How would you rank the top 5 one week stage racers since 2000 (I know the 21st century officialy started in 2001) ?
In terms of accomplishments, number/diversity/prestige of races won, strength of field beaten and dominance. Primarily taking into account GC classification, and using stage wins as a tie breaker.
My ranking :
Explanations :
-It was difficult choosing between Porte and Roglic. If Roglic wins Iztulia this week, he migt well surpass Porte.
-Contador does not have the best diversity of races won, but the sheer amount of wins, and the dominance in some of those races made him climb to the podium.
-Valverde could have been as high as number 4, but I finally decided to drop him to sixth, in order to take into account the better diversity of Quintana and Klöden's palmares.
-Chris Froome was dominant and won a lot, but he suffers from a lack of diversity in his palmares (only Romandie and Dauphiné wins).
Potential entries in the future :
Pogacar, Adam Yates, Remco Evenepoel, Daniel Felipe Martinez, Richard Carapaz
EDIT : Poll added
In terms of accomplishments, number/diversity/prestige of races won, strength of field beaten and dominance. Primarily taking into account GC classification, and using stage wins as a tie breaker.
My ranking :
- Richie Porte
- Primoz Roglic
- Alberto Contador
- Nairo Quintana
- Andreas Klöden
Explanations :
-It was difficult choosing between Porte and Roglic. If Roglic wins Iztulia this week, he migt well surpass Porte.
-Contador does not have the best diversity of races won, but the sheer amount of wins, and the dominance in some of those races made him climb to the podium.
-Valverde could have been as high as number 4, but I finally decided to drop him to sixth, in order to take into account the better diversity of Quintana and Klöden's palmares.
-Chris Froome was dominant and won a lot, but he suffers from a lack of diversity in his palmares (only Romandie and Dauphiné wins).
Potential entries in the future :
Pogacar, Adam Yates, Remco Evenepoel, Daniel Felipe Martinez, Richard Carapaz
EDIT : Poll added
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