Best rider on every PT team.

[Libertine Seguros]

• Ag2r-La Mondiale - Riblon
• Astana - Vinokourov
• BMC Racing Team - Evans
• Euskaltel-Euskadi - Sánchez
• Garmin-Cervélo - Hushovd
• HTC-Highroad - Cavendish
• Lampre-ISD - Cunego
• Leopard Trek - Cancellara
• Liquigas-Cannondale - Szmyd
• Omega Pharma-Lotto - Gilbert
• Quick Step - Boonen
• Rabobank - Sánchez
• Team Katusha - Purito
• Team Movistar - Soler
• Team RadioShack - Machado
• Team Saxo Bank-SunGard - Contador
• Team Sky - Urán
• Vacansoleil-DCM - Leukemans

 

[The Hitch]

I'm a bit surprised I was the first to name Farrar as Garmin-Cervelo's best rider. I would've thought that one was obvious.

 

[ingsve]

Some though desicions here. Most have riders that or on their way up and others on the way down so it's hard to go on just past achievements. Though some choices are very obvious. Radioshack was a pain to choose.

• Ag2r-La Mondiale - Nico Roche
• Astana - Vinokourov
• BMC Racing Team - Cadel Evans
• Euskaltel-Euskadi - Samu Sanchez
• Garmin-Cervélo - Thur Hushovd
• HTC-Highroad - Mark Cavendish
• Lampre-ISD - Damiano Cunego
• Leopard Trek - Cancellara
• Liquigas-Cannondale - Nibali
• Omega Pharma-Lotto - Gilbert
• Quick Step - Tom Boonen
• Rabobank - Gesink
• Team Katusha - Rodrigues
• Team Movistar - Tondo
• Team RadioShack - Brajkovic
• Team Saxo Bank-SunGard - Contador
• Team Sky - Boasson Hagen
• Vacansoleil-DCM - Leukemans

 

[hrotha]

OH MY GOD

Weve all forgoten the most obvious choice

• Liquigas-Cannondale - Peter Sagan

I'm trying my best to stay off the hypewagon, although I know I risk being left behind when it sets off.

 

[The Hitch]

• Rabobank - Oscar Freire (won MSR & PT last year, can't ignore it)

WTF

I only picked Freire myself to troll you

And now you flip it on its head.

Your getting good at not taking the bait

 

[Mambo95]

i am surprised people are putting thor and farrar above haussler tbh

Haussler's talented, for sure. But on palmares over the last couple of years (particularly wins), he's clearly below both of them.

 

[Moondance]

Meh... He's not going to get many wins for them this year. Farrar will.

 

[Met de Versnelling]

Ag2r-La Mondiale - Nico Roche
Astana - Vino
BMC Racing Team - Cadel Evans
Euskaltel-Euskadi - Little Amets
Garmin-Cervélo - Thor
HTC-Highroad - Mark Cavendish
Lampre-ISD - Damino Cunego
Leopard Trek - A.Schleck
Liquigas-Cannondale - Basso
Omega Pharma-Lotto - Gilbert
Quick Step - Sylvain Chavanel
Rabobank - Oscarito
Team Katusha - Rodriguez
Team Movistar - Tondo
Team RadioShack - Michal Kwiatkowski
Team Saxo Bank-SunGard - Porte - (If we discount Bertie)
Team Sky - Rigo' Uran
Vacansoleil-DCM - Crazy Johnny

Some of these are on the basis of they happen to be one of my favourite riders (Little Amets, aaaah, how i love you so <3 ), and there's also a bit of future potantial involved in them , Kwiatkowski and Uran for example. Garmin's a bloomin' hard one to choose, went for Thor cause he's been awesome for longer than the others!

 

[Moncoutie]

Ag2r-La Mondiale - Roche
Astana - Vino
BMC Racing Team - Evans
Euskaltel-Euskadi - Sanchez
Garmin-Cervélo - Hushovd
HTC-Highroad - Cavendish
Lampre-ISD - Scarponi
Leopard Trek - Cancellara
Liquigas-Cannondale - Basso
Omega Pharma-Lotto - Gilbert
Quick Step - Boonen
Rabobank - Gesink
Team Katusha - Rodriguez
Team Movistar - Soler
Team RadioShack - Brajkovic
Team Saxo Bank-SunGard - Contador
Team Sky - EBH
Vacansoleil-DCM - Mosquera

 

[The Hitch]

If you are hardcore

• Acqua & Sapone
• Androni Giocattoli
• Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne
• Colnago - CSF Inox
• Europcar
• Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
• FDJ
• Geox - TMC
• Saur - Sojasun
• Skil - Shimano
• Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis

 

[El Pistolero]

• Ag2r-La Mondiale: Roche
• Astana: Vinokourov
• BMC Racing Team: Greg van Avermaet(just kidding, Cuddles)
• Euskaltel-Euskadi: Samu
• Garmin-Cervélo: Thor Hushovd
• HTC-Highroad: Cavendish
• Lampre-ISD: Petacchi?
• Leopard Trek: Fabian Cancellara
• Liquigas-Cannondale: Ivan Basso
• Omega Pharma-Lotto: Philippe Gilbert
• Quick Step: Tom Boonen
• Rabobank: Oscar Freire
• Team Katusha: Joaquim Rodriguez/Kolobnev
• Team Movistar: Soler
• Team RadioShack: Brajkovic
• Team Saxo Bank-SunGard; Alberto Contador
• Team Sky: Juan Antonio Flecha
• Vacansoleil-DCM: Bjorn Leukemans

