Riders with style, class, souplesse

[barmaher]

I don't particularly like the personality of these two cyclists, but I don't think you can deny that they are among the most stylish on a bike in the past 30 years.

Fabian Cancellara

Check this video out -----> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA03vSHPBJo
The way he takes the corners is breathtaking.
And for panache, check out this sprint ------> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJNLMYpr2TM

And Stephen Roche

This guy was one of the most effortless cyclists in the 80s. But he could also absolutely bury himself if there was a prize on the line.

 

[kingjr]

My hero:

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I have no use for words like panache and souplesse, but if we're talking style, I find these two the most inspiring.

I only started consciously watching in 1997, if I had been born a little bit earlier I would have definitely been a fanboy of this one here

Of those I have seen IRL, this one here ofc:

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Two hardmen I often admire.

 

[red_flanders]

Two hardmen I often admire.

I need to invoke the Cadel Evans helmet askew veto on this one.

 

[red_flanders]

Time to invoke the Badger:

 

[pablohidalgo7]

Pippo and luisle have a beautiful style in the bike.

 

[ILovecycling]

talking about murito and hill, it reminds me Gilbert and Cauberg.he should have married this hill

 

[trevim]

All things aside, Andy is one of the most elegant climbers of the last decade. Perfect balance between power and cadence.

 

[Arredondo]

The master of the mountains in the 1970's: Jose Manuel Fuente. Pure class on a bike.

 

[trevim]

Evidence 2

 

[LittleJo]

Thanks! I'll work out how to do it myself eventually...

You see, he even has stylish handlebar tape

 

[Dazed and Confused]

My all time favorite sprinter, just before all goes to hell on CE:

100% fearless and perhaps a bit "thick" like myself.

 

[No_Balls]

Ah, the Tashkent terror. What a fine sprinter that was.

 

[hfer07]

Not to be romantic in any way, but to me ALL the riders from the 80's & early 90's knew how to properly ride a bicycle, as far as style, positioning on it & most of all- pedaling- which is what makes a rider look good.

but looking at current times, I hardly find someone that appeals to me entirely style wise, because of so many flaws with the new trend of "compressing the rider" into the smallest frame possible.......

anyways. This guy was a handful of what I could rescue from this generation as a very stylish ride:

 

[LittleJo]

Ah, the Tashkent terror. What a fine sprinter that was.

I have a video of him somewhere where he literally veers from one side of the road right over to the other in the course of his sprint. I have no idea how he stayed upright and didn't take out any other rider. He wouldn't get away with it now!!

 

[Jagartrott]

Vino

Not particulalry stylish, classy as ****, brute force, more panache in his little finger than the whole pro peloton of today combined, the killer instinct of a combination of a tiger, a lion and a cobra combined into a deadly super animal that was created by a doctor with the genious of Einstein and dreadfulness of Mengele. Had the perfect combination of sadism and masochism that made him love to inflict pain on his adversaries and himself for hour upon hour until everyone but him cracked.

Topic went down the drain in second post.

 

[Angliru]

Time to invoke the Badger:

Has to be one of the all-time great cycling photos!

 

[red_flanders]

Has to be one of the all-time greatest cycling photo's!

WTF is up with the neck-rolls? I used to use those playing football. Aero for the sprint?

Great shot.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Moncoutié vs. Mountain = Style

 

[T-Nielsen]

What's wrong with Chris' style?
He doesn't normally ride around covered in blood...

He does not dance on the pedals as much as he is paddling like a duck.

Like him alot though.

 

[T-Nielsen]

I always thought Laurent Jalabert had a beautiful style. Smooth and natural. Nothing looked forced or uncomfortable.

Now Jens Voigt on the other hand has a terrible style.

 

[No_Balls]

I have a video of him somewhere where he literally veers from one side of the road right over to the other in the course of his sprint. I have no idea how he stayed upright and didn't take out any other rider. He wouldn't get away with it now!!

Lol. Only one video? He wasnt called Terror without reason.

Was an absolute brute in sprints. Elbows out, neck waving from side to side, cycle all over the place. Small wonder he was both hated and feared in the peloton at the time and rules changed only due to this kind of approach - probably for the best.

Still misses these days. It felt as it was a bigger diversity of riders and personalities in the peloton back then. And man, what a character Djamolidine was.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

No one was more elegant than Indurain. Watching him time trialing was like watching art unfold.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Of course, the most stylish rider to ever ride a bike is the one and only, the Pédaleur de Charme, Hugo Koblet.

 

[laurel1969]