Top 10 active cyclists

[SirLes]

Perhaps a way of looking at the problem would be to come up with a super team containing 10 riders who between them could win all the world tour races? (including individual stages!) You could then choose another 15 riders to support but would not win.

How close to total domination could you get and which 10 riders would give you the best chance of winning all or nearly all of the races?

 

[Hugo Koblet]

I don't even know who got second in the Tour last year, so I doubt that.

You don't know who got second in the Tour last year?
I agree that a monument win > TDF 2nd though.

 

[woodenswan]

1. Contador
2. Boonen
3. Cancellara
4. Gilbert
5. Evans
6. Freire
7. Valverde
8. Cavendish
9. Menchov
10. Basso

 

[CraZyCaLL]

If your including evans career palmares then surely he should be in your list for the past couple of years, since they have been the most successful of his entire career

yep, that's my fail

 

[King Of The Wolds]

I don't even know who got second in the Tour last year, so I doubt that.

2000: Rumsas Ramoindas
2001: Danilo di Luca(better cyclist than Andy)
2002: Michele Bartoli(better cyclist than Andy)
2003: Michele Bartoli(^)
2004: Damiano Cunego(better cyclist than Andy)
2005: Paolo Bettini(better cyclist than Andy)
2006: Paolo Bettini in his rainbow jersey crying while he passes the finish and points at the sky to pay respect to his brother who died the week before. BETTER THAN ANDY.
2007: Damiano Cunego(better than Andy)
2008: Damiano Cunego(better than Andy)
2009: Philippe Gilbert(better than Andy)
2010: Philippe Gilbert(^)
2011: Oliver Zaugg

I don't remember second or third places at the Tour.

No, you said nobody remembers 20 years after the event. These are all recent winners. 20 years ago please. Get Googling...

 

[El Pistolero]

No, you said nobody remembers 20 years after the event. These are all recent winners. 20 years ago please. Get Googling...

Don't have to. I don't know what years exactly anymore but the winners were Oscar Camanzind, Mirko Celestino, Laurent Jalabert, Pascal Rischard(olympic champ), Tony Rominger, Sean Kelly.

I don't know who got second in 2000-2008 Tour. Ullrich a few times, Evans a few times, but that's it...

 

[King Of The Wolds]

I don't know who got second in 2000-2008 Tour.

I don't think you're fooling anyone here.

 

[The Hitch]

10 pages of discussion and not ONE mention of Marianne Vos. Do I have to do everything myself around here? I would have expected at least someone to pre-empt me on it!

I did. on velorooms.

also predicted you would put sven nys in and prayed you wouldnt insult our beloved sport by putting fake cyclists like rossi as you did last time.

 

[The Hitch]

Add to potential: Mollema, Poels, Pinot, Rolland

Isn't mollema 26 years old? If we are taking potentials from that age group there is this kenyan rider.

 

[Parrulo]

Isn't mollema 26 years old? If we are taking potentials from that age group there is this kenyan rider.

who is yet to get a cq point this season

 

[Hugo Koblet]

who is yet to get a cq point this season

Unlike last year when he had 5 points at this stage!

 

[The Hitch]

A 2nd place in the Tour is the 2nd best result a rider can achieve. Better than a Monument, Giro win or a WC win.

Each his own but i definitely don't see a 2nd in the tour as being better or as good as a giro win. i don't think indurains palmares for example would be as glamorous if it was 5 tours and 2 runner up spots at the tour.

 

[The Hitch]

1. Evans (probably the 1st legitimate winner of the Tour for many years except for Sastre - monumental achievement)
2. Andy (see above, but with a lesser palmares than Cuddles)

Care to show us your proof against perreiro then ?

 

[El Pistolero]

Second place is the last loser.

 

[The Hitch]

You don't know who got second in the Tour last year?
I agree that a monument win > TDF 2nd though.

Of course he does. he usually mocks and laughs at schleck for coming 2nd last year and explains how happy it still makes him feel. i think he was being sarcastic.

 

[El Pistolero]

Of course I know, but I don't know who got second in 2000-2006. I know Ullrich got a lot of second places, but what year exactly and who else? I don't know...

 

[The Hitch]

Of course I know, but I don't know who got second in 2000-2006. I know Ullrich got a lot of second places, but what year exactly and who else? I don't know...

Well i am glad we finally got you to admit that there is something you don't know.

 

[airstream]

Troll. care to show us your proof against perreiro then ?

what's wrong with this guy's list? That's very similar to all after Contador's deduction. My list probably would be very close to that but I don't like any tops.

 

[The Hitch]

what's wrong with this guy's list? That's very similar to all after Contador's deduction. My list probably would be very close to that but I don't like any tops.

As far as through list goes, nothing.

But he's bringing doping into the discussion and implying the he kno ws Evans and schleck are clean but perreiro isnt

that belongs in the clinic.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

why does people have Hushovd and Nibali on their lists and not Vino? it is preposterous

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

As far as through list goes, nothing.

But he's bringing doping into the discussion and implying the he kno ws Evans and schleck are clean but perreiro isnt

that belongs in the clinic.

lol, poor Pereiro, noone thinks of him as a tour winner, and now people call him a filty doper!

 

[hrotha]

As a matter of fact, there *is* more evidence against Pereiro than against Evans and Candy.

 

[LaFlorecita]

what's wrong with this guy's list? That's very similar to all after Contador's deduction. My list probably would be very close to that but I don't like any tops.

Andy doesn't belong there. Nowhere in the top 10 he belongs. I'm sorry, but if you can't even win the only race you peak for, you fail.

 

[airstream]

It's the matter of perception and prestigiousness. For instance, I think getting top-5 even in the Vuelta is much harder than winning Lombardy, PR or even PR+TF.

I believe, such maximalism helps you in your life.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Andy doesn't belong there. Nowhere in the top 10 he belongs. I'm sorry, but if you can't even win the only race you peak for, you fail.

It's his opinion, it's a free country here except not too much joke is allowed.