Best rider on every PT team.

[The Hitch]

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 .

I didnt know tv coverage started that early.

 

[Eric8-A]

AG2R- Nick Roche

Astana- Kreuziger

BMC- Cadel Evans

Euskatel- Sammy Sanchez

Garmin- Zabriskie. Why? He's my favorite rider.

HTC- Alex Rasmussen

Lampre- Pettachi

Liquigas- Vincenzo Nibali

Lotto- Gilbert

Leopard-Trek- Fabio Cancellara

Quickstep- Boonen

Rabobank- Robert Gesink

Katusha- Joaquim Rodriguez. (Do you spell his first name with an "M" or "N" at the end?)

Movistar- Mauricio Soler

Radioshack- Janez Brakjovich

Saxo-Bank- Contador obviously, but I think I'd pick someone else.

Sky- Boasson Hagen

Vasconsoleil- Stijn Devolder

Androni-Giocattoli- Rujano

Cofidis- David Moncoutie

Europcar- Thomas Voeckler

FDJ- Huta

Geox- Menchov

Team Type 1- Kiel Reijnen

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

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

Pff you call that hardcore?

If you are REALLY hardcore:

Azad University Iran
Fuji - Cyclingtime.com
Groupement Sportif Petrolier Algérie
Holy Brother Cycling Team
Konya - Torku Seker Spor - Vivelo
Marco Polo Cycling Team
Seven Stones
Tavira - Prio
Team Energi Fyn
Union Raiffeisen - Radteam Tirol
Vali Asr - Kerman Team

 

[The Hitch]

Pff you call that hardcore?

If you are REALLY hardcore:

Azad University Iran
Fuji - Cyclingtime.com
Groupement Sportif Petrolier Algérie
Holy Brother Cycling Team
Konya - Torku Seker Spor - Vivelo
Marco Polo Cycling Team
Seven Stones
Tavira - Prio
Team Energi Fyn
Union Raiffeisen - Radteam Tirol
Vali Asr - Kerman Team

That was my next step.

I would include Colombia es Passion and call it the Ryo Hazuki division.

 

[Havetts]

Did you just google something like cycling teams east pacifics? Im not even gonna wiki that either .

Anyways, Freire isnt that bad of a choice eventhough he gets old too. Worlds 3 times, 3 times MSR, and recently Paris-Tours, 2 stages in Ruta del Sol.

 

[blaxland]

Ag2r-La Mondial=Roche
Astana=Vino
Bmc Racing Team=Evans
Euskatel-Euskadi=Sanchez
Garmin-Cervelo=Haussler
Htc Highroad=Cavendish
Lampre-Isd=Cunego
Leopard-Trek=Cancellara
Liquigas-Canondale=Sagan
Omega Pharme Lotto=Gilbert
Quickstep=Boonen
Rabobank=Gesink
Team Katushe=Rodriguez
Team Movistar=Rojas
Team Radioshak=Brakjovic
Saxo Bank Sungard=Contador
Team Sky=Flecha
Vacansoliel-Dcm=Hoogerland

 

[Eric8-A]

I was going to pick Freire for Rabobank, but mainly my choices were based on the riders that will benefit the team the most in the future.

 

[ttrider]

• Ag2r-La Mondiale - Nico Roche (Quality but if hes your best man you know your a weak team)
• Astana - Vinokourov (Hes still superior to Kreuzinger the perrenial failiure)
• BMC Racing Team - Cadel Evans
• Euskaltel-Euskadi - Samu Sanchez (very close with Anton will probs change after this year)
• Garmin-Cervélo - Dan Martin (Controversial but he is a weapon up hill)
• HTC-Highroad - Tony Martin (Mans a beast...can see him turning into a good gt rider. Cav can sprint but 1 dimensional)
• Lampre-ISD - Scarponi (hes underated as the hitch tells everyone)
• Leopard Trek - Shleck (He may win a GT which means hes automatically better than Cancellara)
• Liquigas-Cannondale - Basso (Nibali and Basso tough to seperate but Basso still superior)
• Omega Pharma-Lotto - Gilbert (Close with JVDB hes sensational though
• Quick Step - Tom Boonen (No riders that can really climb so joke of a team 50% of the tme)
• Rabobank - Gesink (A mile better than Friere or LLS)
• Team Katusha - Rodrigues
• Team Movistar - Tondo (Hard choice but he scrapes it)
• Team RadioShack - Liephiemer (2 GT podiums)
• Team Saxo Bank-SunGard - Contador
• Team Sky - Boasson Hagen (he wont place in a GT though)
• Vacansoleil-DCM - No one of note

