Top Sprinters of 2012

[Vino attacks everyone]

Libertine Seguros would like to have a word with you

what have i done now?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Aside from my poll choices I expect a great deal from Kruopis as well

no way. he lacks engine. will become something like stroetinga, only little better

 

[jens_attacks]

gotta go with petacchi because he's my favourite.he still got the flavour and the superb engine to pisz off cavendish in le tour.so vai alejet!!

also even i like cav,i expect kittel to beat him in most of the races.looking forward to it

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

gotta go with petacchi because he's my favourite.he still got the flavour and the superb engine to pisz off cavendish in le tour.so vai alejet!!

also even i like cav,i expect kittel to beat him in most of the races.looking forward to it

you mean races Cav is riding with a broken ribb right?

 

[jens_attacks]

you mean races Cav is riding with a broken ribb right?

that guy is a force of the nature,a true eastern german freak of the 70's you'll see...it's like greipel on steroids,a beast

 

[El Pistolero]

I could vote for all of them.


Some serious Kittel bandwagon on here. The lad had a lot of good wins but not many (if any?) against the so called big-name sprinters.

Neither has Sagan, but people are calling him the new Gilbert already.

I picked Kittel because his season reminds me of Cavendish's season in '07(and also voted for Cavendish and Greipel of course).

 

[taiwan]

Neither has Sagan, but people are calling him the new Gilbert already.

I picked Kittel because his season reminds me of Cavendish's season in '07(and also voted for Cavendish and Greipel of course).

Nah Sagan is remarkable. The stage race GC wins, the 3 stages of the Vuelta, and that mountain stage of the Tour de Suisse he mugged Cunego for, and he was 21. Sagan is not a pure sprinter but he's immense.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Neither has Sagan, but people are calling him the new Gilbert already.

I picked Kittel because his season reminds me of Cavendish's season in '07(and also voted for Cavendish and Greipel of course).

I see you have to make this in a gilbert discussion again

 

[Cobblestoned]

Neither has Sagan, but people are calling him the new Gilbert already.

I picked Kittel because his season reminds me of Cavendish's season in '07(and also voted for Cavendish and Greipel of course).

I guess Peter will just say: "No, thank you. I have greater goals and will have his palmares by just riding with one leg."

 

[Thorn Cycling]

I voted Kittel. He's was strong over 2011 and is continuously improving. *knocks on wood*

 

[Afrank]

I think Cav will be the best sprinter, Sagan and Kittel will find success in the season, but I'm not sure how they will fare against Cavendish. Mostly in the tour sprints though it will come down to Cav and Goss.

 

[El Pistolero]

Nah Sagan is remarkable. The stage race GC wins, the 3 stages of the Vuelta, and that mountain stage of the Tour de Suisse he mugged Cunego for, and he was 21. Sagan is not a pure sprinter but he's immense.

If the Vuelta had more pure flat stages than Kittel would have won them all. So how is Sagan different than Kittel? He's more all-round, but this is a sprinters topic.

Luckily for Kittel the Tour is filled with such stages and the Vuelta normally as well. This year was just exceptional.

 

[skidmark]

There are 20 people who think Kittel would beat Farrar in a sprint, and no one that thinks Farrar would beat Kittel (or, anyone on this poll)? I like Kittel, and Farrar's personality and stupid Transitions advertisement do little for me, but I think it'd be crazy to put him behind even Sagan and Boasson Hagen, let alone miles behind Kittel.

However, that 'zero' on the poll is so pure that I don't even wanna vote for him now...

 

[El Pistolero]

There are 20 people who think Kittel would beat Farrar in a sprint, and no one that thinks Farrar would beat Kittel (or, anyone on this poll)? I like Kittel, and Farrar's personality and stupid Transitions advertisement do little for me, but I think it'd be crazy to put him behind even Sagan and Boasson Hagen, let alone miles behind Kittel.

However, that 'zero' on the poll is so pure that I don't even wanna vote for him now...

Kittel already beat him at the Vuelta. Ok, Farrar crashed in that sprint, but it was already clear Kittel won by then. As for Edvald Boasson Hagen, no surprise really. He's one of the most over-rated cyclists on this forum.

 

[skidmark]

Kittel already beat him at the Vuelta. Ok, Farrar crashed in that sprint, but it was already clear Kittel won by then. As for Edvald Boasson Hagen, no surprise really. He's one of the most over-rated cyclists on this forum.

I guess Boasson Hagen only has one vote, so he's not the most overrated on this poll. But as for Kittel, yeah I have high hopes for him and he looked great in the late summer/fall, and he probably would've beat Farrar in that sprint even without the crash... but still, Farrar has been one of the most consistent and best sprinters in the last 3 years (I'd say on a level with Greipel and Petacchi), so I'm not convinced that he wouldn't beat Kittel 7 out of 10 times. Guess we'll see, Kittel WAS better than him last year according to CQ...

 

[maltiv]

Kittel already beat him at the Vuelta. Ok, Farrar crashed in that sprint, but it was already clear Kittel won by then. As for Edvald Boasson Hagen, no surprise really. He's one of the most over-rated cyclists on this forum.

Clearly his 1 vote shows that he is overrated? 1 vote is so insanely much for the first sprinter in 3 years to stay within a bike length of Cav on Champs Elysees, and he also won a bunch sprint at the TDF and Vattenfall Cyclassics (I know, it's not the biggest race). Rojas has 5 votes but only won 3 (small) races last year and had two 3rd places at the TDF as his best results

I'm not saying EBH deserves any votes here but I really can't see how you're reacting to his 1 vote and use that as a confirmation that he's overrated. It does show that Farrar is underrated though.

