it
probably wasn't a UCI pro race, that's more than eight.
Eddy Merckx also seems to have won nine pro races in his first pro
year, which makes Cavendish's record all the more impressive.
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mho
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Well done to Cav. I think that will be his road win account finished and that will be a remarkable debut season. 
Of course if he pulls off Tours I'm sure we will all be delighted and gobsmaked at the same time. |
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mho
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| Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:42 am Post subject: |
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| I've just seen that T-Mobile have finished for the season to comply with the Pro Tour charter so no Paris-Tours. |
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Chris Sidwells
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| Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:27 am Post subject: |
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| Freddy Maertens won 14 races in his first full pro year (1973), although he was a pro for 1 month, October, the previous year. |
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Rich Hill
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| Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:31 am Post subject: |
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| mho wrote: |
| I've just seen that T-Mobile have finished for the season to comply with the Pro Tour charter so no Paris-Tours. |
I thought Cav wanted to do a ride in the Falling Leaves - or have we just had that???
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Pablo
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| Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 12:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Rich Hill wrote: |
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| I've just seen that T-Mobile have finished for the season to comply with the Pro Tour charter so no Paris-Tours. |
I thought Cav wanted to do a ride in the Falling Leaves - or have we just had that??? |
I think Lombardy is 13 days away.
T-Mob have had 2 positives and Pro Tour rules apparently require you to miss the next Pro-Tour event after the last positive test/admission.
Not sure why they have to miss both Paris Tours and Lombardy though.
Either way. An unprecedented and magnificent season for Cav.
11 out of 10. |
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Flap
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| Rich Hill wrote: |
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| I've just seen that T-Mobile have finished for the season to comply with the Pro Tour charter so no Paris-Tours. |
Not sure why they have to miss both Paris Tours and Lombardy though.
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Have you lot got any idea how much it costs to fill an Audi team car !!!??
they can't afford the petrol.
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German
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| Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Pablo wrote: |
T-Mob have had 2 positives and Pro Tour rules apparently require you to miss the next Pro-Tour event after the last positive test/admission.
Not sure why they have to miss both Paris Tours and Lombardy though.
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the ethics code says that you suspend racing for a week starting at the next pro tour race. paris tours is on the 14th so they would be able to race again on the 21st but lombardy is on the 20th |
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