Ninja of the Tour

[Christian]

Re: Re:

Monfort
All of Lotto NL Jumbo leaders

Monfort ain't racing it right?

Yes Monfort is not in the race

 

[De Snelle Duif]

FEILLU Brice

Will hold on as long as can in every mountain stage until there is 15-20 left.

I like this one.

 

[Hakkapelit]

Haimar will always be the true ninja. We need a special drinking game for those rare moments he's captured on film!

Really bad idea as generally the point of a drinking game is to actually drink!

A shot every five minutes you haven't spotted the Ninja?

 

[metaCYCLE]

Eduardo Sepultura

 

[fauniera]

Fuglsang

 

[Escarabajo]

One of the Jumbo riders.

I like the Mathias Frank choice as well.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Always the nearly man - never wore the leaders jersey and never won a stage despite finishing twice on the podium - Andreas Kloden also just missed out on being the best ninja ever. 11th overall in the 2012 Tour, his new found ninja skills spoiled only by a 10th place finish in the first long ITT.

Just like Le Grand Bornand, so close!

 

[IlGrillo]

Ten Dam

 

[gunara]

Peraud

 

[McLovin]

Kurt Van De Wouwer.

 

[Hakkapelit]

Dominik Nerz

 

[Gigs_98]

Re:

Peraud

haven't thought about that yet but, good choice I think

 

[gunara]

Re: Re:

Peraud

haven't thought about that yet but, good choice I think

I think he's still be not so easy to drop, but he hardly did anything riding among less competitors, doubt he will now.

 

[del1962]

Was going for Ten Dam but already picked so Rafael Valls

 

[46&twoWheels]

Konig perfectly embodies this kind of rider.
0 winning aspirations, all consistency

 

[djpbaltimore]

Re:

Konig perfectly embodies this kind of rider.
0 winning aspirations, all consistency

I would be nervous about picking any SKY riders for this due to the stipulation about the TTT. I can see them getting 4th or 5th on that stage.

 

[HiroAntagonist]

Haimar will always be the true ninja. We need a special drinking game for those rare moments he's captured on film!

Really bad idea as generally the point of a drinking game is to actually drink!

Well, even the designated driver could play?

 

[concorde]

This makes it almost impossible:

(and let's say out of the top 5 teams in the TTT)

Withouth this i would say Rigoberto Uran

 

[Velolover2]

Ten Dam for sure.

 

[shalgo]

We all like to joke, but the story of Haimar Zubeldia is actually a sad and dark one.

Once, long ago, there was a young and talented rider named Haimar Zubeldia. In 2000, he showed his promise by finishing second in the Dauphine, joining Hamilton and Armstrong on the podium. Later that year, he rode his first GT, finishing tenth in the Vuelta.

He was an exciting, aggressive, attacking rider. In the 2003 Tour de France, Zubeldia was his usual aggressive self. In stage 8, on the Alpe d'Huez, he led the chase after Vinokourov attacked: https://youtu.be/1-y38WZAtgc?t=368

Then came the fateful stage 13 to Ax-3 Domaines. Sastre is up the road; behind him is a very select group of Armstrong, Ullrich, Vinokourov, Basso, and...Zubeldia. Then Zubeldia attacks: https://youtu.be/SJyZ7X_b7Ww?t=2013. Basso is dropped and Armstrong struggles to respond. A couple of minutes later, Zubeldia attacks again: https://youtu.be/SJyZ7X_b7Ww?t=2123. After this, the attacks keep coming, and eventually Armstrong is dropped. This is the stage where Armstrong almost lost the Tour to Ullrich.

After the Tour, Armstrong, furious with Zubeldia, asks some friends to "talk with" the young rider. Rumour has it that things escalated and Armstrong's friends soon had a dead body on their hands. Even with Armstrong's connections, this was too much. He quickly reached an agreement with Zubeldia's family: the death would be kept secret, but in exchange, Armstrong and the UCI agreed that Zubeldia's name would continue to appear in the results of UCI-sanctioned races, and that Zubeldia's family would receive the prize money earned by the "ghost" rider.

Thus is explained the sad truth behind Zubeldia's frequent top-10 finishes without ever being seen on camera.

