GC Big Guns in Monuments 1999-2015

[Mayofan]

Hey, with Pogacar doing His Thing

What do U think, could the GC Winners of old give the Classic Guys a Run for their Money If they tried.

Armstrong
I guess with a good Peak, winning, Liege, Flandern and Lombard could be possible.

Ullrich
With His talent, could He have won every Race? If they shape would be there, WHO knows.

Pantani
Well Liege and Lombard, in Giro98/99 Form , He could have give IT a try.

Evans
He Had Potential ...


Contador
Same as pantani

Froome
See above

Nibali
For me, a clear Cut Favorite for the 5 Monument Guy, the way He Rode 2015 Tour Stage, even PRBwas possible If He tried offen enough. Sadly, GT where his Focus ..

Valverde
Doubt PRB, but Flandern He would have been among the best.


More thoughts

 

[Anderis]

Valverde
Doubt PSR, but Flandern He would have eben among the best.

PSR = Paris - San Remo?

 

[Mayofan]

Roubaix ,

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Don't see how Ullrich has a chance at MSR, Roubaix is a far shot, depending how comfortable he was on cobbles (maybe actually decent given that he grew up in the GDR).
Sort of agree on the others but in plenty of cases it really comes with a lot of ifs.
Good old Vino should've done more, he was such a good all-rounder.

 

[Monte Serra]

Armstrong
I guess with a good Peak, winning, Liege, Flandern and Lombard could be possible.

Armstrong was twice 2nd in Liège, in 94 and 96. He never rode Lombardia for some reason, probably because he rarely raced in autumn during his top years. He was never really competitive in Flanders. In 2005 he had a young Tom Boonen as babysitter, but still didn't make it into top 20. He did come close to winning Amstel, coming 2nd in both 1999 and 2001.

 

[Berniece]

Evans
He Had Potential ...

If you can become world champion on that profile you can win liege and Lombardia

 

[Scarponi]

If you can become world champion on that profile you can win liege and Lombardia

Wins at Flèche , the strade stage in Giro plus WC. If he focused on classic could have won a couple maybe

 

[Netserk]

Top-10s of (future) GT winners in Milano - Sanremo in that period:

3rd, Nibali (2012)
4th, Garzelli (1999)
6th, Scarponi (2011)
7th, Garzelli (2000)
7th, Garzelli (2006)
8th, Nibali (2011)

Top-10s of (future) GT winners in Ronde van Vlaanderen in that period:

8th, Thomas (2014)
10th, Thomas (2011)

Top-10s of (future) GT winners in Paris - Roubaix in that period:

7th, Thomas (2014)

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

He was never really competitive in Flanders. In 2005 he had a young Tom Boonen as babysitter, but still didn't make it into top 20.

He did finish 28th in in 2005, last man in the group that finished from 13th, with Hincapie in the group ahead.

Young Tom Boonen was not on babysitting duties, he was riding for QuickStep and won the race.

 

[Monte Serra]

He did finish 28th in in 2005, last man in the group that finished from 13th, with Hincapie in the group ahead.

Young Tom Boonen was not on babysitting duties, he was riding for QuickStep and won the race.

Ah yes, of course. Good correction. Meant the 2002 edition, when Boonen was still riding for US Postal.

 

[rallybanana]

He did finish 28th in in 2005, last man in the group that finished from 13th, with Hincapie in the group ahead.

Young Tom Boonen was not on babysitting duties, he was riding for QuickStep and won the race.

Second case of fake babysitting news this week

 

[rallybanana]

Contador
Same as pantani

There was an in-depth analysis of Contador's one-day race potential in a previous thread. It went as far as suggesting he should have been a serious Milan-Sanremo contender

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