 

[The Hitch]

• Acqua & Sapone - Stefano
• Androni Giocattoli - José Rujano
• Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne - King David
• Colnago - CSF Inox - Domenico Pozzovivo
• Europcar - Tommy V
• Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli - Giovani
• FDJ - Yauheni
• Geox - TMC - The Pope
• Saur - Sojasun - Jerome Coppel
• Skil - Shimano - Kenny Van Hummel
• Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis - Efimkin

 

[Parrulo]

Haussler's talented, for sure. But on palmares over the last couple of years (particularly wins), he's clearly below both of them.

he isn't as fast as farrar but he can still do it in bunch sprints, prolly better then thor this days. he is much stronger farrar on the classics and better then thor in M-SR and RVV on P-R and that is still to be confirmed this year imo.

thats why i picked him. but are opinions and saying thor or farrar are the stronger guys is prolly more correct anyway

 

[El Pistolero]

WTF

I only picked Freire myself to troll you

And now you flip it on its head.

Your getting good at not taking the bait

I'm dead serious when I picked Oscar Freire. I thought it was an obvious one.

3 time world champion, 3 time Milan-San Remo winner, Paris-Tours winner vs Tour of Oman?

 

[Winterfold]

Hitch it would seem track cycling majesty counts for nothing with a lot of posters

Wake me up when Uran is a double gold medallist Giro stage winner comes 4th in the Tour green jersey etc

He may well do better in a GT one day but add it all up - not yet or ever. Best implies results provenance not hypothetical.

 

[Mambo95]

Ok, (wiki needed here)

• Acqua & Sapone - Danilo Napolitano (Garzelli, too old)
• Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne - Dave Moncoutie (much as I like Dumoulin)
• Colnago - CSF Inox - Dom Pozzovivo
• Europcar - TV Tommy Voeckler
• Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli - Giovanni Visconti
• FDJ - Sandy Casar
• Geox - TMC - Denis Menchov
• Saur - Sojasun - Jerome Coppel
• Skil - Shimano - Roger Kluge
• Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis - Lazlo Bodrogi

 

[Ferminal]

If you are hardcore

• Acqua & Sapone
• Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne
• Colnago - CSF Inox
• Europcar
• Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
• FDJ
• Geox - TMC
• Saur - Sojasun
• Skil - Shimano
• Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis

Androni Giocattoli?

 

[ingsve]

Hitch it would seem track cycling majesty counts for nothing with a lot of posters

What cyclists do in their spare time as a hobby has nothing to do with how good they are as a cyclist.

 

[Moondance]

• Acqua & Sapone: Stefano Garzelli
• Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne: Rein Taaramae
• Colnago - CSF Inox: Hmmm... very tricky. Based on talent I'll go Sascha Modolo
• Europcar: CHOUCHOU!!!
• Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli: Visconti
• FDJ: Yauheni Hutarovic
• Geox - TMC: Il Papa
• Saur - Sojasun: Jerome Coppel
• Skil - Shimano: Kenny van Hummel
• Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis: Most of these guys I know by name only. Rubens Bertogliati i guess.

 

[Mambo95]

he isn't as fast as farrar but he can still do it in bunch sprints, prolly better then thor this days. he is much stronger farrar on the classics and better then thor in M-SR and RVV on P-R and that is still to be confirmed this year imo.

thats why i picked him. but are opinions and saying thor or farrar are the stronger guys is prolly more correct anyway

This thread's purely about opinions. No right, no wrong. I was just pointing out why some (including me) haven't gone for Haussler. He's hardly a no-brainer choice.

 

[The Hitch]

Androni Giocattoli?

****

They were one of the reasons i nominated some conti teams as well.

I just took the first 11 teams on the conti list on cq and assumed they would be there.

Its not my fault they are getting beat by the likes of United Healthcare.

Ill update the list to include them

What cyclists do in their spare time as a hobby has nothing to do with how good they are as a cyclist.

Nice one

 

[Mambo95]

Flecha hasn't ridden for Rabobank since 2009

He still did a job for them at Omloop Het Whatsit. (only by being slightly too slow).

 

[Havetts]

Hitch, I already had troubles remembering Cancellara was rolling the monuments, dont start about Aqua & Sepone etc.

Way too hard.

 

[The Hitch]

Omloop Het Whatsit. (

lol.

Hitch, I already had troubles remembering Cancellara was rolling the monuments, dont start about Aqua & Sepone etc.

Way too hard.

And you call yourself duch

You dont need to remember too much.

Acqua and Sepone were at both Het Volk and KBK at the weekend, showing off their skills

 

[Havetts]

I only remember Garzelli of that team, they had 6 riders in Omloop and KBK and only time they were on the tv was when they were dropped from the peloton .