I have seen cycling publications writing about this. I do not know if they are super, super, duper, desperate for a news angle or what gives. Every time this comes up, It makes me want to barf, trying to in some way compare Cav to Merckx. I mean how many climbing stages has Mark ever won. O Oh, that's right he can't even make the time cut anymore. How many times has Cav held the yellow jersey, (1) let alone take it all the way to Paris? (O) Has Cav ever held the Yellow jersey, green jersey and pocca dotted at the same time, like Mercks did in '69. not. I'm just sayin' just comparing stage wins does not even come close to them being comparable.