Question What's the best way winning GC?

[EddyMazzoleni]

Long range attack.

Jokes aside, i actually voted long range attacks, but i don't consider going in a break like Kuss, Pereiro or Arroyo (well he didn't win, but podiumed) log range attacks. I was thinking of something like Contador at Fuente De or Roglic at Lagos. Quintana at Aràmon Formigal is borderline

 

[proffate]

I would say my GC defining favorite event is any time that something besides pure watts wins it, such as Contador's Fuente De. Any kind of skills, tactical coup or creative teamwork (NOT a mountain train) which overcomes a deficiency of straight horsepower is what I'm rooting for. Better to be like Nibali than Froome.

a long range attack (sometimes), an ITT, or simply dropping the hammer on the final climb are all different forms of having the biggest engine.

to a certain extent, this guarantees I am always rooting for the underdog, because the favorite will rarely be forced to get creative.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Gotta be able to win a semi long ITT and a long medium mountain stage in the same race.

 

[repre]

Champions win races in the TTs.

Nice bite for anothere Remco-influxed topic)))

 

[repre]

Running to the finish line without a bike is pretty cool way to win too

Froome tried to win this way once

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Everybody knows the best way to win is to get it awarded 8 years after the race has taken place.

 

[houtdffan]

Everybody knows the best way to win is to get it awarded 8 years after the race has taken place.

the Heras method via the Spanish Supreme Court

 

[ingsve]

Hope to be in a breakaway that gets 35 minutes on the peloton because the weather is bad and people can't be assed to chase. And then defend the lead by taking your own tempo on mountain stages.

 

[Izzyeviel]

The way of the yellow B's: 'ATTACK!! ATTACK!!!! ATTACK!!!! ATTACK!!!! ATTACK!!'

 

[Cookster15]

My favourite way to win GC is to match all the attacks by your rivals then ride away on the hardest and steepest section of a MTF.

Second most favorite would be to win a grand tour by descending prowess.

Breakaway wins are usually upsets. Nice to see but not my favorite.

GTs won by TT are not my favorite either but I respect the riders as that means they are simply the strongest - particularly if they dominate a TT deep into the 3rd week when recovery is paramount.

Edit: I am assuming the OP means grand tours - not any GC.

 

[Peter von]

I love the long distance breakaways, especially if it's a semi-favorite trying to do them. They are fun because they are so rarely successful.

Ususally the strongest rider just wins the thing because he is the stronger rider.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

the Heras method via the Spanish Supreme Court

I was thinking of Froome, cause getting the victory taken away first and then having to wait a long time to get it back seems like the worst way to win, since your reputation has been ruined in the process.

 

[will-10]

Win road bike TT, have remaining road stages cancelled

 

[will-10]

- Almost the best climber in the race (including mountain stage win)
- Almost the best TTer in the race (top 5 in all the TTs)
- The best descender in the race (showcased on a few occasions)
- An (alleged) bag of gold for some friends at a key moment

 

[Netserk]

- Almost the best climber in the race (including mountain stage win)
- Almost the best TTer in the race (top 5 in all the TTs)
- The best descender in the race (showcased on a few occasions)
- An (alleged) bag of gold for some friends at a key moment

-Rival getting "ill" on Stelvio

 

[will-10]

I was hoping that might take someone longer than one minute

 

[Netserk]

And I didn't even watch that edition

 

[Wyndbrook]

I'm not fussed how. Just win at least one stage along the way.

 

[Netserk]

 

[RedheadDane]

- Almost the best climber in the race (including mountain stage win)
- Almost the best TTer in the race (top 5 in all the TTs)
- The best descender in the race (showcased on a few occasions)
- An (alleged) bag of gold for some friends at a key moment

I still can't figure it out.
"All the TTs" implies at least 3 TTs.
Netserk's add-on about Stelvio implies Giro.

 

[will-10]

Gotta be able to win a semi long ITT and a long medium mountain stage in the same race.

Tough ask at Renewi Tour

 

[BigCoward]

Froome has put time unto his GC rivals with long range attacks, MTF dominance, descent finishes, echelons and ITT brilliance. All hail Froome.

 

[will-10]

Froome has put time unto his GC rivals with long range attacks, MTF dominance, descent finishes, echelons and ITT brilliance. All hail Froome.

Won his 2nd Tour in the gutter, no doubt about it

 

[Squire]

How about being the strongest rider, but forced to make the race epic because an outsider has gotten way too much time from a breakaway?

 

[perico]

Here’s a piece of trivia I have no answer ready for:

Name the most recent rider to win a GC from a long range attack that the peloton could not chase down. (Floyd Landis doesn’t count)

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