Robbie McEwen: A worse climber?

[veganrob]

Is there a sprinter that is a worse climber than Robbie McEwen? He's always been the most fun to watch and more guts than anyone, but he is so bad in the mountains. He is not that big of a guy either. Would think he should be better.

 

[Ferminal]

McEwen is injured, Graeme Brown is a far worse climber.

Look at his glory years in the TdF, he was never the worst.

 

[LukeSchmid]

McEwen is injured, Graeme Brown is a far worse climber.

Look at his glory years in the TdF, he was never the worst.

Yes he has hurt a hamstring and he is just getting too old. No surprise at all he did not make it.

 

[mewmewmew13]

Too bad. Ferminal is right---go back and watch some of his victories! In his prime he was truly a warrior.
It seems after that last bad crash into the photog and subsequent, he was never the same.

He's still all class and it's sad to see him going.

 

[Martin318is]

Is there a sprinter that is a worse climber than Robbie McEwen? He's always been the most fun to watch and more guts than anyone, but he is so bad in the mountains. He is not that big of a guy either. Would think he should be better.

Looking back, as the others say, this was an unusual result for Robbie. He has historically been a driver of the Bus. He is a master of calculating the minimum speed required to get in within the cutoff and it is generally never him who is struggling to maitain it.

To think of a worse climbing sprinter... Definitely Brown but also I immediately think of Kenny Van Hummell? and going further back, Mario?

 

[mewmewmew13]

Yes, Kenny Van Hummel=Lanterne Rouge

 

[Ryaguas]

He's still all class and it's sad to see him going.

Well... Looks like He is losing that class cuz He has been very bitter and sometimes bullying some followers in twitter... the same for Robbie Hunter... maybe Da Shack is changing him... but a shame that He had to leave Il Giro in this way...

 

[Ryaguas]

To think of a worse climbing sprinter... Definitely Brown but also I immediately think of Kenny Van Hummell? and going further back, Mario?

mmmm Didn't Caveman Van Hummel drop Guardini not long ago? Guardini is young but He can't climb at all... that's why Farnese Vini didn't take him for Il Giro... also He is too young...

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Graeme Brown calls grupetto when he's climbing out of bed. Martin's right. McEwen knows how to make the cutoff. Today was an unusual situation created by his injury.

 

[Ryaguas]

Graeme Brown calls grupetto when he's climbing out of bed

Classic Moose!!!! hahahahahahaaha
Missed those comments!!

 

[rxgqgxnyfz]

Is there a sprinter that is a worse climber than Robbie McEwen? He's always been the most fun to watch and more guts than anyone, but he is so bad in the mountains. He is not that big of a guy either. Would think he should be better.

McEwen was actually a very decent mountain climber for a sprinter.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

not really. Not the first time he has missed a time cut.
Never a good climber, but not the worst either.

 

[Johnalex13]

I heard the UCI rated McEwen a -3 for this years Giro...


OHIOOOOOO!!!!! rimshot!

 

[craig1985]

Danilo Napolitano and Francesco Chicchi both get dropped on speed bumps. Mind you Koldo Fernández isn't much better.

As for Mario, I think it was a case of CBF.

 

[Martin318is]

not really. Not the first time he has missed a time cut.
Never a good climber, but not the worst either.

True, but how often has he missed the cut while on his own relative to the number of times he was in a medium sized group that didnt make it? Usually one of two things has happened - he was injured or the stage wiped out a bunch of people.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Is there a sprinter that is a worse climber than Robbie McEwen? He's always been the most fun to watch and more guts than anyone, but he is so bad in the mountains. He is not that big of a guy either. Would think he should be better.

yeah there are far worse climbers. mcewen had injury to his achilles.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Danilo Napolitano and Francesco Chicchi both get dropped on speed bumps. Mind you Koldo Fernández isn't much better.

As for Mario, I think it was a case of CBF.

napolitano used to be pretty ok in hills, he didn't finish 5th in milano sanremo for nothing, but chicchi is indeed the worst climber in peloton I've heard

 

[patswana]

Well... Looks like He is losing that class cuz He has been very bitter and sometimes bullying some followers in twitter...

What? I have been following him on twitter for a while and he has never bullied anyone that I have seen.

 

[Frosty]

Theo Bos?

(10 characters, blah blah)

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Worst climbers in cycling history (or at least for the last 20 years):

1. Ivan Quaranta
2. Jaan Kirsipuu
3. Robert Förster

Discussion over.

Mentioning McEwen here is just nonsense. Remembering him doing a wheelie at some Pyrenean MTF (was it Piau-Engaly '99?)? You just CAN'T do that when you're the worst climber.

 

[marco1_79]

I agree on Quaranta.
He was a decent sprinter but i have never seen a worse climber.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

pieri?

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[hrotha]

It's hard to judge how good of a climber Quaranta could have been. He burned too much energy at them nightclubs.

 

[Marcus135]

I agree on Quaranta.
He was a decent sprinter but i have never seen a worse climber.

He was more than a "decent" sprinter, he was one of the very best in his prime, not many sprinters win 3 green jerseys in the tdf. If u read back u would see he is currently injured, quite old and a number of others who were deemed worse riders.

 

[will10]

Lol, above post looks funny as if you are suggesting Quaranta won 3 green jerseys