Male Cyclist of the year (2014)?

[Jspear]

Cancellara was rubbish this year, he didnt have it at PR either.Sagan was dropped after grivko mechanical iirc. (who was riding right in front of him)

He wasn't rubbish. Not as good as say 2010, but he was still good. He had an okay spring season.

My previous post wasn't stated in complete seriousness.

 

[ILovecycling]

He wasn't rubbish. Not as good as say 2010, but he was still good. He had an okay spring season.

My previous post wasn't stated in complete seriousness.

he was mediocre lets say,to his standards...


oh,I see

 

[Peter von]

Contador

He was dominant in Pais Vasco and TA and he was a factor in DL and Catalunya and most important of all, he bounced back from his Tour failure and won the Vuelta.

Quintana was pretty good and if he didn't crash out of the Vuelta, but he did.

Valverde lacks the really big win this year or a podium in the Tour.

 

[lebbegehtweider]

Its between Contador and Valverde. Contador surely has the bigger wins, the Vuelta and some one week stage races (Tirreno, Pais Vasco). Valverde only won FW, San Sebastian, Roma Maxima. Contador further was second in Algarve, Catalunya and the Dauphiné, while Valverde had a bunch of podiums during the saison (2 LBL, 3 Vuelta, 3 worlds, 2 Lombardia) and was fourth in the tour.

Thus Contador has the bigger wins, although its no too impressive though (a really big win was only the Vuelta, which is the clearly least important GT), while Valverde was more consistant through the whole saison (Contador was consistent too, but clearly less than Valverde). Further Valverde gets his results in stage races AND classics. Its reaally close and I can understand if someone comes to a different conclusion, but for me consistence is more important for a "cyclist of the year", thus I choose Valverde.

Behind these two, there are Kwiatkowski and Gerrans, with similar results (Gerrans won LBL, Down Under, 2×Canada and was 2. in the worlds, and 3. in AGR. Kwiatkowski won the worlds and Strade Bianchi, Algarve, was 3. in LBL and FW, and 2. País Vasco.) Results similar but I give a worlds bonus to Kwia.

Nibali won the most important race but was nearly invisible during the rest of the year. This is to little to be the cyclist of the year, but its enough to be in the top 5.

Thus:

1. Valverde
2. Contador

Gap

3. Kwiatkowski
4. Gerrans
5. Nibali

6-10 (in alphabetical order): Froome, Kristoff, Kittel, D. Martin, Quintana.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

6-10 (in alphabetical order): Froome, Kristoff, Kittel, D. Martin, Quintana.

That's not really alphabetical though

 

[lebbegehtweider]

That's not really alphabetical though

I tried it but I failed.

 

[TANK91]

Nibali fans are pathetic, check the stage Contador dropped Nibali, they were like it was part of the plan lol. Nibali was pale white hanging on for dear life. Contador has always had the acceleration even last year, the diff is this year he sustains it. Nibali cannot follow him uphill it is a fact. TDF would have not been a crushing win because the cobbles, but uphill would have been crushing. Contador would still win by over a minute.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Nibali fans are pathetic, check the stage Contador dropped Nibali, they were like it was part of the plan lol. Nibali was pale white hanging on for dear life. Contador has always had the acceleration even last year, the diff is this year he sustains it. Nibali cannot follow him uphill it is a fact. TDF would have not been a crushing win because the cobbles, but uphill would have been crushing. Contador would still win by over a minute.

Be patient, next year Alberto and Froome will put Nibali in his place even after riding il Giro. All this Nibali trolling will come to an end.

 

[TANK91]

LBL does have the hardest field for a classic. The hilly guys and the GC riders ride it. Many riders in Roubaix would not top 20 LBL but most guys in LBL could get top 20 in Roubaix. One rider i think should so Roubaix is Tony Martin, their is no excuse surely with that engine to not be good if Wiggins can im Sure Martin can.

 

[TANK91]

Be patient, next year Alberto and Froome will put Nibali in his place even after riding il Giro. All this Nibali trolling will come to an end.

That would be epic, Nibali would do the Giro 100% if his King Alberto was not riding you can bet that. He has the Aru excuse now though... The TDF winner gets to choose what he does Nibali has just bottle'd it, Nibali basically said he would do both then as soon as Contador says he will do it Nibali starts back tracking. Check his interviews how insecure he is he drops hints like "oh the team really like Aru".

He should just be a man and say he is defending the TDF from start as his is right. You can bet Nibali does not ride the TDF fpr 2-3 years if he lost in July, that is the difference between him and Contador. If Nibali had the 2013 season Alberto had he would not show up at the TDF lol.

 

[Echoes]

Yes, for sure, kid. What did the Liège-Bastogne riders do in Paris-Roubaix? Have you just check?

In 2007, Gilbert raced it for the first and last time, he was 52nd, 9'29" behind O'Grady. That's very close to the top20, indeed. That's when he clearly said it was even harder than a Tour of France. Okay?

In 2009, Rui Costa was 58th 12'12" behind Boonen. Very close, indeed.

Don't even know why I'm responding because you are probably too young to understand.

 

[burning]

Yes, for sure, kid. What did the Liège-Bastogne riders do in Paris-Roubaix? Have you just check?

In 2007, Gilbert raced it for the first and last time, he was 52nd, 9'29" behind O'Grady. That's very close to the top20, indeed. That's when he clearly said it was even harder than a Tour of France. Okay?

