Rate La Doyenne 2016

[Red Rick]

Soooo, watcha thinking?

 

[pink_jersey]

You can't rate this race...Not even "Gerrans" isn't enough...

 

[Laplaz]

I gave a 5. Because of the snow and because of Gerrans and Valverde didnt win.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Re:

I gave a 5. Because of the snow and because of Gerrans and Valverde didnt win.

Same

 

[BigMac]

6 because of the podium, the whole affair, however, was abominable.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

- we had great weather throughout the day
- the final 2 km were really exciting
- Valverde did not win

Enough for a solid 6/10 for me.

 

[DNP-Old]

I gave it a Gerrans. Would've given it a 3 if Gerrans himself had won, because he'd be the winner this race deserves. Never in my life have I seen such a snoozefest in one week of cycling.

I'd much rather watch 3 Scheldeprijses.

 

[Gigs_98]

I do not know where all the hate comes from. This race definitely deserves an at least two times better rating than AGR ... so I voted 2.
I mean at least we had some cool pictures of riders suffering in the snow which might make the next generation think this race was exciting when they only see the pictures of it. Moreover Bananito attacked twice, it didnt end in a bunch sprint and Valverde didnt win. Thats something...I guess.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

A 10 just because Poels wins. Otherwise I'd given it a Gerrans probably.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Gerrans/10

 

[PremierAndrew]

Ironically, scheldeprijs was pretty good this year imo - no crashes and a great sprint between Kittel and Cav.

Anyway, this LBL was won by 4 attackers going away on the penultimate climb and holding the gap. Yes there was no action previously thanks to movistar and valverde doing their best impersonation of Orica and gerrans, but the epic weather plus the attackers' success makes this at least a 4 imo.

But no way i'm giving it more than a 4

 

[LaFlorecita]

I rated it Gerrans but that's not really fair to Gerrans I feel

 

[hrotha]

I see people praising the weather, but what's the point if it didn't translate into any sort of epicness on the road? Are you voting on the scenery and the water drops on the lens?

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Gerrans. Happy to see Betancur trying to make the race (for tactical reasons yes), but not enough for a 2...

 

[Arredondo]

Gerrans. Only the final 10 km were decent. And a great winner.

Romandie next.

 

[classicomano]

It was pretty lame, but at least the last climb gave us a small selection of favorites instead of ending up with a group sprint between Valverde and Gerrans. And a Dutchie won so *** it, I give it a 7.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

2/10. 1 point for each exciting kilometre of racing.

 

[PremierAndrew]

Re:

2/10. 1 point for each exciting kilometre of racing.

Shouldn't it be a 3.8 by that logic?

 

[yaco]

This must be a troll thread - Gerrans has nothing to do LBL 2016 - Too much cyber bullying on this forum.

 

[ice&fire]

Re:

I see people praising the weather, but what's the point if it didn't translate into any sort of epicness on the road? Are you voting on the scenery and the water drops on the lens?

+1
There is only one thing sillier that rating the weather or the scenery, and that's rating the history. And that is exactly the reason why cr6p races like MSR and LBL are still part of the WT calendar. Add 60kms to Strade Bianche and get rid of the Ardennes.

 

[Red Rick]

Re: Re:

I see people praising the weather, but what's the point if it didn't translate into any sort of epicness on the road? Are you voting on the scenery and the water drops on the lens?

+1
There is only one thing sillier that rating the weather or the scenery, and that's rating the history. And that is exactly the reason why cr6p races like MSR and LBL are still part of the WT calendar. Add 60kms to Strade Bianche and get rid of the Ardennes.

I'm starting to think that Strade Bianche's lenght is part of why it is so great

 

[Gigs_98]

Re: Re:

I see people praising the weather, but what's the point if it didn't translate into any sort of epicness on the road? Are you voting on the scenery and the water drops on the lens?

+1
There is only one thing sillier that rating the weather or the scenery, and that's rating the history. And that is exactly the reason why cr6p races like MSR and LBL are still part of the WT calendar. Add 60kms to Strade Bianche and get rid of the Ardennes.

I'm starting to think that Strade Bianche's lenght is part of why it is so great

Why?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

3, race matched my expectations which were low in any case.

 

[del1962]

Can we finally put to bed the mistaken belief that bad weather makes the race better, Paris Roubaix had good weather and a great race. If it is bad weather and a head wind this invariably makes the race worse

 

[Brullnux]

Re: Re:

I see people praising the weather, but what's the point if it didn't translate into any sort of epicness on the road? Are you voting on the scenery and the water drops on the lens?

+1
There is only one thing sillier that rating the weather or the scenery, and that's rating the history. And that is exactly the reason why cr6p races like MSR and LBL are still part of the WT calendar. Add 60kms to Strade Bianche and get rid of the Ardennes.

Nope, Milano Sanremo and Liege Bastogne Liege stay on the calendar. The history is a big part of the romance of a race. Liege has the ability to be exciting, but the right now isn't. That's only something that's been happening over the last 5 years, though. Before then we'd get attacks, somewhere along the line in almost all cases. Same goes for Milano Sanremo. Re add Le Manie and it's a really exciting end to race. And the sprinters/hardmen need a monument.