****Official Riders Who Have Only One Won Race Thread***

[bicycle_rack]

In honor of Oli's big win in Lombardy today.

- Oliver Zaugg, 2011 Giro di Lombardia
- Sylwester Szmyd, 2009 Stage 5, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (Mont Ventoux)

How many others are there?

 

[Descender]

Plenty. I assume you meant a big race.

Zaugg's win is indeed extremely WTF even compared to other upsets this year.

 

[Richeypen]

Chris Froome

 

[Havetts]

TGBM

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[Zam_Olyas]

paolo tiralongo stage 19 giro 2011

 

[Parrulo]

Chris Froome

froome won something?

i would consider him more a one hit wonder(until he proves otherwise) then a rider that has one only 1 race.

 

[Parrulo]

also VDB2 only professional win is the stage of the dauphine he won this year

 

[WillemS]

Well, he had some minor wins, one stage win in Swiss, a nice polka dot jersey, but he just had his biggest victory of his life, likely the biggest victory he is ever going to get: Soler getting out of the hospital alive.

 

[will10]

As of this morning: Egor Silin.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Plenty. I assume you meant a big race.

Zaugg's win is indeed extremely WTF even compared to other upsets this year.

JVS still the biggest feat.

PR is the biggest monster of the year, winning that was unbelievable.

 

[will10]

Also: Ian Stannard (Tour of Austria, Stage 5)
Giacomo Nizzolo (Bayern-Rundfahrt, Stage 5)

 

[Parrulo]

JVS still the biggest feat.

PR is the biggest monster of the year, winning that was unbelievable.

JVS had already made the final split of roubaix before even tho he was working for hoste in 2009 but was silly enough to stop to help his team leader when fleacha fell and took hoste with him(also stopped pozzato who ended up coming second), he could have made the podium that year if he wasn't such a devoted domestique, he was far from being the surprise people claim he is.

 

[Richeypen]

This could go on for a while

 

[Christian]

Giacomo Nizzolo (Bayern-Rundfahrt, Stage 5)

lol I think we should exclude neo-pro's.

Otherwise I have another one: Rüdiger Selig

 

[bicycle_rack]

Plenty. I assume you meant a big race.

Zaugg's win is indeed extremely WTF even compared to other upsets this year.

I'm talking anything remotely big, lets say anything big enough to be televised. Froome did win the 2009 Anatomic Jock Race and a stage at the Giro del Capo so he shouldn't count.

VDB2 I think counts even though he was the Junior Time Trial champ

According to Wikipedia TGBM has 3 wins from '06 and '07

 

[bicycle_rack]

JVS still the biggest feat.

PR is the biggest monster of the year, winning that was unbelievable.

I thought he was on the lis but he won the tour of Poland already.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

JVS had already made the final split of roubaix before even tho he was working for hoste in 2009 but was silly enough to stop to help his team leader when fleacha fell and took hoste with him(also stopped pozzato who ended up coming second), he could have made the podium that year if he wasn't such a devoted domestique, he was far from being the surprise people claim he is.

regardless winning pr, for a rider who hasn't achieved a lot in regards to results is something special. Lombardy is at the end of the season, surprising results are not mind blowing.

So many riders peak for PR, its the biggest classic in the world.

 

[Richeypen]

Froome did win the 2009 Anatomic Jock Race and a stage at the Giro del Capo so he shouldn't count.

Big in the very loosest sense of the word then......

 

[bicycle_rack]

regardless winning pr, for a rider who hasn't achieved a lot in regards to results is something special. Lombardy is at the end of the season, surprising results are not mind blowing.

So many riders peak for PR, its the biggest classic in the world.

He'd already had a fifth and an eighth in the same race and as someone said would have podiumed if he hadn't done that 180 to stop for Hoste.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Mikel Astarloza
- 2003 Tour Down Under

 

[The Hitch]

Niky Roche.

 

[bicycle_rack]

Mikel Astarloza
- 2003 Tour Down Under

Boom!!!!!!

 

[halamala]

Daniel Navarro (pro since 2005) : Criterium du Dauphine, 5th stage, 11/06/2010

Volodymyr Gustov (pro since 2000) : Rothaus Regio-Tour, General classification, 10/08/2003

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

He'd already had a fifth and an eighth in the same race and as someone said would have podiumed if he hadn't done that 180 to stop for Hoste.

I'm aware, but he was always forced to work for someone. Even despite his good performances no one expected this victory. It was huge.

No one could see past boonen and canc for PR. Let alone JVS taking home the stone.

Again, for me the biggest feat of the season.

 

[bicycle_rack]

Niky Roche.

Both Irish championships plus Bejing plus a stage at Limosin.

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