Grand Tour Elimination Game ( 2010s )

[Kainabru]

Heal: 2014 Vuelta
Hurt: 2019 Tour

 

[Netserk]

Heal: Giro 2015
Hurt: Vuelta 2012

 

[Koronin]

Heal: Vuelta 2012
Hurt: Giro 2017

 

[Forever The Best]

Heal: 2015 Giro
Hurt: 2017 Vuelta ( it survived long enough imo )

 

[skidmark]

Heal: 2019 Tour
Hurt: 2017 Vuelta

It has been long enough for the 2017 Vuelta. Thanks for the memories Contador.

2019 Tour I'm still working out my feelings for that one. The start of the third week, I had a spring in my step, anticipating the most exciting finish of that race since I started watching it. Then, Pinot's unfathomable abandon and the truncated stage(s) abruptly cutting off the drama just took the air out of it. Still, I think it's better as a whole than several that are still around.

 

[Netserk]

Heal: 2019 Vuelta
Hurt: 2015 Tour

 

[SafeBet]

Heal: 2019 Tour
Hurt: 2012 Vuelta

 

[Red Rick]

Yeah the 2017 was Un Ano Mas and nothing else.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Heal: 2011 Giro
Hurt: 2016 Giro

 

[Põhja Konn]

Heal: Vuelta 2016
Hurt: Vuelta 2019

 

[Koronin]

Heal: Vuelta 2019
Hurt: Giro 2018

 

[Forever The Best]

Heal: 2012 Vuelta
Hurt: 2017 Giro ( in stages 18, 19 and 20 we had action with a long way to go but it did not continue due to stage design, stages 18 and 20 especially were sooo frustrating to watch )

 

[skidmark]

Heal: 2010 Giro
Hurt: 2019 Vuelta

 

[gregrowlerson]

Interesting to note that all 5 Contador victories from this decade are not only surviving, but thriving; holding down 5 of the top 10 spots.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Heal: 2015 Tour.
Hurt: 2019 Vuelta.

 

[SafeBet]

Interesting to note that all 5 Contador victories from this decade are not only surviving, but thriving; holding down 5 of the top 10 spots.

It's the nostalmagia effect. Very common among sport fans.

 

[Red Rick]

Heal: Giro 2017
Hurt: Tour 2019

 

[Red Rick]

It's the nostalmagia effect. Very common among sport fans.

Except for the part that all his 5 GT wins were legit exciting and dramatic races.

If this were about 2000-2019 and the 2009 Tour finished Sky high then I think there's a big argument.

 

[tobydawq]

Except for the part that all his 5 GT wins were legit exciting and dramatic races.

If this were about 2000-2019 and the 2009 Tour finished Sky high then I think there's a big argument.

The 2014 Vuelta and 2010 Tour weren't pqrticularly good, though, yet they're still thriving for some reason.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Except for the part that all his 5 GT wins were legit exciting and dramatic races.

If this were about 2000-2019 and the 2009 Tour finished Sky high then I think there's a big argument.

Yes and no. Was the 2011 Giro exciting? Certainly not from a gc (race not being in the bag) perspective.

And Contador was in control of the 2015 Giro for the most part, except for some panic moments on the final main mountain. This is rather comparable to Froome/Quintana at the 2015 Tour.

If you put Froome into doing what Contador did, many on here would say, "Oh, he only won it in the time trial, there was no panache."

Disclaimer: Contador fighting back against adversity on the Mortirolo was very exciting and dramatic.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Well that 2014 Vuelta was the greatly anticipated Froome/Contador confrontation that we missed seeing at that year's Tour, and it was fairly close between the two. And Andy was kind of a case of not missing someone until their gone. Plus Tourmalet was pretty epic with those two.

 

[SafeBet]

2012 Vuelta was unexciting and undramatic until Fuente De. It was basically Purito and Valverde outsprinting themselves and Contador on muritos for 2 weeks and Degenkolb winning every stage in between. Not even the long ITT produced meaningful gaps.

But then Fuente De happened and all of that was suddenly forgotten.

 

[gregrowlerson]

2012 Vuelta was unexciting and undramatic until Fuente De. It was basically Purito and Valverde outsprinting themselves and Contador on muritos for 2 weeks and Degenkolb winning every stage in between. Not even the long ITT produced meaningful gaps.

But then Fuente De happened and all of that was suddenly forgotten.

The Vuelta version of the 2011 Tour?

Except that Schleck didn't win.

 

[Gigs_98]

Heal: Tour 2015
Hurt: Tour 2019

Genuinely think 2015 was quite a lot better

 

[SafeBet]

The Vuelta version of the 2011 Tour?

Kind of.