In 2009, Rui Costa was 58th 12'12" behind Boonen. Very close, indeed.

Don't even know why I'm responding because you are probably too young to understand.

 

[Miburo]

Yes, for sure, kid. What did the Liège-Bastogne riders do in Paris-Roubaix? Have you just check?

In 2007, Gilbert raced it for the first and last time, he was 52nd, 9'29" behind O'Grady. That's very close to the top20, indeed. That's when he clearly said it was even harder than a Tour of France. Okay?

In 2009, Rui Costa was 58th 12'12" behind Boonen. Very close, indeed.

Don't even know why I'm responding because you are probably too young to understand.

I like those arguments

 

[ILovecycling]

I like those arguments

Agree,pathetic as hell

 

[Dazed and Confused]

One could ask the question: what type of rider is GVA?
In any case I think hes underrated and will bag a couple of big wins or maybe thats too much to hope for.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

LBL does have the hardest field for a classic. The hilly guys and the GC riders ride it. Many riders in Roubaix would not top 20 LBL but most guys in LBL could get top 20 in Roubaix. One rider i think should so Roubaix is Tony Martin, their is no excuse surely with that engine to not be good if Wiggins can im Sure Martin can.

Do you understand the difference between a flat race and a hilly race?

 

[Netserk]

Do you understand the difference between a flat race and a hilly race?

10char. .

Wow so your blaming me because im English im meant to be as good as others sorry dude but im notas intelligent as some and i wont get into why, ok?

 

[TANK91]

What isit it like without the mod power bet it kills you no? Haha saving someones post what a child. Good luck seeing Boonen and Cancellara win LBJ but Wiggins winning Roubaix on the other hand..., Nibali winning RVV on the other hand what is more likely? If Froome and Wiggins full on commited to Roubaix they would destroy Boonen, but i forgot you think Boonen can still win a monumuemt don't you lol, we know you are biast with Tom that is for sure. If Roubaix is so tough how can a man winning a GT compete lol.

 

[Netserk]

1) Learn to read.

2) Learn to argue other people's points, not what you think they might have meant. Quoting is useful.

If you can make an actual argument, I would love to make a counter-argument, but it is hard to argue with someone who fails even the most basic steps of proper argumentation.

 

[TANK91]

1) Learn to read.

2) Learn to argue other people's points, not what you think they might have meant. Quoting is useful.

If you can make an actual argument, I would love to make a counter-argument, but it is hard to argue with someone who fails even the most basic steps of proper argumentation.

lol says you who comes in and brings up posts from ages ago and say's 10chars you did not really think about that did you?.

 

[El Pistolero]

What isit it like without the mod power bet it kills you no? Haha saving someones post what a child. Good luck seeing Boonen and Cancellara win LBJ but Wiggins winning Roubaix on the other hand..., Nibali winning RVV on the other hand what is more likely? If Froome and Wiggins full on commited to Roubaix they would destroy Boonen, but i forgot you think Boonen can still win a monumuemt don't you lol, we know you are biast with Tom that is for sure. If Roubaix is so tough how can a man winning a GT compete lol.

Lmao, Froome and Wiggins could never beat Boonen in his races. Especially not Froome, he wouldn't even make the time limit of Roubaix. Or probably not even finish at all.

Boonen won 7 Monuments, 1 WC, 3 non-monumental classics and countless of semi-classics.

What did Froome ever do in a one day race?

Wiggins only won the Tour because the route suited him to perfection (probably donated a healthy sum of money to ASO) and the competition was pathetically weak. The strongest climber in the race had to work for Wiggins lol. Wiggins is the biggest over achiever in the peloton.

 

[MBotero]

Wiggins only won the Tour because the route suited him to perfection (probably donated a healthy sum of money to ASO) and the competition was pathetically weak. The strongest climber in the race had to work for Wiggins lol. Wiggins is the biggest over achiever in the peloton.

Wiggins won that Tour because he was the best not because the competition was weak.Nibali was there and i would argue that he would have won it even with Contador there.And there is no way Froome would have won that Tour,even if he was allowed to attack him.I really don't get this *** way to downplay performances from some cyclist just because you don't like the guy.

 

[Red Rick]

What did Froome ever do in a one day race?

Ride for a couple of hours, then drop out, but I think I'm proving your point

 

[El Pistolero]

Wiggins won that Tour because he was the best not because the competition was weak.Nibali was there and i would argue that he would have won it even with Contador there.And there is no way Froome would have won that Tour,even if he was allowed to attack him.I really don't get this *** way to downplay performances from some cyclist just because you don't like the guy.

The Tour field was weak, the route was pathetically biased and Wiggo hasn't been able to repeat it since. Why? Because he's not a very good climber at all. Usually the Tour has mountains in it.

I think we all remember the Giro 2013 lol!

 

[MBotero]

The Tour field was weak, the route was pathetically biased and Wiggo hasn't been able to repeat it since. Why? Because he's not a very good climber at all.

Nope he beat the guys who turn up for the race fair and square,not he's problem they looked weak.I could come with this crap in Contador's Vuelta win,who did he beat a Froome who was in"training ride",a tired Valverde after TDF and an out of form Purito,see the analogy?Contador won because he was the best,not he's problem that the others couldn't keep up with him.
Pour Wiggo didn't even get the chance to defend his title so was a bit hard to repeat it.
And about that pathetically biased route i would take it any day above TDF 2015 horror