What is your favourite one day race?

[Wind in hair]

What is your favourite one day race and why?

For me Tour of Flanders is the best, there are a lot of cobbled uphills, rural landscape, interesting region where cycling is number one for many people, not football It is unique in the Europe. After the whole difficulty from Paterberg to finish line there is usually incredible fullgas

here is something about it. One day war:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfNnoDUVhlo

 

[Carols]

Paris-Roubaix in the rain

 

[King Boonen]

Milan-Sanremo. It starts the real racing, it's finely balanced and can swing from an obvious pick to an unknown/unthought of rider very easily due to riding, conditions etc. and while everyone says it's the sprinters monument it's almost always won from at least a reduced peloton, usually not by a top line sprinter.

 

[Wind in hair]

Re:

Paris-Roubaix in the rain

briefly and essentially We are waiting for the rain on Sunday

 

[Netserk]

Roubaix
WC RR (when it's not a horrible course like Copenhagen)
Olympic RR
Ronde
Omloop

 

[BigMac]

Of the current World Tour calendar, I'm in love with the Laurentian classics, better known as the Grands Prix Cyclistes de Québec et Montréal. Charismatic races, always deliver. There's a sense of freshness to them, yet warm. I just hope they stay for many years to come.

Then usually comes the World Championship, if it's eligible, perhaps followed by Lombardia.

 

[Jspear]

Tour of Flanders - love the bergs.
Strade - love the rolling terrain and the finish in Siena.
WC - it changes every year. Different sorts of riders can win it.
PR - love the big cobbles.

Of course this is speaking in general terms. Certain races stand out more or less depending on how the riders raced it.

 

[red_flanders]

Roubaix for me. Used to be Flanders but the new course just isn't as good. Without the Kapelmuur I don't care for it as much. It's a close second now.

 

[Pentacycle]

Il Lombardia. The spring classics are a fantastic two month long circus, but nothing beats watching the riders pass Madonna del Ghisallo on a rainy October afternoon, when the season is about to end.

 

[TMP402]

Can (and if so, when) Strade Bianche ever become the sixth monument?

 

[TheGreenMonkey]

I don't have one.

 

[Pulp]

Paris - Roubaix. the worse conditions the better
WC, and as someone said: In a tough course.

 

[King Boonen]

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Can (and if so, when) Strade Bianche ever become the sixth monument?

I'm not sure it's even considered a classic yet. The monuments aren't official designations, they have just gained that status through prestige and longivety.

 

[DFA123]

Strade Bianche. The best race, along with the world championships, to see riders with different strengths and specialities compete against each other. The Worlds are often raced quite conservatively and are lacking in action, Strade Biance always delivers.

 

[TMP402]

Re: Re:

Can (and if so, when) Strade Bianche ever become the sixth monument?

I'm not sure it's even considered a classic yet. The monuments aren't official designations, they have just gained that status through prestige and longivety.

I know, I'm just asking, do people think there will one day be a sixth monument (in the full popular opinion of the cycling world as the other five became), and if so when/how could that be possible. Strade Bianche seems to me to be the one-day race that people are most enthusiastic about without it being the WC or a monument, and it also has unique characteristics. It's probably too short at the moment but that could easily be remedied, and for a race that only started in 2007, it has a prestigious list of past winners: Cancellara (x2), Gilbert, Stybar, and Kwiatkowski. In fact of the nine editions of Strade Bianche, seven have been won by Monument winners, Olympic medalists or World Champions (alright, a cyclocross one (Stybar this year)).

 

[winkybiker]

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Il Lombardia. The spring classics are a fantastic two month long circus, but nothing beats watching the riders pass Madonna del Ghisallo on a rainy October afternoon, when the season is about to end.

Love Lombardy. The race of the falling leaves. We saw it live this year. A beautiful area.

 

[Wind in hair]

Re:

Il Lombardia. The spring classics are a fantastic two month long circus, but nothing beats watching the riders pass Madonna del Ghisallo on a rainy October afternoon, when the season is about to end.

I miss the finish line in Como I miss Lake of Como during wathing Il Lombardia on TV

 

[Kwibus]

Roubaix is my favourite.

 

[mrhender]

Generally I'am most hyped about Roubaix...

It's the race that (almost) always delivers the things I love about cycling....

However sometimes it is overshadowed by other one-day races in same season..

Hence I look the most forward to Roubaix but sometimes I enjoy other races more...

depends/depends...

 

[Miburo]

Roubaix, this race is almost never boring.

 

[kanari]

For me:
1) Roubaix
2) WCRR
3) Ronde
4) MSR

 

[staubsauger]

Omloop is the most beautiful. The one I usually look forward to since New Years each time.

 

[SafeBet]

Roubaix
Strade Bianche
E3 Harelbeke

Lombardia can be very good or very bad depending on the parcours. Flanders used to be my favorite but I don't dig the new route.

 

[RedheadDane]

I have a strange love for Amstel Gold Race.
1: It tends to take place just around my birthday.
2: it's sponsored by - and named after - a brewery.

But generally I just like all races.

 

[Ruudz0r]

Im already looking forward to the 2016 Olympic RR. But normally LBL and GdL are my favourites.