 

[nvpacchi]

ooh fun topic:

• Ag2r-La Mondiale- Roche
• Astana- Vinokourov
• BMC Racing Team- Evans
• Euskaltel-Euskadi- Sanchez
• Garmin-Cervélo- Hushovd
• HTC-Highroad- Cavendish
• Lampre-ISD- Cunego (honorable mention for Hondo)
• Leopard Trek- Cancellara
• Liquigas-Cannondale- Basso
• Omega Pharma-Lotto- Gilbert
• Quick Step- Boonen
• Rabobank- Freire
• Team Katusha- Rodriguez
• Team Movistar- Tondo or Rojas
• Team RadioShack- Brajkovic
• Team Saxo Bank-SunGard- Contador
• Team Sky- Rogers
• Vacansoleil-DCM- Devolder
__________________

• Acqua & Sapone: Garzelli
• Androni: Rodolfo Serpa Perez (until Rujano proves himself again)
• Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne: Moncoutie
• Colnago - CSF Inox: Pozzovivo
• Europcar: Voeckler
• Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli: Visconti
• FDJ: Casar (Offredo soon)
• Geox - TMC: Menchov
• Saur - Sojasun: Coppel
• Skil - Shimano: Kluge
• Team Type 1 - Kocjan (had to google this one)

 

[greatking88]

• Ag2r-La Mondiale - Roche
• Astana- Kreuziger
• BMC Racing Team-Taylor Phinney
• Euskaltel-Euskadi- Samu Sanchez
• Garmin-Cervélo- Dan Martin
• HTC-Highroad- Tejay van Garderen
• Lampre-ISD- Cunego
• Leopard Trek-Fuglsang
• Liquigas-Cannondale- Sagan
• Omega Pharma-Lotto- Gilbert
• Quick Step-Sylvain Chavanel
• Rabobank-Gesink
• Team Katusha-Joaquim Rodríguez
• Team Movistar-Tondo
• Team RadioShack- Philip Deignan
• Team Saxo Bank-SunGard-Contador
• Team Sky- Edvald BH
• Vacansoleil-DCM- Hoogerland

 

[luckyboy]

• Ag2r-La Mondiale - Roche
• Astana - Vino
• BMC Racing Team - Cadel
• Euskaltel-Euskadi - Samu
• Garmin-Cervélo - Thor
• HTC-Highroad - Cav
• Lampre-ISD - Cunego
• Leopard Trek - Canc
• Liquigas-Cannondale - Basso
• Omega Pharma-Lotto - Gilbert
• Quick Step - Boonen
• Rabobank - Freire
• Team Katusha - Purito
• Team Movistar - Tondo
• Team RadioShack - Brajkovic
• Team Saxo Bank-SunGard - AC
• Team Sky - EBH
• Vacansoleil-DCM - Devolder


• Acqua & Sapone - Garzelli
• Androni Giocattoli - Rujano
• Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne - Moncoutie
• Colnago - CSF Inox - Pozzovivo
• Europcar - Voeckler
• Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli - Viconti
• FDJ - Casar
• Geox - TMC - Menchov
• Saur - Sojasun - Coppel
• Skil - Shimano - Van Hummel
• Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis - Efimkin

 

[markene2]

