What is the best exhibition of the last five years?

[The Hitch]

My fav Contador moment was modane-lalpe. If i cant win, I can still blow the race up.

the look on every single attempted breakaway rider as they look back 14km into what should be an easy 100k and see Contador ploughing through the esapees chased frantically by Schleck and the yellow jersey,

The biggest OMFG wtf moment ive ever seen in sport.

 

[pedromartins]

Why is Valverde in Plumelec on the list and not Evans in Montalcino? That stage is regarded as one of the best GT stages in many years and doesn't even get nominated!

What does Valverde has to do with Evans not being nominated, even if he deserved it?

 

[Altitude]

Ricco - Col d'Aspin

 

[burning]

Definition
when objects such as paintings are shown to the public, or when someone shows a particular skill or quality to the public

I guess this has to be the best exibition ever according to definition, no one could have ever shown that sort of skill

 

[Miburo]

Lol, tell me a big race Cancellara won when other riders were sucking his wheel?

No one sucked his wheel at RvV 2010 or Roubaix(in fact, no one even bothered chasing him there except Boonen). As for E3 Prijs 2011, ever bothered to take a look at the field? Not a very impressive field. Phil's Omloop victory in 2008 is more impressive then. E3 Harelbeke 2011 was a great race to watch though, but I rank Phil's win higher because the field was much better and the race itself is much more prestigious.

Does it have to be a "great solo"? No, it's my opinion for crying out loud. If no one chases you the race will not be very exciting. And that's exactly what happened at Roubaix that year.

If you ask me which one of Boonen's Roubaix titles was the best I'll say 2008. Not his solos of 2009 or 2012.

So you like Belgian people who win sprints.

AGR is not that prestigious. Better than E3, ok. But not 'much more'

Then again if you compare AGR with RVV or PR there's also a gap.

And what about the tour, then? 'much more presitigous' applies then.

And Contador/Canc have showed their value many times there along with other riders like Schleck at 2011.

But ok it's an opinion so go ahead and be biased

 

[El Pistolero]

The Tour is the most boring race in the world, what about it?

And LOL, E3 can't even compare to AGR. It wasn't even WT when Cancellara won it.

AGR had practically the same field as LBL. E3 Harelbeke was seriously lacking in competition that year because of G-W.

I like good races and Roubaix 2008 was a good race. Roubaix 2010 was boring, everyone gave up way too fast. And Boonen won that sprint with 30 bike lengths, tells you something doesn't it. I hate the "if it's not in a solo it's not a great win" attitude. If you ever bothered to look at Roubaix 2008 you'll see both Cancellara and Ballan tried everything to drop Boonen, but it was clear to everyone who was the strongest that day. Yeah Boonen is the better sprinter, but he won with 30 freaking bike lengths over Cancellara.

Much better Roubaix that year than the Bore de France of 2009. Cancellara getting beaten at Roubaix in his best year ever. Yeah, that's right, it wasn't 2010.

In 2008 alone Cancellara got third at the Olympic road race, won the time trial, defended his T-A lead on a steep wall, won Milan-San Remo and took 2 impressive wins in Tour de Suisse(much better than the Tour de Suisse he won the year after).

 

[M Sport]

Contador -Verbier 2009 for the most spectacular, I would add in the 2008 L'Angliru stage of the Vuelta. While not as much of an exibition in it's own right that stage win clinched Contador's hat trick of GT wins in little over a year, I don't think we will see that again for awhile.

 

[Pentacycle]

So you like Belgian people who win sprints.

AGR is not that prestigious. Better than E3, ok. But not 'much more'

Then again if you compare AGR with RVV or PR there's also a gap.

And what about the tour, then? 'much more presitigous' applies then.

And Contador/Canc have showed their value many times there along with other riders like Schleck at 2011.

