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Rate de Ronde

How would you rate this years race?

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Aug 16, 2011
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My heart rate went up, felt excited and thrilled in the race, love the winner, and am very content right now. In before someone comes in claiming there wasn't enough action. 10! :)

Edit: just noticed how you can't vote lower then a 9! Nice one Marco Pantani! :D
 
LaFlorecita said:
Please, do tell :D

I am a little ****-hurt too because Styby was again disappointing.

Basically, Cancellara was the one I did not want to see taking the win. Near the end I was rooting for GVA, and Baam!. Second after Fabian.

I don't like dominant teams and riders. I'm a procycling hipster.
 
Aug 16, 2013
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LaFlorecita said:
The crashes ruined it a bit for me. OPQS and Sagan were a little underwhelming. And I would've preferred Big Stijn or GVA to win :) But I agree that the last 40-50k were good.

The crashes were bad. But not to mean it harsh, there weren't big favorites involved (except of Devolder and maybe Roelandts). I mean, when Cancellara crashed in 2012, that really sucked, because that really changed the dynamic of the race.
 
Aug 3, 2009
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Voted 9, disappointed of the Steppers, put the wrong man with GVA, missed Kristoffs attack etc.

Very tight and interesting race, would make my top 5 of flanders of the last 20 years!
 
Voted 9.9 so I mean that it's an 9. Just next time stick to the normal 1 to 10, because this poll can't be taken serious as people that want to give it a lower rating than a 9 will probably give it a 9.

While im sure you meant it as a joke and we should see the 9.6 as an 6. Reality will probably be that its a messed up poll.

Not that its very important though :)
 
Roude Leiw said:
Voted 9, disappointed of the Steppers, put the wrong man with GVA, missed Kristoffs attack etc.

Very tight and interesting race, would make my top 5 of flanders of the last 20 years!

This is the prime example why this poll is crap. Someone gives it a 9 because he really enjoyed the race, but in the end the vote went to the lowest result possible.