Polish said:
My favorite clean riders are a studdly bunch also!
(And please, no references to "Horse Teeth, "Iron" shots, or Spanish docs lol.)
1) Super Mario
2) tie - LeMond / Hinault
3) Big Mig
4) Magnus Maximus
5) tie - Wiggins / Cadel
You've been informed some of the riders on your clean list aren't in fact regarded to be squeaky clean. I don't know who Magnus Maximus is, but in my opinion only LeMond is clean on that list. The bottom two are suspcious, enough so that given the cumulative weight of all clinic postings I find it very hard to believe they are naturally good enough they can keep up against what some of the dopers are doing. My list I'll put a
'D' for still doping,
'd' for use to but I think is now clean and a
C for those I'm pretty sure never touched anything other than vitamin C. I'll also try and rank them in sequential order of favouritism.
1. Valverde -
D, he ain't doing anything the others aren't, can do everything well, climb, ITT and sprint. I don't care that he isn't banned world wide, but hate doping, so he must be my favourite
2. Contador -
D, has to be doping because he wins everything he enters, great to watch, classiest rider in the peloton, its a bonus he made Lance his *****
3. LeMond -
C, too young to remember him race, but know enough of how he achieved it and respect him for his efforts to clean cycling and educate, best tour win ever in 89
3. Rasmussen -
d, obviously used, not sure now as he's racing in that Chihuaha thing in Mexico, best climber I've seen and great to see him in a day long breakaway, wasn't surprised he ripped them apart in the 07 TdF, hope he gets a ride so someone can challenge AC in the hills
4. Vinokourov -
d, well he won the chronos des nations, but the competition wasn't that great at the end of season, most attack oriented cyclist I've seen, hope he races the tour next year to animate the race
5. Cunego -
d, this guy exudes class and precision on the bike and rides soo well, shame his team isn't great,
6. Samu -
D, shares that same riding quality that Valverde and Rasmussen have, he can ascend well but adds the descent aspect the other two lack and isn't a tool (ala Ricco), laid back as well
7. Robbie McEwen -
d, like a pitbull, always fighting for a win, I liked the sprints he's won, he had to work for them, Cav has it far too easy these days with 3 lead out men
8. Jens Voight -
d, Mr. Personality. Who doesn't like him?
9. Cancellara -
D, pure power and precision, awesome when in power mode and like lightning downhill
10. Hinault -
d, my favourite French rider, because he loved to race and attacked
11. Andy Schleck -
D, good climber and when in the mood is a serious threat. So glad he and Frank attacked on stage 17 at this years tour, made the 3 week borefest interesting for a day
The sad list of shame. Well many have joined this list recently such as Armstrong and Levi. Levi comes across as a sellout. Use to hope he did well, don't care anymore. Horner can join them. Never grew fond of Basso, don't know why, probably because he just follows (nowadays). Ricco has one of those faces, so does Kohl, didn't like them when they were riding last year before they were caught...but respect Kohl now. Its weird that as an aussie I have more foreigners on my list than aussie riders. There is a reason, I like aggressive, brave and attacking riders, who race. Its good to see Silence Lotto riders doing that...hope they keep it up and are successful, but that is confidence for you.
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