Top 10 male riders of the 21st century.

[Jancouver]

What does Freire have that Bettini doesn't? Both have two worlds and three monuments in this century, but Bettini has won the world cup for what? three years in a row? And the OGRR as well.

Even though he did not win all his rainbow jerseys in this century, you have to be very special and TOP 10 material to win 3 world championships and 3 MSR.

I doubt we will ever see anyone else to get 3WC+3MSR

Therefore Oscarito should be on every TOP 10 list

 

[nobilis]

Even though he did not win all his rainbow jerseys in this century, you have to be very special and TOP 10 material to win 3 world championships and 3 MSR.

I doubt we will ever see anyone else to get 3WC+3MSR

Therefore Oscarito should be on every TOP 10 list

Agree on that too

And even if part of the rider's Palmares had been achieved in the 20th century, it should be taken into account when picking the top 10

 

[Shingshan]

No particular order:

Lance Armstrong
Bettini
Cadel Evans
Oscar Freire
Fabien Cancellara
Oscar Freire
Contador
Boonen
Cavendish

Nibali was next in line, as so Sastre.

I do prefer riders like Bettini and Freire, one day races winners

 

[Shingshan]

Hell Thor Hushovd should be in that list to

 

[del1962]

No particular order:

Lance Armstrong
Bettini
Cadel Evans
Oscar Freire
Fabien Cancellara
Oscar Freire
Contador
Boonen
Cavendish

Nibali was next in line, as so Sastre.

I do prefer riders like Bettini and Freire, one day races winners

You like Freire so much he made it in twice

 

[Shingshan]

You like Freire so much he made it in twice

Autch, I meant Valverde instead of the repetead Freire

 

[Erythropoietin]

1. Armstrong
2. Contador

 

[Alexandre B.]

1. Lance Armstrong
2. Fabian Cancellara
3. Alberto Contador
4. Tom Boonen
5. Paolo Bettini
6. Cadel Evans
7. Alejandro Valverde
8. Oscar Freire
9. Mark Cavendish
10. Philippe Gilbert

Mention to Vincenzo Nibali, Ivan Basso, Purito Rodriguez, Thor Hushovd and Robbie McEwen.

 

[ther00kie16]

Contador
Freire
Boonen
Cancellara
Cavendish
Bettini
Valverde
Zabel
Evans

After these 9, it becomes cloudy with a host of names like
Rebellin, JRod, Mcewen, Vino, Nibali, Sanchez, Wiggins.

Nibali will be there eventually but if Wiggins' track pedigree counts for anything or if you consider that he did everything in only about 5 year on the road, I'd choose Wiggins over Nibali at the current moment.

 

[42x16ss]

Mayo
Ricco
Vino
Txurruka
Pirazzi
Voigt
Machado
LL Sanchez
Flecha
Rolland

Virenque and Soler are also noteworthy and Tim Wellens is coming along nicely too

 

[greenedge]

Contador
Freire
Boonen
Cancellara
Cavendish
Bettini
Valverde
Zabel
Evans

Nibali will be there eventually but if Wiggins' track pedigree counts for anything or if you consider that he did everything in only about 5 year on the road, I'd choose Wiggins over Nibali at the current moment.

No Cipollini or Armstrong?
Also Wiggins didn't win the Giro or Vuelta, so not everything.

 

[Arredondo]

Mayo
Freire
Armstrong
Bettini
Contador
Boonen
Cancellara
Basso
Rebellin
Aitor Gonzalez

 

[staubsauger]

If one has faith in Moncoutie he deserves a more than notable mention for his climbing.

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

No Cipollini

While he did win his WC in 2002, most of his successes were in the 20th century.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

If one has faith in Moncoutie he deserves a more than notable mention for his climbing.

As one of the top 10 riders of the 21st century? He's probably closer to the bottom 10 riders

 

[Irondan]

While he did win his WC in 2002, most of his successes were in the 20th century.

yep, there's that. And the fact that he was not as good as he thought he was.

 

[Tournesol]

Cancellara
Boonen
Nibali
Bettini
Contador
Valverde
Cavendish
Armstrong
Gilbert
Evans

 

[42x16ss]

yep, there's that. And the fact that he was not as good as he thought he was.

Well, to be fair, if Cipollini was as good as he thought he was, he'd have been better than Merckx

He was still awesome!

 

[LaFlorecita]

Cancellara
Boonen
Nibali
Bettini
Contador
Valverde
Cavendish
Armstrong
Gilbert
Evans

Is this in random order?

 

[Tournesol]

Is this in random order?

Yes,would you prefer a top 10 in order? That would take me about 3 weeks possibly! I am still feeling bad about leaving out Vino,Simoni,Freire and others,to put them into an actual top 10 i would find extremely difficult.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Yes,would you prefer a top 10 in order? That would take me about 3 weeks possibly! I am still feeling bad about leaving out Vino,Simoni,Freire and others,to put them into an actual top 10 i would find extremely difficult.

No problem, I was just wondering

 

[Tournesol]

No problem, I was just wondering

If i had done a top 10 in order of preference,Contador would have been closer to number 1 than number 5 if you were wondering.

 

[LaFlorecita]

If i had done a top 10 in order of preference,Contador would have been closer to number 1 than number 5 if you were wondering.

I was wondering about Nibali being placed ahead of Contador

 

[jaylew]

Any list that doesn't include Valverde or that puts riders like simoni, cunego, petacchi, cippolini, etc is a biased list.

Valverde should be in the top 5 of any list.

I wholeheartedly agree.

 

[Nick C.]

Contador
Cancellara
Boonen
Valverde
Evans
Gilbert
Nibali
Bettini
Cavendish
J. Rodriguez

The first five or so are gimmes. This is a general but not strict order.
I contemplated Andy Schleck and Petacchi for the spot given to Purito. Freire could go on here as well, certainly if his first worlds was not in 99. Guys like DiLusa, Rebellin and Armstrong stood atop many significant podiums as well.