Top 10 Most Prestigious races (all included)

[MerkantilMerch]

Obviously GT, week long races, and Monuments are different. But if you had to make a top 10 in terms of prestige. Do you think it would be a fair assessment ?

1. TdF
2. Giro
3. WC
4. Vuelta
5. Paris - Roubaix
6. Flanders
7. Milan - San Remo
8. Liege-Bastogne-Liege
9. Paris-Nice
10. Giro di Lombardia

 

[Wvv]

I'd rather win Olympic gold over Sanremo, Lombardia or Nice nowadays.
And how is Sanremo worth more than Liège?

Anyway, this discussion pops up year in year out. Don't know why it deserves a new thread.

 

[stefank]

And how is Sanremo worth more than Liège?

Because it's in Italy!

 

[Peyroteo94]

1. TdF
2. Giro
3. Vuelta
4. WC
5. PR
6. RVV
7. LBL
8. ORR
9. GdL
10. MSR

 

[Cassirer]

1. TdF
2. Giro
3. Vuelta
4. WC
5. PR
6. RVV
7. LBL
8. ORR
9. GdL
10. MSR

I think that's the answer (maybe ORR has even more upward potential).

 

[Ilmaestro99]

1. Giro d'italia
2. Lombardia
3. Tour of Haianan
4. Piccolo Lombardia
5. Tour of Oman
6. Tour de romandie
7.italian national road race championships
8. Tour de France
9. Milano Sanremo
10. Tirreno adriatico (only if it is in September)

Honorable mentions: Vuelta, worlds, roubaix, Flanders, liege

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Odds of this thread having been created for the sake of us feeding input for some AI somewhere?

 

[Anderis]

1. Giro d'italia
2. Lombardia
3. Tour of Haianan
4. Piccolo Lombardia
5. Tour of Oman
6. Tour de romandie
7.italian national road race championships
8. Tour de France
9. Milano Sanremo
10. Tirreno adriatico (only if it is in September)

Honorable mentions: Vuelta, worlds, roubaix, Flanders, liege

No Tour of the Alps?

 

[Bronstein]

1. Giro d'italia
2. Lombardia
3. Tour of Haianan
4. Piccolo Lombardia
5. Tour of Oman
6. Tour de romandie
7.italian national road race championships
8. Tour de France
9. Milano Sanremo
10. Tirreno adriatico (only if it is in September)

Honorable mentions: Vuelta, worlds, roubaix, Flanders, liege

No Anatomic Jock Race?

 

[ingsve]

1 TDF
2 Giro
3 Vuelta
4 Worlds
5 Roubaix
6 De Ronde
7 LBL
8 MSR
9 Lombardia
10 Dauphine

Olympics is not a cycling race it's merely a spectacle. 4 riders max and only like 100 participants is not a proper race.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

No Tour of the Alps?

Good point, Fausto was successful in so many races that it is hRd to remember them all.. especially when you're a bit rusty from the off season

 

[Potomac]

1. Tour
2. Giro
3. Paris Roubaix
4. L-B-L
5. Flanders
6. Vuelta
7. Lombardia
8. MSR
9. Dauphine
10. Paris Nice
11. WC - it depends on the course really -

Olympic RR gold is only of interest if your fellow countryman wins it.

This is great thread topic, but unfortunately I do suspect a bot as the OP. If only because it is a first post.

 

[Potomac]

Odds of this thread having been created for the sake of us feeding input for some AI somewhere?

It's for the ONE Cycling shopping list.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

1. TdF
2. Olympics
3. Giro
4. Roubaix
5. Vuelta
6. WC
7. Flanders
8. LBL
9. Lombardia
10. MSR

I think Roubaix is the most prestigious one day race there is, this coming from a Flemish man. (With the exception of the Olympics because that transcends any sport.)
Honestly, 5-6-7 could interchange between them and I would be completely fine with it. It took all my willpower not putting Paris-Tours on here over MSR since it is as enjoyable as going to a Taylor Swift concert with your girlfriend.

 

[scribers]

Tour
Holy Week
Worlds
Giro
La primavera
Vuelta
Opening week
Strade
Italian Classics
LBL

 

[scribers]

Odds of this thread having been created for the sake of us feeding input for some AI somewhere?

You saying mercantile merch is suspicious?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Tour
OGRR
Giro
Flanders
Vuelta
WC
Roubaix
MSR
Basque
Tirreno

 

[AmRacer]

1. OTT

2. WTT

3. Clasica de San Sebastian

4. Tour of Norway

5. Tour of Denmark

6. Vuelta

7. ORR

8. WRR

9. LBL

10. Volta ao Algarve

 

[Netserk]

Leaving cardinality aside, what is the order of the prestige of victories currently? If we can agree on that, it should make a ranking easier.

A first attempt:

Tour de France
Giro d'Italia
Vuelta a España
Olympic Games Road Race
World Championships Road Race
Paris - Roubaix
Ronde van Vlaanderen
Liège - Bastogne - Liège
Giro di Lombardia
Milano - Sanremo
Dauphiné Libéré
Tour de Suisse
Paris - Nice
Itzulia
Tirreno - Adriatico
Volta a Cataluña
Amstel Gold Race
Gent - Wevelgem
Tour de Romandie
Olympic Games Time Trial
Flèche Wallone
World Championships Time Trial
Tour de France Green Jersey
E3 Harelbeke
Strade Bianche
San Sebastian
Tour de France Polka Dot Jersey
European Championships Road Race
Omloop
GP de Québec
GP de Montréal
UAE Tour
Tour de Pologne
Benelux Tour
Tour Down Under
Giro dell'Emilia
Milano - Torino
Dwars door Vlaanderen
Bretagne Classic
Kuurne - Brussel - Kuurne
De Panne
Hamburg Cyclassics
Frankfurt
Tre Valli Varesine

I'll add more races and the secondary classifications of the Giro and Vuelta later.

More than a top-10.

 

[Jan the Man]

I think prestige may be different depending whether you are a cycling fan or not. Also personally difficulty matters (not in terms of parcour but level of opposition)

So for example I’d guess an Olympic Road Race gold medal brings more attention than any other win other than a TDF win, but for me it does not mean it is the second most important race. Prestige wise i think it is in the top 10 behind the monuments.

I have mixed views re the ORR given its very restricted field even more so than the worlds it is obviously easier to win than many races which would otherwise fall outside top 10 of something like this ie say Amstel and Tour de Suisse (as examples).

 

[Berflamand]

1. OTT

2. WTT

3. Clasica de San Sebastian

4. Tour of Norway

5. Tour of Denmark

6. Vuelta

7. ORR

8. WRR

9. LBL

10. Volta ao Algarve

The banter doesn't really work that well when there are 4 races in that list that deserve to be in the actual top 10, no?

 

[Shortcut]

1.TdF, 2. WC RR, 3.Giro,4. Vuelta,5.P-R,6.RVV, 7. ORR, 8. LBL, 9.MSR, 10. Lombardia

 

[Wyndbrook]

1 TDF
2 Giro
3 Vuelta
4 Worlds
5 Roubaix
6 De Ronde
7 LBL
8 MSR
9 Lombardia
10 Dauphine

Olympics is not a cycling race it's merely a spectacle. 4 riders max and only like 100 participants is not a proper race.

The way forward forward perhaps though.

 

[ingsve]

The way forward forward perhaps though.

Despite what some fans are wanting on here, it's never going to happen.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

1. Tour de France, 2. World Championships, 3. Olympics, 4. Giro d'Italia, 5. Roubaix, 6. Flanders, 7. Vuelta a España, 8. Sanremo, 9. Liege, 10. Lombardia.