Most underrated riders

[Oliwright]

There are for sure some riders who don't get the credit they deserve, often as they are domestiques:

Here is a couple of my suggestions:

Trentin 2 tour stages and 1 giro stage.

Daniel Oss is also a quality rider!

Iljo Keisse is also excellent when given a chance!

Stijn Vandenbergh is a great rider but never given opportunities.

Mikel Nieve is a great climber.

Luke Rowe is one on the best flat riders around

Wout Poels was until he won LBL

Scarponi consistently excellent.

Who else?

 

[StryderHells]

Stijn Vandenbergh is a great rider but never given opportunities.

There's a reason he isn't given opportunities, he lacks massively when it comes to tactics

 

[SeriousSam]

Richie Porte as an aspiring Grand Tour rider. A few unfortunate missteps have led many to ignore his magnificent climbing and TT ability.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Marcel Kittel

 

[hrotha]

Stijn Vandenbergh is a great rider but never given opportunities.

There's a reason he isn't given opportunities, he lacks massively when it comes to tactics

Never stopped Terpstra.

 

[Laplaz]

Vino

 

[Jakub]

Contador, he is better than any words.

 

[El Pistolero]

Trentin also won Paris-Tours and a stage in the Tour de Suisse.

 

[Ruudz0r]

Stijn Vandenbergh is a great rider but never given opportunities.

There's a reason he isn't given opportunities, he lacks massively when it comes to tactics

Never stopped Terpstra.

Well Vandenbergh kinda did stop Terpstra...

 

[May0maniac]

Stijn Vandenbergh is a great rider but never given opportunities.

There's a reason he isn't given opportunities, he lacks massively when it comes to tactics

Never stopped Terpstra.

Well Vandenbergh kinda did stop Terpstra...

Quinziato is probably a bit underrated, he's getting older but he's one hell of a workhorse, a great domestique and always capable of finishing in the top10 or top15 in a short ITT.

 

[Gigs_98]

Re:

Marcel Kittel

Do you mean his climbing is underrated?

 

[portugal11]

Simon gerrans

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Re:

Vino

Second this one.

 

[Red Rick]

Hard to come up with names that aren't really biased because I like them, or because I want to troll.

Malori
Herrada
Izaguirre
Tiralongo
Albasini
Spilak
Dan Martin
Bennati
Kangert

Also, Pozzovivo used to be, but he sucks now.

 

[BigMac]

Re:

Hard to come up with names that aren't really biased because I like them, or because I want to troll.

Malori
Herrada
Izaguirre
Tiralongo
Albasini
Spilak
Dan Martin
Bennati
Kangert

Also, Pozzovivo used to be, but he sucks now.

Špilak is not underrated, on the contrary. He's got quite a strong bandwagon around here.

Agree on Dan Martin.

 

[Nick C.]

Trentin is a good call. Benatti, is as well. There was a time, however brief, where he was the premier sprinter in the peleton.

 

[pink_jersey]

Albasini and Dan Martin...
Kruijswijk till this year Giro.
Richie Porte as GT contender.
Nieve.

 

[staubsauger]

Yeah Kruijswijk it is until this year's May!

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Re: Re:

Marcel Kittel

Do you mean his climbing is underrated?

No, but his sprinting is.

Edit: Oh, Bakelants is definitely underrated as well.

 

[johnymax]

Re: Re:

Hard to come up with names that aren't really biased because I like them, or because I want to troll.

Malori
Herrada
Izaguirre
Tiralongo
Albasini
Spilak
Dan Martin
Bennati
Kangert

Also, Pozzovivo used to be, but he sucks now.

Špilak is not underrated, on the contrary. He's got quite a strong bandwagon around here.

Agree on Dan Martin.