But ok it's an opinion so go ahead and be biased

Look at it this way: AGR has some of the top riders on cobbles(Nuyens, Terpstra, Chavanel) puncheurs/sprinters(Gilbert, Gerrans, Gasparotto, Sagan, Freire) climbers(Schlecks, Sanchez, Valverde, Vanendert) and all-rounders(Voeckler, Iglinskiy, Van Avermaet), most of them in good form and able to get a top 10. There aren't many classics on the calendar that have such a variety of participants. It's comparable to MSR, but then there's a chance someone from Down Under wins who's already in top shape.

The problem is AGR doesn't have a big history, because of the place on the calendar about until 15 years ago. That's the reason Boonen and Cancellara tend not to care about it too much.

 

[The Hitch]

The Tour is the most boring race in the world, what about it?
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Dude you spent the entire Giro taking the **** about how **** a race it is and proudly declaring not to have watched a minute of it. You did the same at the 2011 Vuelta.

So i figured you for a Tour fan but you find that boring too. Is there any race not won by Boonen or Gilbert that you do like?

 

[El Pistolero]

Dude you spent the entire Giro taking the **** about how **** a race it is and proudly declaring not to have watched a minute of it. You did the same at the 2011 Vuelta.

So i figured you for a Tour fan but you find that boring too. Is there any race not won by Boonen or Gilbert that you do like?

This year's Giro was boring, what about it?

An exciting Tour was 2007, 2008 and 2011 was cool when Contador attacked, but the Pyrenees were boring.

An exciting Giro was 2008 and 2010(which I didn't watch live because of exams). 2011 was also good, but it leaves a bad memory for numerous reasons.

I'm not a fan of any Grand Tour, why would you ever think that? If the racing is good it doesn't matter which GT it comes from. Though I do downplay the Vuelta a lot, but here's a hint: don't take that too seriously.

 

[El Pistolero]

Look at it this way: AGR has some of the top riders on cobbles(Nuyens, Terpstra, Chavanel) puncheurs/sprinters(Gilbert, Gerrans, Gasparotto, Sagan, Freire) climbers(Schlecks, Sanchez, Valverde, Vanendert) and all-rounders(Voeckler, Iglinskiy, Van Avermaet), most of them in good form and able to get a top 10. There aren't many classics on the calendar that have such a variety of participants. It's comparable to MSR, but then there's a chance someone from Down Under wins who's already in top shape.

The problem is AGR doesn't have a big history, because of the place on the calendar about until 15 years ago. That's the reason Boonen and Cancellara tend not to care about it too much.

Cancellara has shown interest in AGR. Boonen hasn't, but it should be obvious that he can't win that race when it finishes on top of the Cauberg. Though every year Boonen says he'll start AGR, but every time he ends up not doing it. It's kind of funny actually. Maybe Boonen could win it if it was still on the same course as when Museeuw won. Although Museeuw was better on the longer hills than Boonen, so I don't know for sure...

Boonen's weight was 78kg for the WC this year by the way.

I think Cancellara was going to ride it again this year, but you know what happened.

 

[The Blues]

Luckily, there has been many good, but I definetely think that either Schleck's Galibier-attack or Cancellara's in Paris - Roubaix.

I voted for Andy's.

And to be honest, I don't understand why Contadors on Fuente Dé is number one; yes, it was great, but I think the two I mentioned are at least as good. Well, propably a question of "taste".

 

[LaFlorecita]

What makes Andy's galibier attack better than Alberto's fuente dé? The fact that Alberto took the race by its balls and turned it completely around on a hilly! stage while it seemed he was never going to drop purito, its awesome and in my biased opinion more heroic than galibier.

 

[airstream]

Andy's attack is a genuine world cycling gold reserve. It was not too spectacular to me [so I voted for Grandissimo Bisonte and the Alien), because maximal spectacle is always skirmish between 2-3 strongest riders with lots of attacks or exchanging for attacking arguments at least. That raid is value in itself as it showed how even overly organized TdF peloton can be derailed under one fearless move. Besides, as we see that attack and its successful realization entailed subsequent early attempts. It was a karmic self-annihilation as it is. If constant dropping wears away a stone, it was the entire waterfall.

