1) No he hasn'tDFA123 said:And Oscar Pereiro has won the biggest race in cycling, so was better than Sean Kelly, right?
2) Has he won the same number of GTs as SK just better ones and won more monuments than SK? No he hasn't.
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1) No he hasn'tDFA123 said:And Oscar Pereiro has won the biggest race in cycling, so was better than Sean Kelly, right?
Netserk said:1) No he hasn't
2) Has he won the same number of GTs as SK just better ones and won more monuments than SK? No he hasn't.
Netserk said:Cunego has a better GT and more monument wins than Valverde. 'Nuff said.
Netserk said:Why should a rider of Valverde's status be proud of losses?
Obviously palmarès only consists of wins.
You're wasting your time. Netserk thinks only overall wins in 9 races are important.Angliru said:Seems a waste to totally disregard the 3 weeks of suffering involved in all of those podium placements in the Vuelta and attempts to contend at the Tour, 1 week in big stage races and the single day events he suffered through making the podiums. Not to mention the training time it took to build the form to reach those podiums all because he didn't actually win. I would think that he's proud of the efforts he put in at every one of those events, as is most every rider. A rider's palmares is not just his victories. IMO of course.
Interesting points, I just don't agree with some of them. I tend to agree with you on the races that are important, but I place a lot more value on 2nd at the Tour, Worlds, Paris-Roubaix, etc...than you do.Zinoviev Letter said:Palmares includes good losses only if you are distinguishing between minor riders. At the top end - which is clearly where Valverde belongs - only wins matter. Valverde is too high up the ladder for third places to move him significantly. That's not an anti-Valverde attitude. It's an attitude that assumes he belongs with the top tier.
Meaningful results aren't just the "big nine" races (3GTs, 5 monuments, WC). Down the scale they also include, although with a lesser weight, the big non monument classics, the biggest one week races and GT stages. This year Valverde has out of all of those races Flèche and, if you are feeling generous, a second win in San Sebastián. Other wins are important for riders that aren't multiple winners of big races. They are a big deal for a Sonny Colbrelli or a Sam Bennett. They aren't important for a guy who has won the Vuelta and LBL twice.
nobilis said:Interesting article on velochrono (maybe a bit OT) where they did a fictitious ranking of the World Cup that disappeared after 2004 for the UCI ProTour and that used to include 9 1-day races (but with some changes, they replaced the GP Zurich with the Flèche Wallonne). Valverde would be comfortably ahead of Kristoff and Cancellara, with Gerrans just out of the podium, just to show again the consistency of Valverde throughout the year, just for the big 1-day races.
I really miss pro cycling before the ProTour / World Tour era
http://www.velochrono.fr/actu/2014/coupe-du-monde-le-double-pour-valverde/
nobilis said:Interesting article on velochrono (maybe a bit OT) where they did a fictitious ranking of the World Cup that disappeared after 2004 for the UCI ProTour and that used to include 9 1-day races (but with some changes, they replaced the GP Zurich with the Flèche Wallonne). Valverde would be comfortably ahead of Kristoff and Cancellara, with Gerrans just out of the podium, just to show again the consistency of Valverde throughout the year, just for the big 1-day races.
I really miss pro cycling before the ProTour / World Tour era
http://www.velochrono.fr/actu/2014/coupe-du-monde-le-double-pour-valverde/
jaylew said:You're wasting your time. Netserk thinks only overall wins in 9 races are important.
Mellow Velo said:Thanks for this.
Love it or hate it, the old World Cup jersey carried far more credibility than any tried on since.
Valverde walks away with it.
DFA123 said:Yes, Cunego is another good all-rounder; I agree that he is very much under-rated, probably because he has had years where he has been off the radar. I guess you could throw Vino in there as well (GT, 2xLBL* and an Olympics is pretty handy).
All of those guys though seemed to get their results during a 4 year spell. Valverde has been strongly competitive in pretty much every race he has targeted for over 10 years (albeit with a 2 year break!).
Zinoviev Letter said:Also, it should be said in this context that Purito is a massive under achiever.
Well, the 2009 Vuelta field also wasn't that great, only Valverde and Sammy had that race as a their main goal and peaked only for the Vuelta and 2009 Evans wasn't that great.Arredondo said:But back in 2004, the Giro was no more then a Italian party with some good, but rather poor GC contenders (Cioni, Popovych, Valjavec etc.).
Mayomaniac said:Well, the 2009 Vuelta field also wasn't that great, only Valverde and Sammy had that race as a their main goal and peaked only for the Vuelta and 2009 Evans wasn't that great.
Zinoviev Letter said:Palmares includes good losses only if you are distinguishing between minor riders. At the top end - which is clearly where Valverde belongs - only wins matter. Valverde is too high up the ladder for third places to move him significantly. That's not an anti-Valverde attitude. It's an attitude that assumes he belongs with the top tier.
Meaningful results aren't just the "big nine" races (3GTs, 5 monuments, WC). Down the scale they also include, although with a lesser weight, the big non monument classics, the biggest one week races and GT stages. This year Valverde has out of all of those races Flèche and, if you are feeling generous, a second win in San Sebastián. Other wins are important for riders that aren't multiple winners of big races. They are a big deal for a Sonny Colbrelli or a Sam Bennett. They aren't important for a guy who has won the Vuelta and LBL twice.
Netserk said:I guess number of days also don't matter in stage races...
El Pistolero said:G-W is still a classic that 90% of the peloton would love to be able to win. Has anyone asked Degenkolb what his biggest win was this year? Or of his career?
TANK91 said:lol even Cav has won G-W, it is well easy race. Even Cippolini has wonit ill say no more.
TANK91 said:lol even Cav has won G-W, it is well easy race. Even Cippolini has wonit ill say no more.