Favorites

[Merckx]

Hey, figured I'd start a quiz in here so everyone can get to know each other! Feel free to add more questions as well, I'll update my post as new categories are added.

Favorite Rider: Alejandro Valverde, Andy Schleck, Alberto Contador, Manx Express, Fabian Cancellara, Tom Boonen
Favorite Team: Caisse d'Epargne
Favorite Race: TDF, Ronde van Vlaanderen
Favorite cycling moment: Armstrong's victory on Luz Ardiden in 2003.
Favorite cycling specialization: Time Trial, Mountains
Favorite climb: Mt. Ventoux

 

[titan_90]

Favorite Riders: Alejandro Valverde, Davide Rebellin, Gilberto Simoni, Fabian Cancellara
Favorite Races: Giro, The Classics

 

[R. Förster]

Favorite Rider: Robert Förster, Heinrich Haussler, Fabian Wegmann, Davide Rebelin
Favorite Team: MILRAM, Cervélo, BMC, Diquigiovanni
Favorite Race: TDF, Paris-Nice, World Championship
Favorite cycling moment: Fabian Wegmann's win of the GP Miguel Indurain
Favorite cycling specialization: Time Trail, Hills, Sprint
Favorite climb: L'Alpe-D'Huez

 

[R. Förster]

Favorite rider: Robert Förster, Heinrich Haussler, Fabian Wegmann, Davide Rebelin, Markus Fothen
Favorite Team: MILRAM, Cervélo, BMC, Diquigioovanni

 

[nightfend]

Favorite Rider: Mark Cavendish, Sven Nys, Levi Leipheimer
Favorite Team: Columbia
Favorite Race: TdF and Roubaix
Favorite cycling moment: Maybe Vino dominating Stage 13 and 15 of the TdF in 2007 while heavily bandaged with injuries. Worst moment a few days later when he tests positive.
Favorite cycling specialization: Mountain top finishes (climbing stages)
Favorite climb: Probably Huez. So much tradition.

 

[Big Ring]

Favorite Rider: Dan Martin, Nicholas Roche, Dan Fleeman, Stuart O'Grady.
Favorite Team: Garmin.
Favorite Race: TDF, Paris Roubaix.
Favorite cycling moment: Javier Ochoa and Armstrong on Hautacam 2000.
Favorite cycling specialization: Mountains
Favorite climb: Col de Tourmalet.

 

[Halvor]

Favorite Rider: If only one rider, Arvesen.
Favorite Team: Saxo Bank and Euskaltel.
Favorite Race: TDF, P-R
Favorite cycling moment: Stage 11 TdF 2008 when K.A.Arvesen won
Favorite cycling specialization: Mountains
Favorite climb: Cime de la Bonette, Galibier

 

[ak-zaaf]

Favorite Rider: Andy Schleck, LL Sanchez, Koen de Kort, David Boucher
Favorite Team: None in particular
Favorite Race: Ronde van Vlaanderen, Liege - Bastogne - Liege, World Championships
Favorite cycling moment: Olano's flat-tire world championship, Erik Dekker's Paris-Tours win, everything VDB did in 1999.
Favorite cycling specialization: Baroudeur, Hill Classics, Cobbles
Favorite climb: Muur van Geraardsbegren, Mur de Huy, Mt. Ventoux, Mortirolo

 

[broomwagonman]

Favourites

Favourite riders: Armstrong, Cavendish, Sastre
Favourite Female Rider: Nicole Cooke
Favourite Team: Columbia
Favourite race: Paris Roubaix, Tour de France, LOmbardy
Favourite cycling moment:Being a VIP in the teams/technical area at Prologue TT in London. Shaking hands with Carlos Sastre after the teams lap of honour in Paris last year
Favourite female cycling moment: Nicole Cooke winning the World RR championship in 2008
Favorite cycling specialization MOuntains
Favourite climb Ventoux

 

[perico]

Favorite Riders: Christian Vandevelde, Alberto Contador... I pretty much like everyone, don't have any I root against
Favorite Past Riders: Pedro Delgado (the undisputed no. 1), followed by Andy Hampsten, Bobby Julich

Favorite Team: Garmin
Favorite Race: Giro and Tour
Favorite cycling moment: Too many to think of, really. Delgado's TdF victory in 1988 comes to mind
Favorite specialization: mountains and TT's
Favorite climb: The Angliru, Luz Ardiden (why don't they use it more often?), Alpe d'heuz

 

[Goodland]

Favorite Riders: Thor Hushovd, Carlos Sastre, Alberto Contador
Favorite Teams: Cervelo, Saxo Bank (CSC)
Favorie cycling moment: Contador and Rasmussen attacking and counter-attacking on Plateau de Beille in 2007 TdF

 

[tifosa]

Ah, come on now, cyclists are like ice cream: too many types to pick absolute favorites. So, I'll lump mine all together: Hinault, Tafi, Cavendish, Bettini, Freire, Simoni, O'Grady. Right now, anyone else for me would be an "also ran".

