Gesink for finishing his first 3 races all on the podium (1st in Oman, 2nd in Tirreno and 3rd in Basque Country)
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Timmy-loves-Rabo said:jrod's season is overrated. His season was bad before a couple weeks ago, he said so himself.
And his 2 2nd place results were nothing in comparison to the way canc. took his podiums.
anyway the stand outs;
Gilbert- for obvious reasons
Sparatacus- excellent form and showing in the spring. deserved more.
Alberto Contador - Looked liked his old self.
Scarponi- been excellent in most races he has participated in.
Goss- Great early season.
Voeckler- best start to the season he has ever had, mighty impressive.
Kloden- brilliant spring.
Some honorable mentions;
tondo, kririyenka, jrod, gesink (for his results more then his performance) and some of the youngsters... degenkolb, matthews, guardini etc.
Uran's father was killed when he was 14/15, no?Ryo Hazuki said:gilbert
duarte
uran (his father had passed away and he hadn't touched his bike for a week and finished 5th in lbl 2 weeks later is f'n amazing)
duarte
cancellara
scarponi
kririyenka
tondo
sella
serpa
voeckler
Duartista said:Apparently Matt Rendell did a kind of mini biographical film about Uran recently, interviewing him and people in his village, and has been trying to sell the footage, so far unsuccessfully. Hopefully it will see the light of day eventually.
El Pistolero said:His second and third placings are probably 10 times less exciting than how Jrod took them. The only thing Gesink has been "impressive" at is his tting. Other then that I find him a huge disappointment. But hey, his dad died, so I'll cut him some slack.
I think Jrod had a great season so far. What he did before Pais Vasco doesn't really matter much. They're either small races or races he can never win anyway(like the course of this year's P-N). Remember, he was out of Catalunya because of an injury. Not really his fault.
Jrod is probably the opposite this season of Gesink. His climbing has been good so far, but his tting seems as worse or even worser than last year.
Thanks. Very nice story.Duartista said:According to what I've heard/read before, it was his father, also called Rigoberto Uran, who was shot 3 months after Rigoberto jr won his first race. See this link for example: http://www.elpais.com/articulo/deportes/campeon/nacido/violencia/elpepidep/20080317elpepidep_27/Tes.
Apparently Matt Rendell did a kind of mini biographical film about Uran recently, interviewing him and people in his village, and has been trying to sell the footage, so far unsuccessfully. Hopefully it will see the light of day eventually.
Libertine Seguros said:Mehdi Sohrabi
Duartista said:According to what I've heard/read before, it was his father, also called Rigoberto Uran, who was shot 3 months after Rigoberto jr won his first race. See this link for example: http://www.elpais.com/articulo/deportes/campeon/nacido/violencia/elpepidep/20080317elpepidep_27/Tes.
Apparently Matt Rendell did a kind of mini biographical film about Uran recently, interviewing him and people in his village, and has been trying to sell the footage, so far unsuccessfully. Hopefully it will see the light of day eventually.
boomcie said:Oh, I thought we were not supposed to include made-up riders. In that case:
Carl Pastryshop
Karl-Hanz Strunthauser
Jean-Babtiste Levieuxcanard
Kees HondenrectumMuhammed Bahdcyhclist
And many more.
boomcie said:Oh, I thought we were not supposed to include made-up riders. In that case:
Carl Pastryshop
Karl-Hanz Strunthauser
Jean-Babtiste Levieuxcanard
Kees Hondenrectum
Muhammed Bahdcyhclist
And many more.
Libertine Seguros said:I know you jest, but nobody can match Sohrabi's win/loss record this season. Or even come close.