 

[taiwan]

If the Vuelta had more pure flat stages than Kittel would have won them all. So how is Sagan different than Kittel? He's more all-round, but this is a sprinters topic.

Luckily for Kittel the Tour is filled with such stages and the Vuelta normally as well. This year was just exceptional.

He's done more to merit the hype. Noone's saying Sagan will rival Cavendish either, At least one person in this thread has Kittel>Cav, which IMO is crazy talk.

There are 20 people who think Kittel would beat Farrar in a sprint, and no one that thinks Farrar would beat Kittel (or, anyone on this poll)? I like Kittel, and Farrar's personality and stupid Transitions advertisement do little for me, but I think it'd be crazy to put him behind even Sagan and Boasson Hagen, let alone miles behind Kittel.

However, that 'zero' on the poll is so pure that I don't even wanna vote for him now...

Yes Farrar is bizarrely underrated in this, for some reason. I thought of mentioning it, but decided against so as not to influence the poll before it closed.

 

[El Pistolero]

He's done more. Noone's saying Sagan will rival Cavendish either, At least one person in this thread has Kittel>Cav, which IMO is crazy talk.

That's because Sagan is not a pure sprinter, he's much more than that. Kittel wupped Sagan's *** in sprints at Pologne multiple times.

Like I said, this is a sprinter's topic, nothing more.

 

[maltiv]

He's done more. Noone's saying Sagan will rival Cavendish either, At least one person in this thread has Kittel>Cav, which IMO is crazy talk.

It's perhaps not very likely but I don't see how it's crazy, Kittel is one of the most impressive young sprinters we've seen and he could still be improving. He produces a lot more watt than Cavendish and has an outstanding winning mentality.

 

[El Pistolero]

Clearly his 1 vote shows that he is overrated? 1 vote is so insanely much for the first sprinter in 3 years to stay within a bike length of Cav on Champs Elysees, and he also won a bunch sprint at the TDF and Vattenfall Cyclassics (I know, it's not the biggest race). Rojas has 5 votes but only won 3 (small) races last year and had two 3rd places at the TDF as his best results

I'm not saying EBH deserves any votes here but I really can't see how you're reacting to his 1 vote and use that as a confirmation that he's overrated. It does show that Farrar is underrated though.

I'm talking about this forum, not just this thread. People who are voting for Rojas are obviously not taking this poll very seriously. He wouldn't even win a sprint against Cadel Evans*.

* that might or might not be a hyperbole.

 

[taiwan]

That's because Sagan is not a pure sprinter, he's much more than that. Kittel wupped Sagan's *** in sprints at Pologne multiple times.

Like I said, this is a sprinter's topic, nothing more.

So why bring Gilbert up? Confusing to compare 'the next Gilbert' hype to 'the next Cavendish' hype as you did, when you're talking about sprinting only. Maybe you were talking about Gilbert as a sprinter only? I followed you off topic.

 

[ferryman]

A topic I always like, and one which isn't usually straightforward. We all know Cav, but there tends to be some disagreement about the next few in the ranking. Different people look for different quallities in a sprinter, and different victories differ in their value. Anyhow, we're looking at next season here: some have switched teams, and some youngsters will be at the next stage of their development. Who, in your opinion will come out of 2012 looking like the big sprinters?

Renshaw's comments on the CN home page are an interesting read if you haven't seen them yet:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/mark-renshaws-year-of-living-dangerously

Of particular interest to this thread is his view on why the sprints may even out a bit next year. The 'He' in the quote is Cavendish:

"He's been so successful because we've always had him in the perfect position in every race," Renshaw explained. "Next year we might see a little bit more, I don't like to say it, but a little bit more chaos in the sprints. I don't enjoy them but I think there will be quite a few teams as strong as one another and that's why it will even out. "

 

[Thorn Cycling]

He's done more to merit the hype. Noone's saying Sagan will rival Cavendish either, At least one person in this thread has Kittel>Cav, which IMO is crazy talk.

I was the one who said Kittel>Cav. I think that with Cav losing Renshaw, and Kittel continuing to improve at a faster rate than Cav, Kittel could be a better Sprinter than Cav over 2012. (But then again, in retrospect, I always get this sort of thing wrong )

 

[greenedge]

I hope the 'young' Italians sprinters out there prove their worth and will be able to pick up the torch the aging Napolitano, Petachhi and such, will drop;
Guardini and Modolo to name two, but with Nizzolo, Viviani, Beletti, Gatto, Appolonio, Guarneri and Chicci out there, they have quite a few sprinters I look forward to sprinting in 2012

Napolitano was born in 1981. That is not old. Also ASA will not get invited to most of the sprint friendly races. Guardini, Modolo and Viviani are the best sprinters in that list of young riders. I do not know how many sprints Appolonio will now ride with Cav as his leader. I hope Bennati has a resurgence as well.

I think that Kittel, Cav and Goss will contend for most of the wins. I also think Tyler will step up and win one of; two stages at the TDF ( because of Hunter ) or the Olympics. I do think that Sagan and Greipel will also go well but maybe not as good as the others. Greipel can still improve on this year whilst Sagan now has to compete against all the riders at races like the TDF.

Renshaw is another option to go well.

 

[El Pistolero]

So why bring Gilbert up? Confusing to compare 'the next Gilbert' hype to 'the next Cavendish' hype as you did, when you're talking about sprinting only. Maybe you were talking about Gilbert as a sprinter only? I followed you off topic.

That was just an analogy to compare it to Kittel/Cavendish(i.e. there's a bandwagon for Sagan as well on this forum and probably some other cyclists as well in this poll)