Pure climbers.

[Jakob747]

1. Alberto Contador
2. Joaquin Rodriguez
3. Andy Schleck
4. Thibaut Pinot
5. Nairo Quintana
6. Domenico Pozzovivo
7. Igor Anton
8. Pierre Rolland
9. Jose Rujano
10. Mikel Nieve

 

[Dazed and Confused]

1. Alberto Contador
2. Joaquin Rodriguez
3. Andy Schleck
4. Thibaut Pinot
5. Nairo Quintana
6. Domenico Pozzovivo
7. Igor Anton
8. Pierre Rolland
9. Jose Rujano
10. Mikel Nieve

and we have take off.

 

[Jason_Mercier]

1. Alberto Contador
2. Joaquin Rodriguez
3. Andy Schleck
4. Thibaut Pinot
5. Nairo Quintana
6. Domenico Pozzovivo
7. Igor Anton
8. Pierre Rolland
9. Jose Rujano
10. Mikel Nieve

Nice list. Only one thing. IMO Antón is overrated. I think Pierre Rolland is far better and younger. How i can forget Nieve

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

I also think in Robert Kiserlovski.

that traitor will never become anything i tell you

 

[LaFlorecita]

1. Alberto Contador
2. Joaquin Rodriguez
3. Andy Schleck
4. Thibaut Pinot
5. Nairo Quintana
6. Domenico Pozzovivo
7. Igor Anton
8. Pierre Rolland
9. Jose Rujano
10. Mikel Nieve

pretty much this I guess

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Basso? ........

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Basso? ........

Will probably be part of Sagan's lead out train in 2013.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Will probably be part of Sagan's lead out train in 2013.

lol
..........

 

[Dazed and Confused]

lol
..........

He can cook too you know.

 

[RHRH19861986]

yeah, Horner but that was when he was in his forties.

Thanks

Grandpa Horner seems to get old... One of the guys one just has to like (I´m honest).

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Thanks

Grandpa Horner seems to get old... One of the guys one just has to like (I´m honest).

If nobody liked him, they would have thrown him out long ago.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

He isn't, but his climbing skills are still better than most (all?) of the so called pure climbers currently active and relevant at the top level.

mother of god... people with so little sense of cycling should just not comment

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

right now rujano is the strongest pure climber in the world.
2013 will be a bloodbath

let's hope man!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

mother of god... people with so little sense of cycling should just not comment

So why are you even on this forum?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

So why are you even on this forum?

to up the level of cycling knowledge and understanding, that would be even more dreadful without me

 

[Jason_Mercier]

I think the 2011 Giro D'Italia Rujano was the third best pure climber of the last five years only after Contador and Andy Schleck. In 2007 also Rasmussen was stronger IMO.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

to up the level of cycling knowledge and understanding, that would be even more dreadful without me

well, let us know when you start with the intelligent bits.

 

[RHRH19861986]

Nah, Horner claimed to be the 2nd best climber in the world. Rujano claimed to be the 3rd best, naming Contador and Rodríguez as the top 2. At that point Rodríguez had only just moved from Caisse d'Epargne to Katyusha, so it was seen as crazy from that angle too.

Anyway, guys like Tiernan-Locke and Jelle Vanendert are a bit too classics-styled for me to think of as pure climbers, though I guess you could argue that that makes them little different to Purito.

Ah, yeah, Rujano also was there, saying funny staff.

Tiernan-Locke, I´m not so sure what type of rider he will become. I think apart from Route du Sud 2012, he probably never rode km-long mountains in any competition. At Murcia, he was even good in TT.
Will be very interesting to see what he can do in 2012. We know not much about him: how will he recover in 10- or 21 day long stage races? What about long climbs and TTs? Does he do well also in the heat?
Given what he showed in 2012, I could imagine and strongly hope he´ll be a factor in 2013.
One race should fit him perfectly, that´s, of course... Fleche Wallonne.
He´s in the right hands at Sky, they´ll build him up slowly, knowing he´s still fresh for a 1984 born rider, though probably lacks tactical skills.
I think they won´t demand 100 race days from him, given he certainly never had more than max. 40-60 a year all career long.
Would like to see him shine right from the start, at TDU´s Willunga Hill, but expect him to rather kick off in Oman or Algarve, dependent on where Sky will be st the start line.

 

[Angliru]

If you define "pure climber" as someone who can´t sprint, can´t TT, can´t win a race like Roubaix, then I´d change most names you named. Quintana, Rujano and Pozzovivo can stay.

To add just a few:
Nieve
Santambrogio
Zaugg
Szmyd
Jelle Vanendert

All GC guys have to be good in climbing and TT, and in the important stage races, if they recover properly and keep their HCTs up, good climbers suddenly also show good TTs, remember 55-Kilo-Pantani.

Igor Anton should be in that list too.

 

[Angliru]

1. Locke
2. Wiggins
3. Froome
4. Zubeldia
5. Horner
6. Valverde
7. moncoutie
8. Visconti
9. Contador
10. Gesink

You have to be kidding! (the riders in bold)

....and how is Visconti in this list????

 

[Angliru]

Who claimed he was the best climber in the world behind Contador and Rodrigue? Wasn´t it Horner?

Actually Horner said behind Contador and Andy Schleck.

Rujano said he was the 3rd best behind Contador and Purito.

 

[cineteq]

mother of god... people with so little sense of cycling should just not comment

So why are you even on this forum?

Basso? ........

Will probably be part of Sagan's lead out train in 2013.

You're on fire today!

 

[Angliru]

in recent years contador and schleck are a mile in front of all these young pretenders and if AS can recover fully from his injury there is still plenty more to come , not that many on this forum will agree as its just a contador love forum and pretty much hatred for schleck .

Andy gets his respect here equal to what he deserves for the most part. You seem to be about a year behind in measuring the pulse of this forum.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I think the 2011 Giro D'Italia Rujano was the third best pure climber of the last five years only after Contador and Andy Schleck. In 2007 also Rasmussen was stronger IMO.

the 2009 rujano was the best climber I've seen since pantani. in 2011 he was getting better and better until he got sick. but on grossglockner he was already stronger than contador imo. I will never forget etna, rujano realized there that he was even stronger than contador, before that he always thought contador was the best climber in the world.

still for rujano to shine everything must fall in place. especially the weather. he is so vulnerable wth his 48 kg

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

well, let us know when you start with the intelligent bits.

it would be pointless to tell you, as you couldn't see intelligence if it was personified in a naked girl dancing on a wide open field, holding a board with "intelligence" on it