Most surprising win of 2015

[LaFlorecita]

Sagan winning Tour of Cali

 

[Anderis]

Bialoblocki winning ITT at the WT level (Tour de Pologne) beats all mentioned by far.

 

[Breh]

Bialoblocki ITT win in Poland
Keisse winning the last stage in the Giro
Dumoulin winning Cumbre Del Sol
GVA winning a tdf stage

 

[gunara]

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Bialoblocki winning ITT at the WT level (Tour de Pologne) beats all mentioned by far.

Yes yes. I hesitated to vote because none of the options stood out. But this was the one that made me jump wtf, maybe because I just didn't know he's that good and didn't care about his trade team.

 

[kirbygasm]

Greipel winning 4 stages in the tour. No one saw that coming!

 

[Arredondo]

Where's Dumoulin's stage win on Cumbre del Sol?

It was by far the biggest surprise of the season. Way more then the options in the list.

 

[DBotero]

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Where's Dumoulin's stage win on Cumbre del Sol?

It was by far the biggest surprise of the season. Way more then the options in the list.

+1 Nothing comes close to that.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

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Where's Dumoulin's stage win on Cumbre del Sol?

It was by far the biggest surprise of the season. Way more then the options in the list.

+1 Nothing comes close to that.

Surprising before the start of the Vuelta sure but he'd already dropped Quintana a couple of times by that point

 

[MatParker117]

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Where's Dumoulin's stage win on Cumbre del Sol?

It was by far the biggest surprise of the season. Way more then the options in the list.

I completely forgot about it, that's where it is.

 

[TommyGun]

Zakarin winning Romandie? I remember the outrage that came with this victory!

 

[jsem94]

Dumoulin Cumbre del Sol for sure.

 

[Oliver]

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Zakarin winning Romandie? I remember the outrage that came with this victory!

Good one!

 

[djpbaltimore]

I voted for Kiryienka in the WC ITT. That is usually one of the most predictable races in the entire season, but this year the whole event was shocking to follow. Runner-up vote goes to Sagan in Cali (Another 2nd place for his palmares!).

 

[WildspokeJoe]

Kiryienka. The whole podium was a big surprise. How many years has Martin been on the podium? Rohan was a animal in the TTT and just won Tour of Colorado. And Dumoulin was a beast at the Vuelta. They all finished over 1 minute down.

 

[DBotero]

1 Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) 0:56:25.52
2 Tony Martin (Germany) 0:00:26.23
3 Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands) 0:00:40.64
4 Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus) 0:00:47.92
5 Rohan Dennis (Australia) 0:00:57.74
6 Adriano Malori (Italy) 0:01:11.62

Considering this i don't see how Kiryenka win is such a big surprise.The fact that the 3 favorites didn't lived to the expectations from different motives moved him on the top place.

 

[SeriousSam]

It's rather odd that Dennis, Martin and Dumoulin would not only finish closely together but all be a minute off.

 

[Andre.J]

Froome winning The Tour

 

[IndianCyclist]

1 Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) 0:56:25.52
2 Tony Martin (Germany) 0:00:26.23
3 Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands) 0:00:40.64
4 Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus) 0:00:47.92
5 Rohan Dennis (Australia) 0:00:57.74
6 Adriano Malori (Italy) 0:01:11.62

Considering this i don't see how Kiryenka win is such a big surprise.The fact that the 3 favorites didn't lived to the expectations from different motives moved him on the top place.

Agree if the top 3 are not performing then the podium will have the next best. So not so much of surprise although if Bialoblocki had won, it would explode the forum

 

[Arredondo]

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Where's Dumoulin's stage win on Cumbre del Sol?

It was by far the biggest surprise of the season. Way more then the options in the list.

+1 Nothing comes close to that.

Surprising before the start of the Vuelta sure but he'd already dropped Quintana a couple of times by that point

It's not about Quintana. He's not a factor on those kind of climbs.

But beating Purito and Froome, perhaps the two best riders in the world on these finishes, after been dropped with 300 meters to go. That's a big surprise.

 

[Arredondo]

1 Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) 0:56:25.52
2 Tony Martin (Germany) 0:00:26.23
3 Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands) 0:00:40.64
4 Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus) 0:00:47.92
5 Rohan Dennis (Australia) 0:00:57.74
6 Adriano Malori (Italy) 0:01:11.62

Considering this i don't see how Kiryenka win is such a big surprise.The fact that the 3 favorites didn't lived to the expectations from different motives moved him on the top place.

+ 1

I mean, we all know Kyrienka is a great TT'er. He finished 2x 4th and 3rd in the Worlds ITT the past 3 years. If the big favorites would falter (which they did), we all know that only two other guys could be WC: Malori and Kyrienka.

 

[Metabolol]

Zakarin winning Tour de Romandie.

 

[Vino's Mum]

Alaphilippe's win on Mt Baldy, much like Zakarin's Romandie, for the consequent lulz / butthurt on here.