This is really tricky to answer as I like different races in very different ways.
Strade Bianche has been mentioned quite often and I have an absolute soft spot for that race. Incredible racing, absolutely unique, the competition is usually really good, there is just so much to love there. But I'd argue the bigger races just have that certain vibe of epicness to them that simply put them above SB. Like, if something exciting happens in SB and the exact same thing happens in ParisRoubaix, it will feel even more epic in the latter.
To an even bigger extent that happens in Grand Tours. I still get goose bumps thinking of the final days of the 2016 giro and really if you look at it, the racing was good but not exactly better than what your average cobbles classic offers. But it's the almost 3 weeks prior that make those good moments absolutely great and unforgettable. And so, yeah, my pick probably goes to my favorite grand tour, the giro (I know, super unpopular choice on this forum...) because grand tours offer something that I still haven't experienced from any other sport event. 3 whole weeks of being stuck to the screen, never knowing what happens next and being aware that, how unlikely it may seem, the next corner, the next climb or the next descent could completely change the race. And so for three weeks every year my mind is completely fixated on this bycicle race in Italy and I still cannot believe, it won't be like that again this year.
Strade Bianche has been mentioned quite often and I have an absolute soft spot for that race. Incredible racing, absolutely unique, the competition is usually really good, there is just so much to love there. But I'd argue the bigger races just have that certain vibe of epicness to them that simply put them above SB. Like, if something exciting happens in SB and the exact same thing happens in ParisRoubaix, it will feel even more epic in the latter.
To an even bigger extent that happens in Grand Tours. I still get goose bumps thinking of the final days of the 2016 giro and really if you look at it, the racing was good but not exactly better than what your average cobbles classic offers. But it's the almost 3 weeks prior that make those good moments absolutely great and unforgettable. And so, yeah, my pick probably goes to my favorite grand tour, the giro (I know, super unpopular choice on this forum...) because grand tours offer something that I still haven't experienced from any other sport event. 3 whole weeks of being stuck to the screen, never knowing what happens next and being aware that, how unlikely it may seem, the next corner, the next climb or the next descent could completely change the race. And so for three weeks every year my mind is completely fixated on this bycicle race in Italy and I still cannot believe, it won't be like that again this year.