• Ag2r-La Mondiale - Roche
• Astana - Vino
• BMC Racing Team - Cadel
• Euskaltel-Euskadi - Anton
• Garmin-Cervélo - Thor
• HTC-Highroad - Cav
• Lampre-ISD - Kashechkin
• Leopard Trek - A.Schleck
• Liquigas-Cannondale - Basso
• Omega Pharma-Lotto - Gilbert
• Quick Step - Boonen
• Rabobank - Gesink
• Team Katusha - Purito
• Team Movistar - Tondo
• Team RadioShack - Brajkovic
• Team Saxo Bank-SunGard - Alberto Contador
• Team Sky - Hagen
• Vacansoleil-DCM - Mosquera

 

[pedaling squares]

• Ag2r - La Mondiale - Roche
• Astana - Vinokourov
• BMC - Evans
• Euskaltel-Euskadi - Sanchez
• Garmin - Cervélo - Hushovd. (tough pick over Haussler, but he gets it done)
• HTC - Highroad - Cavendish
• Lampre - Scarponi
• Leopard Trek - Cancellara (LT's palmares drop drastically without him)
• Liquigas - Basso
• Omega Pharma-Lotto - Gilbert
• Quickstep - Boonen
• Rabobank - Freire (another tough choice over Gesink)
• Katusha - Rodriguez
• Movistar - Tondo
• RadioShack - Brajkovic
• Saxo Bank-SunGard - Dertie Bertie
• Sky - EBH (ok that was a tough pick over Flecha, roll on hype train)
• Vacansoleil - Devolder

• Geox - Menchov
beyond that I have to use outside sources so what's the point?

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Nice topic

Bmc- cuddles
Htc- cav
Astana - vino
Ag2r- Roche
Garmin- haussler
Euskatel- Samu
Lampre- Scarponi
Leopard- Spartacus
Liqui- Sagan
Omega- Gilbert
Q/step- boonen
Rabo - gesink
Katusha- jrod
Movistar- tondo
Radio- brajkovic
Saxo - ac
Sky - ebh
Vasc- devolder
A&S- garzelli
Cofidos-moncoutie
Colnago- pozzovivo
Europcar- voekler
Farnesi- Visconti
Fdj- huta
Geox- menchov
Skil- kluge
Saur- coppel
Androni- rujano

 

[Ryaguas]

Ok I just read your post and inmediatly quoted... I dont want to see the other answers! lets see my choices...


• Ag2r-La Mondiale - Nico Roche
• Astana - Vino
• BMC Racing Team - Cuddles
• Euskaltel-Euskadi - Samu
• Garmin-Cervélo - Tyler
• HTC-Highroad - Das Panzerwagen (Dont want to pick Manxman)
• Lampre-ISD - Il Principe (Damn it... this was hard!)
• Leopard Trek - the c0cky c0cky
• Liquigas-Cannondale - Ivan
• Omega Pharma-Lotto - Gilbert
• Quick Step - Tomeke
• Rabobank - Freire
• Team Katusha - Purito
• Team Movistar - Soler
• Team RadioShack - Tiago
• Team Saxo Bank-SunGard - The Great One
• Team Sky - EBH
• Vacansoleil-DCM - Leukemans

 

[jaylew]

Seems like most people are picking based on current talent + potential and not caring much about palmares. How else can you explain people picking Brajkovic for RS or Scarponi over Petacchi and Cunego?

It seems like that's always the issue with questions like this - current talent vs. resume.

 

[Ryaguas]

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

I didnt expect this... You always complains about Freire and Devolder

• BMC Racing Team - Alessandro Ballan
• HTC-Highroad - Goss
• Rabobank - LLS

Interesting picks

• Ag2r-La Mondiale - Riblon
• Liquigas-Cannondale - Szmyd

Didnt expect Riblon but Szmyd yes

Team Movistar=Menchoz

wait w00t?

Totally love this post!!! Now lets see how I do it with the next round!

