CNF Award: Best climber of 2013

[Eshnar]

The best climber of the year! Who? Discuss and if necessary nominate your candidate, if he's not in the poll already.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Nairito Quintana

Honorable mention for Majka

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Horner, easy

 

[the sceptic]

Not sure if Contador deserves to be in the poll

 

[BigMac]

The best climbers of the year were obviously Chris Froome and Nibali. Followed by Quintana, on par with Valverde and Purito.

I'd go back and vote Nibali for best climber of the year because of WC's climbing.
Or is it climbing, like, high mountains only?

 

[Eshnar]

The best climbers of the year were obviously Chris Froome and Nibali. Followed by Quintana, on par with Valverde and Purito.

I'd go back and vote Nibali for best climber of the year because of WC's climbing.
Or is it climbing, like, high mountains only?

Climbing is climbing. Whenever the road goes up, it's a climb

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Froome. Won a handful of MTFs iirc. Often dominant.

 

[Afrank]

Nairito of course, Froome was good as well. But he's no Colombia born super climber.

 

[The Hitch]

lol at all the people putting emotion over judgment and choosing Nairo even though all the world saw on the biggest stage that he was not the best climber.

 

[trevim]

Froome obviously. But I don't like him so I vote Quintana. Hoping next year Velasco comes back to his old self and trash them both.

 

[icefire]

lol at all the people putting emotion over judgment and choosing Nairo even though all the world saw on the biggest stage that he was not the best climber.

Wasn't the biggest stage l'Alpe?

 

[Red Rick]

Not sure if Contador deserves to be in the poll

He´s the biggest legend to have climbed mountains in races this year

But yeah, he probably shouldn´t be in there

 

[Afrank]

lol at all the people putting emotion over judgment and choosing Nairo even though all the world saw on the biggest stage that he was not the best climber.

Pfff, who votes with their head anymore? Besides Quintana's just so much cooler and better looking on the bike then the dawg.

 

[Pippo_San]

Let's vote with our head!
So Nibbles destroyed the Dawg in Tirreno Adriatico & many others at Giro+Vuelta, while the Dawg destroyed Quintana & co. at the Tour.
At the Vuelta Papy Horner destroyed Nibbles & co.

So uhm. Papy Horner is the legendary climber of 2013!

CHAMPAGNE for everyone!

 

[Peter von]

Quintana, he might have lost more time in the Tour MTFs than he gained on Froome, but they started out with different goals and therefore approaches to the race.

Quintana learned a lot from the Ventoux stage, so much so that he managed to turn Jrod into his domestique, now that's impressive.

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

Quintana, he might have lost more time in the Tour MTFs than he gained on Froome [...]

Yeah, not the most relevant of facts. Hard to know for sure who was the best climber in the first two GC-relevant mountain stages, as Quintana attacked from (way) further out. The last two mountain stages, though: no competition... Quintana. Gotta agree with Andy Schleck on this one.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Quintana is a real climber. Froome is a weird alien robot praying mantis thingy.

 

[LaFlorecita]

He´s the biggest legend to have climbed mountains in races this year

But yeah, he probably shouldn´t be in there

Poor guy zero votes I like what trevim said

 

[darwin553]

Froome all the way

 

[Arredondo]

Simple choice really

1. Froome

2. Quintana
3. Purito/Nibali/Horner

 

[The Hitch]

Yeah, not the most relevant of facts. Hard to know for sure who was the best climber in the first two GC-relevant mountain stages, as Quintana attacked from (way) further out. The last two mountain stages, though: no competition... Quintana. Gotta agree with Andy Schleck on this one.

So basically if we neutralize the stages Quintana got beaten by froome on because Quintana attacked from further out (on ventoux merely lower on the climb), but then totally ignore the fact that on the 2 stages Quintana beat froome on froome was sooo far ahead on gc he did not need to do anything but get to the finish line, we reach the conclusion that the flawed line of reasoning was designed to reach.

 

[the sceptic]

Froome>Horner>Quintana

 

[jens_attacks]

then froome

then nairito

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

So basically if we neutralize the stages Quintana got beaten by froome on because Quintana attacked from further out (on ventoux merely lower on the climb), but then totally ignore the fact that on the 2 stages Quintana beat froome on froome was sooo far ahead on gc he did not need to do anything but get to the finish line, we reach the conclusion that the flawed line of reasoning was designed to reach.

Yeah, "merely" much lower on Ventoux ...as if that didn't cost him. Come on. Froome didn't beat him by all that much, considering.

As to the last two mountain stages, it seemed to me that Froome was struggling. Was he acting? I don't know, but I see nothing that would point to that. He announced that he would try and win on Alpe d'Huez, as well, IIRC.

 

[The Hitch]

Yeah, "merely" much lower on Ventoux ...as if that didn't cost him. Come on. Froome didn't beat him by all that much, considering.

As to the last two mountain stages, it seemed to me that Froome was struggling. Was he acting? I don't know, but I see nothing that would point to that. He announced that he would try and win on Alpe d'Huez, as well, IIRC.

Froome also announced that he would try and win the worlds