Leadership Styles of GC riders

[enrecul]

Would love to hear what people's opinions are in terms of behind closed doors leadership styles of the various GC contenders and how they treat their teammates and how their team mates see them. My tuppence worth..

Wiggins: probably seen as queen wiggo with egg shells strewn all around him
Contador: probably a good guy but tough
Cuddles: eccentric, hard to fathom
Nibbles: fun to be around
Froome: decent guy but possibly uninspiring
Schleck: oh dear
Rodriguez: disorganised but inspiring

 

[burning]

He's not a GC leader but I think the best leader would be Freire

Being his dom should be really hard

 

[ingsve]

Based on his whining when he was forced to ride for Wiggins instead of his own chances I wouldn't call Froome a decent guy. I view him as somewhat of an A-hole.

 

[oldcrank]

Nibbles: fun to be around

Unless you look in his direction after a stage when his break
away attempt was easily reeled in, or you use a power meter
or you 'hide' during the Tour of Oman.

 

[wwabbit]

Based on his whining when he was forced to ride for Wiggins instead of his own chances I wouldn't call Froome a decent guy. I view him as somewhat of an A-hole.

What whining? Please provide source. (No, his b!tch's tweets don't count)

 

[trevim]

He's not a GC leader but I think the best leader would be Freire

Being his dom should be really hard

Yeah you need to make sure he doesn't forget the shoes, the bike, the route, the finish line.... Hard job indeed

 

[The Hitch]

Twas Wiggins who whined that froome, who had been forced to give up his season for queen wigo, didn't do enough and that he felt hurt by froomes behaviour. This despite the fact that froome was his personal slave in that tour and gave up his best chance at tdf glory never breathing a word about his loss.

froome also had to watch thousands of mysoginistic Wiggins fanboys on the internet rip apart his gf for daring to voice an opinion.(something these people think women have no right to)

I think someone has to be some sort of a sociopath to see froome as the ******* in that equation.

Which when we remember previous comments from this poster about hoping certain cyclists break their legs so they have to sit out a few seasons, we know this poster is.

 

[SafeBet]

Would love to hear what people's opinions are in terms of behind closed doors leadership styles of the various GC contenders and how they treat their teammates and how their team mates see them. My tuppence worth..

Wiggins: probably seen as queen wiggo with egg shells strewn all around him
Contador: probably a good guy but tough
Cuddles: eccentric, hard to fathom
Nibbles: fun to be around
Froome: decent guy but possibly uninspiring
Schleck: oh dear
Rodriguez: disorganised but inspiring

I think Berto is very easygoing.

 

[LaFlorecita]

I have not heard a single (ex) teammate but Lance say anything bad about Alberto, and even Lance seems to have softened a bit judging by what he tweeted during Vuelta

 

[cineteq]

I like Contador and Valverde's style. Their knowledge of bike racing and their personality make them great leaders.

Nibali looks like a solid leader.

Neither Sky rider is a good leader. They have a lot to learn.

Evans is knowledgeable, but he hasn't really had good teams. His personality could be a problem on decisive situations.

Rodriguez is good with teammates, but he lacks good decision making at times.

 

[King Boonen]

Surely everyone wanted to ride for Vino?

 

[ingsve]

What whining? Please provide source. (No, his b!tch's tweets don't count)

Whining is perhaps not the right word. It's more the way he rides rather than what he says. There was a sense of entitlement in his riding that just rubs me the wrong way.

 

[hfer07]

Wiggins: people say he's funny-in his own British way....
Contador: cool but when is time to work-then is 100% committed
Cuddles: in his own world
Nibbles: going with the mood-but a bit serious.
Froome: seems cool too.
Schleck: when has he been leader?
Rodriguez: All his ex & current teammates agree: The funniest guy ever-always joking & having laughs
Samu: cool & carefree apparently...

 

[webbie146]

I have not heard a single (ex) teammate but Lance say anything bad about Alberto, and even Lance seems to have softened a bit judging by what he tweeted during Vuelta

What did Armstrong tweet about Contador during the Vuelta?

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

I do not think anyone could argue that Vino was not the team leader of the decade?
How himself amd Kiser had to slave for Kessiakoff in the high mountians last tour showed what a team player he was, and obviously backed AC through the whole tour 10 even when AC was leaving him.

And it is not like anyone would dare to not do their very best when VIno was at their wheel

 

[LaFlorecita]

What did Armstrong tweet about Contador during the Vuelta?

Lance Armstrong ‏@lancearmstrong
Congratulations @albertocontador on winning #lavuelta in impressive fashion.

 

[SafeBet]

Rodriguez: All his ex & current teammates agree: The funniest guy ever-always joking & having laughs

True.
Even on Twitter he's always joking with other riders.

 

[wooley7]

Twas Wiggins who whined that froome, who had been forced to give up his season for queen wigo, didn't do enough and that he felt hurt by froomes behaviour. This despite the fact that froome was his personal slave in that tour and gave up his best chance at tdf glory never breathing a word about his loss.

froome also had to watch thousands of mysoginistic Wiggins fanboys on the internet rip apart his gf for daring to voice an opinion.(something these people think women have no right to)

I think someone has to be some sort of a sociopath to see froome as the ******* in that equation.

Which when we remember previous comments from this poster about hoping certain cyclists break their legs so they have to sit out a few seasons, we know this poster is.

Really????

 

[trevim]

I have not heard a single (ex) teammate but Lance say anything bad about Alberto, and even Lance seems to have softened a bit judging by what he tweeted during Vuelta

What did Lance say by the way during the Vuelta?

 

[Afrank]

What did Lance say by the way during the Vuelta?

Just congratulated him on his win.

Lance Armstrong ‏@lancearmstrong
Congratulations @albertocontador on winning #lavuelta in impressive fashion.

 

[greenedge]

I wonder what the next generation of GT riders style will be:
Quintana
Talansky
TJVG
Pinot
???

 

[Ripper]

I wonder what the next generation of GT riders style will be:
Quintana
Talansky
TJVG
Pinot
???

You know, I am habving a real touch time getting a read on Talansky or TJVG.

What do others think? I know Phinney is not a GT guy, but he seems really cool and down to earth. Not as sure about Talansky or TJVG. It could just be the quotes they've gotten, but Talansky sounds a bit abbrasive sometimes and TJVG a bit entitled (hope I am wrong on both counts).

 

[Panda Claws]

I wonder what the next generation of GT riders style will be:
Quintana
Talansky
TJVG
Pinot
???

8-12 more years of Froome