 

[Ryaguas]

• Acqua & Sapone - Garzelli... He's still riding right??
• Androni Giocattoli - Rujano
• Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne - Moncoutie
• Colnago - CSF Inox - Pozzovivo
• Europcar - ahhhh La ligue! Voeckler!
• Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli - Visconti
• FDJ - Hutarovich
• Geox - TMC - Menchov
• Saur - Sojasun - Coppel
• Skil - Shimano - Kenny "Caveman" Van Hummel
• Team Type 1 - Dont know anyone here

 

[kease7]

My 2 pence worth

• Ag2r-La Mondiale - Nic Roche
• Astana - Vino
• BMC Racing Team - Cadel
• Euskaltel-Euskadi - Sammy
• Garmin-Cervélo - Thor
• HTC-Highroad - Cav
• Lampre-ISD - Cunego
• Leopard Trek - Fab
• Liquigas-Cannondale - Nibali
• Omega Pharma-Lotto - Gilbert
• Quick Step - Boonen
• Rabobank - Oscar Freire
• Team Katusha - Joa Rod
• Team Movistar - Tondo
• Team RadioShack - Levi (but who cares about this team)
• Team Saxo Bank-SunGard - Contadope
• Team Sky - EBH
• Vacansoleil-DCM - Devolder

 

[blaxland]

I didnt expect this... You always complains about Freire and Devolder



Interesting picks



Didnt expect Riblon but Szmyd yes



wait w00t?

Totally love this post!!! Now lets see how I do it with the next round!

My mistake i meant Rojas not Menchov......

 

[Ryaguas]

Seems like most people are picking based on current talent + potential and not caring much about palmares. How else can you explain people picking Brajkovic for RS or Scarponi over Petacchi and Cunego?

It seems like that's always the issue with questions like this - current talent vs. resume.

Mine was a mix between palmares/Talent and If I like the guy... also the ability to get results... that's why I took Tyler over Thor... Soler over Tondo is cuz I like Soler... EBH over Wiggins cuz EBH always get results... Vino over Roman the same... Tiago over Jani or the old guard for Talent... Freire over Gesink for Palmares... The c0cky c0ck over pricklet for Palmares and in no way I'm going to pick pricklet...

some examples

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

I based mine on current ability, and how I think they will fare this coming season.
If it was close, I gave it to the guy with the better palmares (with the exception of cunego, he was probably the toughest choice.)

 

[Jukebox]

• Ag2r-La Mondiale - Roche
• Astana- Vino
• BMC Racing Team - Evans
• Euskaltel-Euskadi - Samu
• Garmin-Cervélo- Haussler
• HTC-Highroad- Mark Cavendish
• Lampre-ISD- Cunego
• Leopard Trek - Cancellara
• Liquigas-Cannondale - Basso
• Omega Pharma-Lotto - Gilbert
• Quick Step- Boonen
• Rabobank- Gesink
• Team Katusha - Rodriguez
• Team Movistar - Tondo
• Team RadioShack - Machado
• Team Saxo Bank-SunGard - Contador
• Team Sky - EBH
• Vacansoleil-DCM - Leukemans

I based mine off of who I think will have the best season this year (cq wise), thus being the best rider

 

[pedaling squares]

Seems like most people are picking based on current talent + potential and not caring much about palmares.

Yeah, that's how I did it. Who is more likely to win today, or if more than one rider on the team can win, who can win in more ways? I probably should still have gone with Leipheimer, but I just couldn't do it.

 

[Ferminal]

Mine was a mix between palmares/Talent and If I like the guy... also the ability to get results... that's why I took Tyler over Thor... Soler over Tondo is cuz I like Soler... EBH over Wiggins cuz EBH always get results... Vino over Roman the same... Tiago over Jani or the old guard for Talent... Freire over Gesink for Palmares... The c0cky c0ck over pricklet for Palmares and in no way I'm going to pick pricklet...

some examples

That's the thing, you can pick whoever you want based on whatever justification you want to come up with. Then completely contradict yourself with the next one.

Ballan > Evans because he's won a monument
Goss > Cavendish because he's better in one dayers (completely overlooking the fact that monument > all in my previous answer!)
Janez > Old guys because he's done much better than them recently
Sagan > GT winners because he gets more wins

Just a bit of fun