Lol...are you serious? I'm practically his only fan on the forum. There are maybe a couple of posters that like him, too. But that's it. He doesn't even have his own thread while many lesser riders have one. He's so overrated that some experts said he had no chance at all winning TdS last year. We know how things unfolded then.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Porte as a GT contender underrated? Come off it. He's one of those guys that gets counter-hype because people insist on bigging him up for the GTs based on the fact that he is an excellent one-week stage racer and on his day can climb and TT among the best. However, he's now 31 years old, and his GT record is about the same as Paolo Bettini's. He's one of those people, and there are a lot of them, who gets over-hyped by some based on projecting his one week form to a GT, which he's yet to show he's capable of, which leads to not being given full credit for some of his achievements in response.

This thread isn't really intended for hyped riders who've faced a backlash after not being able to deliver on the sometimes unreasonable expectations placed on them. It's more people like Gaëtan Bille, Kenny Dehaes, Adrien Petit, Matthieu Ladagnous, Marco Marcato, who either pick up consistent results or do great jobs for their teams, without ever really getting picked up for it. Some, like Baptiste Planckaert, do it so consistently they do start to get the cult following for it.

Sadly, one of the first names that sprung to my mind for this, based on how good he had been for a couple of years without getting the chance to make the step up to ride the biggest races, was Antoine Demoitié.

 

[PremierAndrew]

Re: Re:

Hard to come up with names that aren't really biased because I like them, or because I want to troll.

Malori
Herrada
Izaguirre
Tiralongo
Albasini
Spilak
Dan Martin
Bennati
Kangert

Also, Pozzovivo used to be, but he sucks now.

Špilak is not underrated, on the contrary. He's got quite a strong bandwagon around here.

Agree on Dan Martin.

Lol...are you serious? I'm practically his only fan on the forum. There are maybe a couple of posters that like him, too. But that's it. He doesn't even have his own thread while many lesser riders have one. He's so overrated that some experts said he had no chance at all winning TdS last year. We know how things unfolded then.

Big difference between being a fan and recognising his talent.

Many on here know that Spilak is one of the best for one week stage races in the world. How is that underrating him?

 

[BigMac]

Re: Re:

Hard to come up with names that aren't really biased because I like them, or because I want to troll.

Malori
Herrada
Izaguirre
Tiralongo
Albasini
Spilak
Dan Martin
Bennati
Kangert

Also, Pozzovivo used to be, but he sucks now.

Špilak is not underrated, on the contrary. He's got quite a strong bandwagon around here.

Agree on Dan Martin.

Lol...are you serious? I'm practically his only fan on the forum. There are maybe a couple of posters that like him, too. But that's it. He doesn't even have his own thread while many lesser riders have one. He's so overrated that some experts said he had no chance at all winning TdS last year. We know how things unfolded then.

He's about the most tipped rider for rainy days and stage-races during the first half of the season. It wouldn't make sense to mention him for the rest simply because he won't perform outside his well known niche. That some 'experts' said he didn't stood a chance at Suisse doesn't overshadow the fact that many others predicted he would win it, myself included. Most people here back him to win the races that suit him. You just wait for a drop of water to fall from the sky in a race he is in and there will be 4 or 5 instant posts about how it is Špilak's weather or Špilak's race for the taking.

Edit: + the post above.

 

[Kokoso]

There are for sure some riders who don't get the credit they deserve, often as they are domestiques:

Here is a couple of my suggestions:

Trentin 2 tour stages and 1 giro stage.

Daniel Oss is also a quality rider!

Iljo Keisse is also excellent when given a chance!

Stijn Vandenbergh is a great rider but never given opportunities.

Mikel Nieve is a great climber.

Luke Rowe is one on the best flat riders around

Wout Poels was until he won LBL

Scarponi consistently excellent.

Who else?

Of this list I'd agree maybe Trentin, Oss, Keisse. But maybe. Maybe even Scarponi. Rest surely enjoys adequate fame, or even are overhyped as is Poels.

 

[Nick C.]

I seem to see Samuel Domoulin showing up as the winner of some race or another like clockwork.