Hell, vote for Alex in Plumenec someone just out of interest.

 

[Carols]

And to be honest, I don't understand why Contadors on Fuente Dé is number one; yes, it was great, but I think the two I mentioned are at least as good. Well, propably a question of "taste".

Recent memory has something to do with it I'm sure, as well as Contador making a gutsy Race Winning Move; not just the stage as was the case for Andy.

 

[Afrank]

Luckily, there has been many good, but I definetely think that either Schleck's Galibier-attack or Cancellara's in Paris - Roubaix.

I voted for Andy's.

And to be honest, I don't understand why Contadors on Fuente Dé is number one; yes, it was great, but I think the two I mentioned are at least as good. Well, propably a question of "taste".

Most of the reason Contador is on top I would say lies in Contador having a lot of fanoboys and fangirls on this forum. In comparison Schleck is not nearly as liked here.

Recent memory has something to do with it I'm sure, as well as Contador making a gutsy Race Winning Move; not just the stage as was the case for Andy.

When Schleck made the move it was to win the race as well. If he just wanted to win the stage he would have waited until the final climb.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Most of the reason Contador is on top I would say lies in Contador having a lot of fanoboys and fangirls on this forum. In comparison Schleck is not nearly as liked here.

I wonder why

When Schleck made the move it was to win the race as well. If he just wanted to win the stage he would have waited until the final climb.

Actually not he made the move to set up an attack for Frank

 

[Afrank]

I wonder why



Actually not he made the move to set up an attack for Frank

No he didn't, he had fallen down on the GC so he made one last big effort to pull himself back into contention. Just like Contador on Fuente de it was a last big effort to win the race.

 

[airstream]

The forum is just of full of youthful maximalism. A few people rode at least 50k by themselves, however one has its views how any cyclist must ride and what he should say.

 

[Carols]

No he didn't, he had fallen down on the GC so he made one last big effort to pull himself back into contention. Just like Contador on Fuente de it was a last big effort to win the race.

Of course he was Trying to win the race with his move; fact is he didn't though.....Alberto did.

 

[LaFlorecita]

No he didn't, he had fallen down on the GC so he made one last big effort to pull himself back into contention. Just like Contador on Fuente de it was a last big effort to win the race.

Oh then he didn't tell the truth when he was interviewed. Interesting.

 

[El Pistolero]

No he didn't, he had fallen down on the GC so he made one last big effort to pull himself back into contention. Just like Contador on Fuente de it was a last big effort to win the race.

He said in an interview he made that move to set up an attack for Frank, but because no one reacted on his attack he decided to go for it.

 

[Parrulo]

the "only" difference btw contador's solo and andy's solo was that contador was about to lose the vuelta simply because despite trying everywhere, he couldn't drop rodrigues. andy was about to lose the tour because he didn't try as he should in the pyreneus and then got scared of a descent a lost a minute there.

simply put both were running out of road and in positions to lose the race but one was there because he lacked strength while the other was there because he lacked aggression.

had andy raced the entire tour as he did on those last 2 mountain stages being properly aggressive instead of trying 2 second long accelerations, he would have probably won the tour.

 

[Afrank]

Oh then he didn't tell the truth when he was interviewed. Interesting.

Don't know the interview your referring to, but everyone knows that his attack was a last effort for him to win the race. If his move had been caught it would probably have been planned for Frank to then go. But if the original plan had been to just set up Frank for a attack they would have waited until the last climb, or the 2nd to last.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Don't know the interview your referring to, but everyone knows that his attack was a last effort for him to win the race. If his move had been caught it would probably have been planned for Frank to then go. But if the original plan had been to just set up Frank for a attack they would have waited until the last climb, or the 2nd to last.

He said so in an interview, can't find it now (typical ) but anyway I didn't believe it right from the start, I thought he just said it because he didn't get the yellow jersey