 

[Mr. Gipsy]

Favorite Rider: R. DeVlaeminck, H. Kuiper, B. Hinault, E. Zabel
Favorite Team: T.I. Raleigh, Bianchi-Piaggio
Favorite Race: Milan San Remo
Favorite cycling moment: Joop Z. winning the worlds in 1985, H. Kuiper winning San Remo in 1985
Favorite climb: Alpe d'Huez

 

[Bluebeard]

Favorite Riders: Past:Kelly, Le Mond, Hinault, Moser. Present: Fabian Cancellara, Sylvain Chavanel
Favorite Teams: Past:: Skil Kas (superb jersey, pretty decent team leader) Present: Bouygues Telecom, Cervelo
Favorite Races: Giro d'Italia & TDF, Paris Nice, Ronde van Vlaanderen
Favorite cycling moment: Roche just behind Delgado, La Plagne, 1987; Kelly wins Paris Roubaix in 1986; Pantani on Les Duex Alpes in 1998; Cancellara almost clawing back the break in the recent Olympics
Favorite cycling specialization: Mountains; lumpy "Transition" stages / classics ripe for long breaks
Favorite climb: Alpe d'Huez

 

[Angliru]

Favorite riders: Federico Bahamontes, Miguel Indurain, Pedro Delgado, Greg Lemond, Laurant Fignon, Merckx, Hinault, Valverde, Freire, Bettini, Cipo, Simoni, Sammie Sanchez, Iban Mayo, Pantani, Ullrich,Voigt,Lucho Herera, Sean Kelly, Charlie Mottet
....and Tyler is at the top of my LEAST favorite riders!
Team(s): Caisse D'Epargne, Reynolds, Cervelo Test, Euskatel Euskadi
Races: LBL and Fleche Wallone, Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix
Moments:That "little sh*t starter" Pantani attacking early in one of the stages of the 2000 TDF, causing Armstrong to contact the infamous Dr. Ferari to determine if Pantani could maintain his effort, ultimately resulting in Pantani getting caught and dropped and due to his raging blood lust, Armstrong bonks and loses minutes to Ullrich and others. Armstrong's victory on Luz Ardiden in 2003 after the mussette crash incident. Ahh the good times!
Favorite cycling specialization:The climbers;summit finishes; steep uphill climbs to the finish
Favorite climb:Of course the Angliru, Zoncolon, Mur de Huy, Alpe d'Huez, Mount Ventoux, Courcheval

 

[53x11 in DC]

Going with time continuums for my list, bolding my all-time favorites, trying to avoid the drugs conversation ( ), even though I list some tainted ones.


Favorite Riders: Zoetemelk, Lemond, Kelly, Abdou, Museeuw, Hincapie, Armstrong, Boonen, Van de Velde

Favorite Teams: Past:: Raleigh/TI, La Vie Claire, 7-11/Hoonved, Panasonic, USPS, Mapei/GB, USPS, Quick Step

Favorite Races: TdF, Ronde van Vlaanderen, P-R, Giro d'Italia, Het Volk/Nieuwsblad (a signal the classics are coming!!)

Favorite (live) cycling moment: Tour de Trump, 1990, Baltimore, MD; Oude Kwaremont, Het Volk, 1997; Sestrieres, 1999, TdF; Champs Elysees, 2000; Alpe d'Huez TT, 2004; my first race, the Tour de Lowell, 1989.

Favorite cycling moment: Lemond/Hinault 1986; Lemond/Fignon 1989; Mapei's various 1-2-3's in the classics; Hautacam 2000; seeing a cyclist as Sports Illustrated's "Sportsman of the Year", 1989/90 (legitimized our sport here in the States, to a large degree); Simoni/Cunego intrasquad Giro battle; god, so many great memories

Favorite cycling specialization: Sprint

Favorite climbs: Mt. Washington, Alpe d'Huez, Mt. Ventoux

 

[lookkg386]

Favorite Rider: Stuart O'Grady, Lance, Bobby Julich, Mick Rogers, JaJa.
Favorite Team: CSC, old school ONCE!
Favorite Race: TDF, Tour Downunder, Milan- San Remo
Favorite cycling moment: Lance vs Pantani - any climb!, O'Grady winning Paris-Roubaix.
Favorite cycling specialization: Big climbs, Team Time trial is great to watch.
Favorite climb: Ventoux

 

[Anonymous]

Favorite Riders: Rominger, Tchmil, LeMond, Fignon, Museeuw, Hamsten, Hincape, Tinker Juarez, Dave Z, Chavanel
Favorite Team: Garmin
Favorite Races: Roubaix by far, but I also like LBL, TdF, Giro, Ronde, Amstel,
Favorite cycling moment: Museeuw winning P-R in 2000, Fignon winning stage 11 of the 1992 TdF and Hamsten winning Alpe d'Huez in the same year.
Favorite cycling specialization: Cobbles, Mountains
Favorite climb: Mur de Huy

 

[Merckx]

Good lists so far, it's cool to see the diversity in the choices.

 

[53x11 in DC]

Good lists so far, it's cool to see the diversity in the choices.

Great thread, Merckx - well done.

 

[Merckx]

Thanks =D Bit of a change of pace from some of the other doping threads which keep sprouting up. I know the forums are new, but I think the mods should probably delete the obvious troll threads (instead of letting them evolve into heated arguments). Everyone knows doping was (and still probably is) a problem in the sport, there is no need to bring it up in every single cycling conversation..

 

[lookkg386]

Doping, doping doping..........blah blah, will probably have its own thread anyway..

 

[Merckx]

I'd rather have a separate subforum for doping (although it would definitely get ugly), if only to keep the main one clear of that kind of trash.

 

[umfundisii]

Everyone knows doping was (and still probably is) a problem in the sport, there is no need to bring it up in every single cycling conversation..

Amen and hear hear!

Favorites: Ekimov - one of the toughest riders ever.
Julich - loves the sport and it shows
Voekler - his yellow jersey preserving rides in the Tour a few years ago and the huge smile on his face when he knew he was successful - like a kid in a candyshop.

 

[mr. tibbs]

Favorite Rider: Boonen, Cancellara, Ballan, Gilbert
Favorite Team: Cofidis
Favorite Race: Milan San Remo, Flanders, Paris roubaix, TDF
Favorite cycling moment: 2008's Roubaix finish
Favorite cycling specialization: Classics
Favorite climb: The Koppenburg

Looks like I've made a spring specific list. Post this thread in the summer and it'll probably look different.