The third men of Belgian cycling

[serfla]

Besides two smashers of cycling Classics, in last five years there have been several notable breakers.

Edit:
Pardon me.

 

[theyoungest]

And your point is they have the same dentist?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

 

[serfla]

You're bad cat, but not black.
We're talking about dark here. Dark horses.

 

[Panda Claws]

Thank you for the information.

 

[serfla]

Don't mention it.

 

[El Pistolero]

I guess you're asking us who we think the third man of Belgian cycling is?

Thomas De Gendt in my opinion.

 

[serfla]

Is he better than Van Den Broeck?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Is he better than Van Den Broeck?

JVDB is a TdF placement rider. He got 4th in 2012. Next year he may get 5th. He will be happy with that.

Vanmarcke is more interesting.

 

[jens_attacks]

the third man...el pistolero, no doubt

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

Serfla, you will probably get a better response if you spell out the point you are trying to make.

Otherwise this thread simply invites nonsense results which will probably get it closed.

Susan

 

[cineteq]

Serfla, you will probably get a better response if you spell out the point you are trying to make.

Otherwise this thread simply invites nonsense results which will probably get it closed.

Susan

serfla, it'll help if the title is self descriptive, and you mention the names of those riders. Just sayin'

 

[serfla]

JVDB is a TdF placement rider. He got 4th in 2012. Next year he may get 5th. He will be happy with that.

Vanmarcke is more interesting.

It was a reference to evaluation of De Gendt.
Vanmarcke fits better in the group, though.

 

[serfla]

Serfla, you will probably get a better response if you spell out the point you are trying to make.

Otherwise this thread simply invites nonsense results which will probably get it closed.

Susan

Yes. The nonsense equal to comparing Boonen and Cancellara.
"The second men of Swiss cycling" thread is missing.
But I'm not sure there's more than one (man).

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

^^^I have no idea what you're talking about

But I would like to nominate 2 of my favorites: Leukemans & GVA

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

^^^I have no idea what you're talking about

But I would like to nominate 2 of my favorites: Leukemans & GVA

Yep, for one-day races it's between Leukemans and Van Avermaet right now. I rate consistency and versatility higher than "lucky" Monument wins, though.

 

[serfla]

^^^I have no idea what you're talking about

But I would like to nominate 2 of my favorites: Leukemans & GVA

But I do.
During the last seven years Boonen collected half of cobbles.
"The third men of Belgian cycling" together collected more than a half of what's been left.
Where's Cancellara in the equation?

 

[trevim]

Is he better than Van Den Broeck?

De Gendt better than VDB? Is that really a question? It's just a matter of panache, style and racing mentality, regardless of the talent that I recognize that Van den Broeck has.

 

[serfla]

As I said - they're different kind of riders comparing to "the third men".
But you can suggest the third in their league.
Maybe Vanendert?

 

[greenedge]

Gilbert i think after his WC win expoused about how good Leukemans was, saying something along the lines of we were the 2 strongest (i think).

 

[Zam_Olyas]

the third man...el pistolero, no doubt

Amen, jojo for the win.

 

[Matthijs]

Yep, for one-day races it's between Leukemans and Van Avermaet right now. I rate consistency and versatility higher than "lucky" Monument wins, though.

Vanmarcke was up there in a lot of cobbled races last 2 years... I rate consistency high too, but consistenty in riding for the win. Not consistency like Vdb or Leukemans: they are there in the final but aren't close to winning. I'd rather have a rider being 8th and did everything he can to try to win then classic riders like Hoste, Schlecks or Leukemans who cooperate with Gilbert to the finish line without any tactics. Those guys are happy with placings, so they aren't champions in my opinion.

The 3rd is between van Avermaet and De Gendt.

 

[CobbleStoner]

Iljo Kiesse has no equal on the boards and he is rapidly becoming a force on the road too. he has more potential than anyone mentioned so far

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

Why do you think that? Apart from six day racing, he didn't proof that much?

 

[Afrank]

Iljo Kiesse has no equal on the boards and he is rapidly becoming a force on the road too. he has more potential than anyone mentioned so far

+1, From here on out, I hope Keisse continues his good performance both on the track and road.

Why do you think that? Apart from six day racing, he didn't proof that much?

He won a lot of fans in the Tour of Turkey, and IMHO he showed great strength and fortitude in how he won.