Most overrated (good) rider in the peloton?

[Netserk]

Nominate and discuss.

 

[Red Rick]

On this list it's definitely De Lie for me. He seems to be treated like the next Belgian cobbler but I don't see it at all. Ayuso probably 2nd for me. If you had asked me before the Vuelta last year it would've 100% been Ayuso and I would've been called a troll a million times for saying so

I think most of the other ones are rated quite fairly, or in the case of Roglic and Evenepoel have simply enough naysayers to cancel it out. Pidcock, Pedersen, Skjelmose and Yates simply don't have people acting as if they're hot ***, and van Aert's reputation has come down to earth a bit IMO.

 

[shalgo]

I’m sure this will be a civil and polite discussion.

 

[Netserk]

I’m sure this will be a civil and polite discussion.

I hope it will be fun and heated instead.

 

[tobydawq]

I voted other as I think it's Filippo Ganna.

 

[ppanther92]

Currently or based on the span of the whole career?

 

[Netserk]

Currently.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I know of someone, let's call this person Dominica Vacanze, who would like to nominate an American, two or three Brits, a Slovak, a Belgian, and, if she ever were to exchange her skis for a bike, another American

 

[Red Rick]

I’m sure this will be a civil and polite discussion.

Totally missed the chance to be just go POGACAR in big fat bold red letters in the first reply

 

[topcat]

All of them, but if I had to choose: Pidcock.

 

[Salvarani]

Totally missed the chance to be just go POGACAR in big fat bold red letters in the first reply

Nibali would have been the easiest one if still riding.

 

[Red Rick]

If we take the average of everyo forum member, every not forum member, and @Ilmaestro99 it may just be Fausto Masnada

 

[DNP-Old]

Brb, making an alt account just so I can vote on Roglic twice.

 

[Salvarani]

There is only one rider who is not living up their great "promise" on that list fyi.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Pidcock by a mile.

 

[Red Rick]

Brb, making an alt account just so I can vote on Roglic twice.

Half the cycling world has writting him off as a podium contender after one bad race tho

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Supposedly an all-terrain, watts per kilo monster can't properly distance sprinters on a climb and couldn't drop a 1-ton track bully last year. Teddy by a mile.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Pidcock seems to be consistently overrated by the bookmakers which indicates that he's overrated by the viewers, so I'd go with him.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

On this forum or away from it? If the latter, Pidcock for sure (the De Lie hype is way more restricted to his own country), but on this forum I don't think any of them are thaaat overrated.

 

[Froome]

Clearly Daniel Felipe Martinez.

 

[Slavique Nuke]

Hirschi also needs some love on this topic

 

[Froome]

If we take the average of everyo forum member, every not forum member, and @Ilmaestro99 it may just be Fausto Masnada

It can be Fausto masnada, but at the same time, @Ilmaestro99 is the most underrated member of this forum.

 

[DNP-Old]

Hirschi also needs some love on this topic

Why? Nobody rates him and recognises him as the 1.1 merchant.

 

[Red Rick]

With how the big lack of uncertainty in races these days I actually think there's not that many riders riders who are very over or underrated. Nearly all of the discourse is about the Big 6 too, so normally it would have to be one of them, but I think their reputations have moved a lot to their actual level in the last 12 months.

Similarly, it's probably easier for young riders to be overrated based on overrated future potential, but I kinda think only Ayuso and De Lie really fit this profile, and with how young Pogacar and Evenepoel still are, they're also not really getting the 'will dominate starting next year' treatment.

Then there's a few guys who may fit the definition overrated a while ago but who've since come down in terms of their reputation, like an Almeida for example. Maybe Carlos Rodriguez fits this idea now, given he was considered a near favorite for 3rd at the Tour last year at some point.

There's also some guys who I think may be overrated at this piont but they're actually talked about so little I can't be sure. Like how do people rate dudes like Laporte, Asgreen or Van Baarle at this point in time even. So subtop tier contenders had one hot patch and came down.

 

[topcat]

Roglic can't even win this.