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What is the 11th Biggest Win in Road Cycling?
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Asero831 said:
No, we don't. The in-line World Championships and Olympic race are too dependent on their routes.
Worlds in Mendrisio or Valkenburg = Liège-Bastogne-Liège
Worlds in Doha or Richmond = Gullegem Koerse
Olympics in Rio or Peking = Amstel Gold
Olympics in Sydney or London = Izegem Koerse.
Otherwise the ITT World Championship and Olympics are probably among the top races in the calendar in that they are reserved only for the strongest. You cannot cheat, you cannot suck wheels, so only the best physically and mentally can win.
Amstel Gold nowadays > Tour of Flanders.
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Green Jersey in the Tour will definitely get you more recognition than winning Paris-Nice or Pais Vasco. So I'd go with that. I think a lot of people underestimate it because Sagan makes it look easy. Boonen for example got a lot more media attention in Belgium for winning the green jersey than GVA got for winning the Tirreno-Adriatico.
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I honestly think that historically at least the polka dots are worth way more than the green jersey. Sprinters already have more chances to win stuff than anybody else, and besides the importance of the maillot vert even to the people contending for it seems to fluctuate depending on how close they are to actually winning it (right, Cav?). I would take a single stage win at the Tour over the green jersey without a stage win anytime. The recognition from the green jersey comes from the fact that you have to be up there several days to win it, not from the points competition itself.
The Champs-Elysées sprint is a real "WGAF?" moment too. Don't think it's worth anything other than a bit of unofficial bragging rights. Certainly nothing compared to the most prestigious week-stage-races and non-monument Classics.
Notwithstanding that the prestige obviously varies wildly depending on the type of rider you are, because most riders aren't in the position to win all of the 10 races you name anyway. I find sprint races to be eminently forgettable and can't even tell you who won on the Champs Elysées last year, so I don't think anything that's a pure sprint without offering the challenge to the sprinters to make it to the end merits consideration. Out of races that the sprinters can and do win, nobody's mentioned Paris-Tours which is a much brighter spot on a sprinter's palmarès. Even the S**********s is a brighter spot on a sprinter's palmarès, although in that case the bright spot is the candle used in the satanic invocation rite. For stage races, the Itzulia often has one of the best fields, routes and competition levels, but for history probably the Tour de Suisse is highest, although terrible route design in recent years hurts it. Also no mention of Omloop, the season's traditional opener.
The Champs-Elysées sprint is a real "WGAF?" moment too. Don't think it's worth anything other than a bit of unofficial bragging rights. Certainly nothing compared to the most prestigious week-stage-races and non-monument Classics.
Notwithstanding that the prestige obviously varies wildly depending on the type of rider you are, because most riders aren't in the position to win all of the 10 races you name anyway. I find sprint races to be eminently forgettable and can't even tell you who won on the Champs Elysées last year, so I don't think anything that's a pure sprint without offering the challenge to the sprinters to make it to the end merits consideration. Out of races that the sprinters can and do win, nobody's mentioned Paris-Tours which is a much brighter spot on a sprinter's palmarès. Even the S**********s is a brighter spot on a sprinter's palmarès, although in that case the bright spot is the candle used in the satanic invocation rite. For stage races, the Itzulia often has one of the best fields, routes and competition levels, but for history probably the Tour de Suisse is highest, although terrible route design in recent years hurts it. Also no mention of Omloop, the season's traditional opener.
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Once upon a time were the "classiques", until some lobotomized individuals with nothing else to do decided to create five monuments. Of all the races who lost the status, la FW is my vote.
Or maybe Stage 2 of the Ruta del Sol should be elevated to monument status, since my buddy Tibopino won it today. And Nacer would get even with Demare, having won last year's Stage 2
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Or maybe Stage 2 of the Ruta del Sol should be elevated to monument status, since my buddy Tibopino won it today. And Nacer would get even with Demare, having won last year's Stage 2
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