Why not? Was the field worse 7 years ago?
No, but the prestige is increasing rapidly.
Why not? Was the field worse 7 years ago?
Yep, WC, Strade and Lombardia would be very nice end of the seasonSpring isn’t the only prominent place in the calendar. The autumn would be a big improvement over the pre-season for Strade.
Would tak Strade over either and twice on Sunday.Nils Politt, Silvan Dillier, Sebastian Langeveld, Matthew Hayman, Sebastien Turgot, Johan Vansummeren, Maarten Tjallingii aren't exactly the biggest stars of the peloton, yet they managed to end up on the podium of arguably the biggest Monument of all in the last 10 years. So the quality of the field isn't the only parameter of the importance of the race. We must consider history, terrain too, place in the calendar, etc.
In my opinion Strade is up there with the biggest classics, bar Monuments: GW and Amstel, and more important than Fleche, E3 and San Sebastian for example,,,
Why San Sebastian there?
Because i like it.Why San Sebastian there?
in terms of reputation for me: Worlds / OG > Roubaix > Flanders > MSR / Liège > Lombardia > Strade > FW / Amstel / GW > San Sebastian / BP / Omloop > Kuurne / E3
how much I like them: Worlds > OG > Strade > Flanders / Lombardia > Liège > Amstel / San Sebastian > Roubaix / MSR > the others
I'm with this pretty much with minor changes: Liège-Bastogne is my favorite race and so it follows that I would move Fleche Wallone to after Sanremo. And on second thought Roubaix to fourth because it's so singular and weird and kind of only have attrition/fatigue + incidents going for it.For me
Roubaix, Liège, Lombardia, Vlaanderen > Strade > San Sebastian > San Remo, GW, Amstel, E3, FW > others
I have put them in groups. Notice the "," and the ">" so MSR was on the same level as FW.I'm with this pretty much with minor changes: Liège-Bastogne is my favorite race and so it follows that I would move Fleche Wallone to after Sanremo. And on second thought Roubaix to fourth because it's so singular and weird and kind of only have attrition/fatigue + incidents going for it.
Roubaix down there!?!?! How have you managed to wait 15 months to show your true colours???![]()
I thought it was known by now I'm not a Roubaixfan? Thank God you're not a mod and can't ban me.
It's a great race, parcourwise, lots of action throughout... but it's usually for riders I don't care much about.