Male Cyclist of the year (2014)?

[Afrank]

Best: Contador
Most consistent/performed throughout the season: Valverde
Biggest single performance/race: Nibali
Honourable mentions to: Gerrans & Kristoff.

Agree with all these.

 

[Catwhoorg]

I'm not especially a fan of his, but Alberto gets my nod.

Just pips Valverde due to the quality of his wins.

 

[jaylew]

How Terpstra and is not on this poll is beyond me. He was the rider of the spring. He performed extremely well in every race he targeted. Top 6 in every cobbled race he participated in this spring:

Omploop 5th
Dwars 1st
E3 2nd
RVV 6th
De Panne 4th
Roubaix 1st

Plus won Qatar.

I'd also have Canc in there. He podiumed 3 monuments for chrissakes! Not that I'd have him 1st but he should be in the poll.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

How Terpstra and is not on this poll is beyond me. He was the rider of the spring. He performed extremely well in every race he targeted. Top 6 in every cobbled race he participated in this spring:

Omploop 5th
Dwars 1st
E3 2nd
RVV 6th
De Panne 4th
Roubaix 1st

Plus won Qatar.

I'd also have Canc in there. He podiumed 3 monuments for chrissakes! Not that I'd have him 1st but he should be in the poll.

Yep, Terpstra and Cancellara should be in the poll.
I would drop Degenkolb and Tony Martin instead.

 

[Bushman]

Ha, a good one.

I guess I'm putting a lot of weight on the best GT of the year, thus whoever and how he wins it, will automatically be the best cyclist of the year. It's just this year it happened to have been Nibali. As fate would have it

a.k.a. an independent observer

I guess Oscar Pereiro was the cyclist of the year in 2006 then

 

[Netserk]

How Terpstra and is not on this poll is beyond me. He was the rider of the spring. He performed extremely well in every race he targeted. Top 6 in every cobbled race he participated in this spring:

Omploop 5th
Dwars 1st
E3 2nd
RVV 6th
De Panne 4th
Roubaix 1st

Plus won Qatar.

I'd also have Canc in there. He podiumed 3 monuments for chrissakes! Not that I'd have him 1st but he should be in the poll.

But Tony martin won two stages in the Tour and a Vuelta stage!!!11!

 

[cineteq]

I guess Oscar Pereiro was the cyclist of the year in 2006 then

No. You missed the "how he wins it" in my comment.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

But Tony martin won two stages in the Tour and a Vuelta stage!!!11!

A single monument will always beat 3 stages in GTs.

 

[Netserk]

No. You missed the "how he wins it" in my comment.

I agree. Clearly Landis was the best cyclist in 2006.

 

[jaylew]

But Tony martin won two stages in the Tour and a Vuelta stage!!!11!

No kidding. Where's Majka?

 

[Echoes]

1 Cancellara
2 Terpstra
3 Stybar
4 Vanmarcke
5 Nys
6 Van Avermaet
7 Debusschere
8 Van der Haar
9 Van der Poel
10 Degenkolb

 

[sagard]

Easily Nibali. He won the big race.

Love to see Kristoff or Kwia recognized, but I'm guessing they stick with the best GC performance.

 

[GoodTimes]

Easily Nibali. He won the big race.

Love to see Kristoff or Kwia recognized, but I'm guessing they stick with the best GC performance.

Phwah.

In your opinion is the winner of the TDF always rider of the year?

 

[Arredondo]

But Tony martin won two stages in the Tour and a Vuelta stage!!!11!

It's Paris-Roubaix. PARIS-ROUBAIX!

For me, it is:

1. Contador
2. Valverde
3. Kristoff

Nibali not in the top 3 because he rode **** anything outside the Tour.

 

[LaFlorecita]

It's Paris-Roubaix. PARIS-ROUBAIX!

For me, it is:

1. Contador
2. Valverde
3. Kristoff

Nibali not in the top 3 because he rode **** anything outside the Tour.

for me probably

1 Alberto
2 Piti
3 Gerrans
4 Kwiatek
5 Kristoff

but last 3 very close to each other

 

[Jspear]

Easily Nibali. He won the big race.

Love to see Kristoff or Kwia recognized, but I'm guessing they stick with the best GC performance.

The question was not who won the "biggest race" of the year. The question was who is the male cyclist of the YEAR. Nibali performed WAY below other riders like AC and Valverde throughout the year as a whole.

 

[burning]

1 Cancellara
2 Terpstra
3 Stybar
4 Vanmarcke
5 Nys
6 Van Avermaet
7 Debusschere
8 Van der Haar
9 Van der Poel
10 Degenkolb

I don't get it how you left out Kristoff and possibly Dan Martin? Both of them won a classic.

 

[Echoes]

It's Paris-Roubaix. PARIS-ROUBAIX!

Yet you don't even nominate any Roubaisian in your top3. So I don't think you realize how hard that race is...

 

[sagard]

Phwah.

In your opinion is the winner of the TDF always rider of the year?

Nope. But if the award is to be given to a GC rider and many riders build their season around the TDF, I give it to that winner. Contador had a great season and was fantastic at La Vuela. While Tinkov would never trade Contador for Nibali, I bet he'd trade winning La Vuelta and some week long stage races for le Tour every year.

You obviously don't like it, and I wish there was a dominant classics rider this year to give it to. But in the end I say it's Nibali. Contador and maybe Valverde are just as deserving, but I don't think they win.

 

[Arredondo]

for me probably

1 Alberto
2 Piti
3 Gerrans
4 Kwiatek
5 Kristoff

but last 3 very close to each other

I chose Kristoff above Gerrans because the last one annoys me too much as a rider

But indeed hard pick, all three guys had a terrific season.

 

[BigMac]

Why not simply an 'other' option. As it stands, sorry but I'm not voting.

 

[BigMac]

1 Cancellara
2 Terpstra
3 Stybar
4 Vanmarcke
5 Nys
6 Van Avermaet
7 Debusschere
8 Van der Haar
9 Van der Poel
10 Degenkolb

Good list is good.

 

[BigMac]

Omg, yeah, but like, mine won a GT!!!!!

Yeah, lul, mine 2 lol.

Yeah but mine won the bestest 1!!!! *wets pants*

Lol fkn fanboy lol, mine won it better lol shut up.!!! lol

 

[LaFlorecita]

Good list is good.

get a room you two

 

[DFA123]

I went for Kwiat. Based on pure results, Contador and Valverde were probably the best two (as the rankings suggest), but their performances were only a bit better than par given their ability. Same with Nibali and Quintana - a GT and nothing else is only slightly above par for them.

Kwiat won (imo) the second biggest race of the year and won it in real style, as well as taking the most watchable classic and lighting up several other races. Much more than you would have expected of him at the start of the year.