 

[Akuryo]

Dominik Nerz

Would be my bet, too.

 

[LPP68!]

Re:

We all like to joke, but the story of Haimar Zubeldia is actually a sad and dark one.

... story...

Thus is explained the sad truth behind Zubeldia's frequent top-10 finishes without ever being seen on camera.

 

[jens_attacks]

Re:

We all like to joke, but the story of Haimar Zubeldia is actually a sad and dark one.

Once, long ago, there was a young and talented rider named Haimar Zubeldia. In 2000, he showed his promise by finishing second in the Dauphine, joining Hamilton and Armstrong on the podium. Later that year, he rode his first GT, finishing tenth in the Vuelta.

He was an exciting, aggressive, attacking rider. In the 2003 Tour de France, Zubeldia was his usual aggressive self. In stage 8, on the Alpe d'Huez, he led the chase after Vinokourov attacked: https://youtu.be/1-y38WZAtgc?t=368

Then came the fateful stage 13 to Ax-3 Domaines. Sastre is up the road; behind him is a very select group of Armstrong, Ullrich, Vinokourov, Basso, and...Zubeldia. Then Zubeldia attacks: https://youtu.be/SJyZ7X_b7Ww?t=2013. Basso is dropped and Armstrong struggles to respond. A couple of minutes later, Zubeldia attacks again: https://youtu.be/SJyZ7X_b7Ww?t=2123. After this, the attacks keep coming, and eventually Armstrong is dropped. This is the stage where Armstrong almost lost the Tour to Ullrich.

After the Tour, Armstrong, furious with Zubeldia, asks some friends to "talk with" the young rider. Rumour has it that things escalated and Armstrong's friends soon had a dead body on their hands. Even with Armstrong's connections, this was too much. He quickly reached an agreement with Zubeldia's family: the death would be kept secret, but in exchange, Armstrong and the UCI agreed that Zubeldia's name would continue to appear in the results of UCI-sanctioned races, and that Zubeldia's family would receive the prize money earned by the "ghost" rider.

Thus is explained the sad truth behind Zubeldia's frequent top-10 finishes without ever being seen on camera.

actually this makes sense.

 

[Gigs_98]

Re:

We all like to joke, but the story of Haimar Zubeldia is actually a sad and dark one.

Once, long ago, there was a young and talented rider named Haimar Zubeldia. In 2000, he showed his promise by finishing second in the Dauphine, joining Hamilton and Armstrong on the podium. Later that year, he rode his first GT, finishing tenth in the Vuelta.

He was an exciting, aggressive, attacking rider. In the 2003 Tour de France, Zubeldia was his usual aggressive self. In stage 8, on the Alpe d'Huez, he led the chase after Vinokourov attacked: https://youtu.be/1-y38WZAtgc?t=368

Then came the fateful stage 13 to Ax-3 Domaines. Sastre is up the road; behind him is a very select group of Armstrong, Ullrich, Vinokourov, Basso, and...Zubeldia. Then Zubeldia attacks: https://youtu.be/SJyZ7X_b7Ww?t=2013. Basso is dropped and Armstrong struggles to respond. A couple of minutes later, Zubeldia attacks again: https://youtu.be/SJyZ7X_b7Ww?t=2123. After this, the attacks keep coming, and eventually Armstrong is dropped. This is the stage where Armstrong almost lost the Tour to Ullrich.

After the Tour, Armstrong, furious with Zubeldia, asks some friends to "talk with" the young rider. Rumour has it that things escalated and Armstrong's friends soon had a dead body on their hands. Even with Armstrong's connections, this was too much. He quickly reached an agreement with Zubeldia's family: the death would be kept secret, but in exchange, Armstrong and the UCI agreed that Zubeldia's name would continue to appear in the results of UCI-sanctioned races, and that Zubeldia's family would receive the prize money earned by the "ghost" rider.

Thus is explained the sad truth behind Zubeldia's frequent top-10 finishes without ever being seen on camera.

Am I the only one who first thought that this comment is actually serious

 

[thehook]

My pick here is.........The Secret Pro

Ninja Baby! That's Ninja

I will be watching Kelderman.