Best rider of this year (2012)?

[Angliru]

When talking about who has more wins between the two it's important to note that Cancellara in his first years never considered himself to be a real contender for the cobbled races, he thought just TT's.



Editor-in-chief appears when you have 5 posts or around 5 posts, it doesn't mean anything.

Never noticed that before, or maybe I saw it and didn't think twice about it until today. Thanks!

 

[King Of The Wolds]

Too many Wiggins haters on here.

I'm not sure about that, but if Contador had just won the Tour by 6 mins, an Olympic Gold and utterly dominated everything else he'd entered, this poll would be a landslide.

That really isn't up for debate.

 

[phanatic]

I'm not sure about that, but if Contador had just won the Tour by 6 mins, an Olympic Gold and utterly dominated everything else he'd entered, this poll would be a landslide.

That really isn't up for debate.

If Andy was riding for Contador in the Tour, and a super team riding in front for him in every other race, there would be a lot of mockery.

 

[sbbefc]

If Andy was riding for Contador in the Tour, and a super team riding in front for him in every other race, there would be a lot of mockery.

Wiggins went a whole season without losing a time trial.....

 

[sbbefc]

Supporting Rodriguez is the same as hating Wiggins? What exactly are you "editor-in-chief" of?

This isn't a poll on who you support its who was the best rider this year and thats wiggins without doubt.

 

[Afrank]

Wiggins went a whole season without losing a time trial.....

Couple TT's he didn't win- Stage 2 of Paris-Nice, Prologue of Normandie, Prologue of the Dauphine, Tour Prologue.
And it's no like he had a lot of competition in the TT , did you happen to see what happened to Martin and Cancellara this season.

This isn't a poll on who you support its who was the best rider this year and thats wiggins without doubt.

Some people look at more than just who won the a lot of races.

 

[Pricey_sky]

I'm not sure about that, but if Contador had just won the Tour by 6 mins, an Olympic Gold and utterly dominated everything else he'd entered, this poll would be a landslide.

That really isn't up for debate.

Careful you will start a riot on here putting comments like that

 

[William H]

Wiggins. If Rodriguez had won the Vuelta it would have been close.

 

[The Hitch]

I'm not sure about that, but if Contador had just won the Tour by 6 mins, an Olympic Gold and utterly dominated everything else he'd entered, this poll would be a landslide.

That really isn't up for debate.

And if Jonathan Tiernan Locke had Puritos season, a lot of people mocking the Rodriguez claim now would be firmly behind him

Besides as i recall, in that poll who dont you want to win the TOur from a year back, Contador was pushing Andy down to the wire. ANd like the 2010 TOur they were flying away from everyone else.

 

[Afrank]

I'm not sure about that, but if Contador had just won the Tour by 6 mins, an Olympic Gold and utterly dominated everything else he'd entered, this poll would be a landslide.

That really isn't up for debate.

Contador would never win those races in the same way Wiggins did this year, so it would be a bit different.

 

[The Hitch]

Contador would never win those races in the same way Wiggins did this year, so it would be a bit different.

If Contador won 2 TOur tts by 2 minutes to 5th place each, and an olympic tt i would be quite impressed. Regardless of whether challangers were there or not.

If however Contador won a Tour without Andy Schleck or Chris Froome , by attacking in the last 2k of every mtf, and then went on to win an olympic gold for a tt that went up the Kronplatz, (for which Schleck and Froome are injured) then i would be very disapointed and vote for Joaquim Rodriguez as rider of the year,

 

[Afrank]

If Contador won 2 TOur tts by 2 minutes to 5th place each, and an olympic tt i would be quite impressed. Regardless of whether challangers were there or not.

If however Contador won a Tour without Andy Schleck or Chris Froome , by attacking in the last 2k of every mtf, and then went on to win an olympic gold for a tt that went up the Kronplatz, (for which Schleck and Froome are injured) then i would be very disapointed and vote for Joaquim Rodriguez as rider of the year,

Wiggins won this year by beating everyone else in the TT and having his team pace him up the mountains, if it was Contador that won all the races Wiggins did this year he would most likely have done it by attacking in the mountains and doing well in the TT's. Because Contador would win the races this way I think his victories would be received by the fans differently then Wiggins victories have been received this year.

I do agree with you that just attacking in the last 2k in races without guys like Froome or Schleck, or others would be disappointing, of course Contador has never been one to win races this way.

 

[sbbefc]

Couple TT's he didn't win- Stage 2 of Paris-Nice, Prologue of Normandie, Prologue of the Dauphine, Tour Prologue.
And it's no like he had a lot of competition in the TT , did you happen to see what happened to Martin and Cancellara this season.



Some people look at more than just who won the a lot of races.

He won all the ITTs that were of any notable length

 

[happychappy]

Wiggins has had one of the best seasons ever had by any rider, ever. But my vote goes to JTL. JTL wins everything by default, even if he doesn't win.

 

[Praetor]

Wiggins has had one of the best seasons ever had by any rider, ever.

No, he didn't. He probably wouldn't even make the top 30.

 

[CraZyCaLL]

Wiggins has had one of the best seasons ever had by any rider, ever...

What?

 

[Gloin22]

No, he didn't. He probably wouldn't even make the top 30.

Name them all 30 riders that had much better seasons in history then ....

 

[El Pistolero]

Name them all 30 riders that had much better seasons then ....

It's hard to find a season of Merckx that was worse, so that's already 6-7 seasons. Couple of seasons from Freddy Maertens. Couple of seasons from Anquetil, Indurain, Coppi, Bartali, Stephen Roche, Hinault, etc

 

[cineteq]

Wiggins has had one of the best seasons ever had by any rider, ever. But my vote goes to JTL. JTL wins everything by default, even if he doesn't win.

Gee, you guys keep confusing Wiggins with Sky.

 

[Praetor]

It's hard to find a season of Merckx that was worse, so that's already 6-7 seasons. Couple of seasons from Freddy Maertens. Couple of seasons from Anquetil, Indurain, Coppi, Bartali, Stephen Roche, Hinault, etc

Throw in a couple of seasons for Jalabert, Sean Kelly, Moser, Gimondi, Ocana and a single great season for Fignon, Lemond, Saronni, Janssen, Nencini, Koblet, Kubler, Van Looy.

And Hinault is more than a couple, he probaby also had 5 or 6 that could be considered superior.

 

[raddone]

As I am a sucker for cobbled classics who else but Boonen. 2013 should be awesome with Cancellara returning.

 

[LaFlorecita]

I'm not sure about that, but if Contador had just won the Tour by 6 mins, an Olympic Gold and utterly dominated everything else he'd entered, this poll would be a landslide.

That really isn't up for debate.

Cos Alberto is awesome like that.

 

[mr. tibbs]

Tommeke for me.

 

[Netserk]

Tommeke for me.

+1

 

[Parrulo]

+1

one of the moments of the year. lars boom learning what one get's when he messes with the big boys, iirc he admitted it himself on twitter