Greg Van Avermaet - Rank him against these 9 riders!

[Asero831]

Let's talk about GVA
Still below Boonen, Cancellara, Contador, Valverde, Nibali, Gilbert, Sagan, Evans, Rebellin, Cavendish, Purito, Pettachi , and Cunego, but he is getting up there with the legends of the sport

From PCS:

Here's mine:
1. Froome
2. Quintana
3. GVA
4. Kwiatkowski
5. Kristoff
6. Degenkolb
7. T. Martin
8. D. Martin
9. Greipel
10. Gerrans

 

[Velolover2]

GVA is more legendary than Kristoff and Degenkolb to me. It's not always about winning. It's about the way he is racing.

GVA is a REAL racer. Kristoff/Degenkolb are occasionally racers.

 

[Red Rick]

Behind Froome and Quintana, and ahead of the rest. Frankly I think none of them are even close

 

[Laplaz]

1. Froome
2. Quintana
3. GVA
4. Degenkolb
5. Kristoff
6. Kwiatkowski
7. Martin
1737383. Gerrans

 

[Screecher]

GVA will become a legend when he wins a monument. I don´t think there´s any point in ranking him anywhere until then.

 

[Asero831]

As good as Froome and Quintana are, their palmares is not yet that deep. Even Purito have a deeper resume that those two
Cunego is an interesting case. Is he a legend?

 

[Gigs_98]

I really think we should wait for two weeks before we rank him, because these two weeks might change a lot.

 

[PremierAndrew]

Kwiat is so much younger and has a monument + worlds compared to GVA's Olympic Gold

Also what are Evans Rebellin Purito Pettachi and Cunego doing in that opening paragraph

 

[Asero831]

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Also what are Evans Rebellin Purito Pettachi and Cunego doing in that opening paragraph

Those are the riders with deeper resume than Froome or GVA.. Still not sure with Cunego but PCS rank him higher than Froome

 

[DFA123]

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Also what are Evans Rebellin Purito Pettachi and Cunego doing in that opening paragraph

Those are the riders with deeper resume than Froome or GVA.. Still not sure with Cunego but PCS rank him higher than Froome

Surely no-one ranks what Cunego, Rebellin or Pettachi have achieved above what Froome has done. Even Italians.

 

[Red Rick]

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Also what are Evans Rebellin Purito Pettachi and Cunego doing in that opening paragraph

Those are the riders with deeper resume than Froome or GVA.. Still not sure with Cunego but PCS rank him higher than Froome

Surely no-one ranks what Cunego, Rebellin or Pettachi have achieved above what Froome has done. Even Italians.

Depends on who wants to trigger who

 

[El Pistolero]

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Kwiat is so much younger and has a monument + worlds compared to GVA's Olympic Gold

Also what are Evans Rebellin Purito Pettachi and Cunego doing in that opening paragraph

Cunego was also very young when he won the Giro and Lombardia. Look at him now. Hasn't won a decent race since 2008 (age 27).

 

[SHAD0W93]

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Kwiat is so much younger and has a monument + worlds compared to GVA's Olympic Gold

Also what are Evans Rebellin Purito Pettachi and Cunego doing in that opening paragraph

Cunego was also very young when he won the Giro and Lombardia. Look at him now. Hasn't won a decent race since 2008 (age 27).

Though he did get mugged pretty good by Levi. Still can't believe that happened or he lost the Mountain's jersey last year.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

GVA has some way to go before he can be considered a legend. Must close 2-3 monuments first imo.
But during the waiting time, I will enjoy him racing full on in almost every event he enters.
Chapeau Greg.

 

[Breh]

Why would you compare GVA to Froome/Quintana?

 

[Valv.Piti]

Champ. Omloop, E-3 and G-W, the 3 biggest cobbled races apart from the monuments. All won in a sprint in a little group after a super hard race. I like his golden glasses.

3rd on this list.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

GVA is nowhere near legend status. If he wins RVV and PR this year as well, his season will become legendary for sure though.

 

[Mr.White]

Froome is 2 levels above, Quintana one, others are close

 

[Echoes]

He's probably the least of them all in terms of raw talent but the most competitive one.

 

[hfer07]

GVA is a great rider -like him a lot and he's likely to win a couple monuments


..but quite frankly I don't get that ranking at all if the comparison isn't among equals - IOW how can you rank GVA against Quintana, when each rider has specific goals & styles???

compare apples with apples

 

[More Strides than Rides]

Don't want to compare him to Sagan?

 

[The Hegelian]

Yep, RVV will answer this question

It's only one year since he changed from being a nearly man.

It's one thing to have red hot form, another to convert that into big wins, still another to convert that into the biggest win(s). GVA still has to do it on the biggest stage. And that's Belgium, not South America.

Reminds me a lot of Sagan last year: so many fails when it really, really mattered most.....but then, one big win in WC's and then in the stripes, smashing Cancellera in that last little tt to finish RVV. Enough time for everyone to bear witness: this is the moment where he truly arrives.

GVA still awaiting this moment.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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Yep, RVV will answer this question

It's only one year since he changed from being a nearly man.

It's one thing to have red hot form, another to convert that into big wins, still another to convert that into the biggest win(s). GVA still has to do it on the biggest stage. And that's Belgium, not South America.

Reminds me a lot of Sagan last year: so many fails when it really, really mattered most.....but then, one big win in WC's and then in the stripes, smashing Cancellera in that last little tt to finish RVV. Enough time for everyone to bear witness: this is the moment where he truly arrives.

GVA still awaiting this moment.

Since when is the olympics not the "biggest stage" just because it's not raced in Belgium? The prestige of the olympics is the same regardless of geography.

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

Just curious why you're comparing him to Froome and Quintana, who aren't great comparisons, but not Contador or Valverde, and not Sagan.

 

[Piesk8]

Van Avermaet is quite hold. I think it his hard to compare him now, how long will he last? A year or two maximum I think.