What's your favourite non-monument classic?

[Eshnar]

NOTE: Prestige has nothing to do with this. Please make your choice based upon how much you enjoy watching the race. You can select more than one race (but not more than three).
If you choose Other, please specify

 

[staubsauger]

Omloop simply is the season kick off so it's just amazing!

 

[Cult Classics]

Omloop for me as well - I like the flat cobbled sections to end off the race after the hills - something a little different from the other Flandrian races, plus for me this is the official start of the cycling season.

 

[Eshnar]

Omloop simply is the season kick off so it's just amazing!

you have a point there
I voted that one + Strade Bianche....
No need to mention why the latter

 

[woodenswan]

Strade Bianche!
i love those dirtroad climbs, so unique
+ its one of my fav finishes. just beautiful, the last few Ks

already an iconic race

 

[trompe le monde]

I voted for the race of a thousand turns,that is the Amstel Gold race, and Strade Bianche.

Why? Amstel because it begins the attack on the Ardennes and is a much better race than the Fleche Wallone and Strade Bianche because, well, it's Strade Bianche. Seems like it should have been run for at least 80 years by now.

 

[Cult Classics]

I always wish they could do a lap/half a lap of the piazza del campo in the Strade Bianche - just seems a bit odd having the line almost as soon as you enter the square. Maybe it's a logistical nightmare and that's why. Probably my fave square in the world, that.

 

[LugHugger]

Voted GW, Strade Bianche and Other.
GW because it runs on that West Flanders/French Flanders area which is a bit of a hinterland and has that beautiful stretch of cobbles and climbs between Cassel and the Kemmelberg.
Strade Bianche for the awesome countryside and it's GRAVEL!!!!
My 'Other' vote is for Tro Bro Leon. More gravel, wind and mental Bretons

 

[SafeBet]

Strade Bianche over all of them for me.

 

[King Of The Wolds]

Strade Bianche. Not really a Classic, but how can you not love that race?

 

[Izzy eviel]

San Sebastian, AGR or Omloop.

I think the Omloop gets a lot of love for being the first main race after the break.

Strade Bianche would get my vote but I don't think we're allowed to watch it live are we?

 

[The Hitch]

Eurosport hardly broadcasts any of them so i dont really know for most of them. I mean ive seen replays of final 5k (while knowing who winner is) and read the reports, and even tried the whole watch shoddy streams that keep breaking up, in Flemsih, but none of those are the same as watching

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Rund um Frankfurt, Giro dell'Appennino, Donostia-Donostia, Trofeo Alfredo Binda, Brabantse Pijl and Giro dell'Emilia all deserve a shout-out. Subida a Urkiola would have been here when it was still around and prestigious too.

 

[woodenswan]

Eurosport hardly broadcasts any of them so i dont really know for most of them. I mean ive seen replays of final 5k (while knowing who winner is) and read the reports, and even tried the whole watch shoddy streams that keep breaking up, in Flemsih, but none of those are the same as watching

watching streams.. thats still.. watching u know?
there was a decent stream for Strade Bianche this season.
the hungarian commentators are so awful that watching half decent flemish streams is the better option anyway.. i even tried to combine mute telly with streams but because of the delay i would first hear the commentators yelling "Boonen! Boonen! oohlalalala" and see the actual attack later, which is a wee bit annoying

 

[El Pistolero]

Brabantse Pijl is regarded as more prestigious than KBK in Belgium anyway.

 

[Christian]

Flèche Wallonne for the great finish, always amazing to watch

 

[mewmewmew13]

you have a point there
I voted that one + Strade Bianche....
No need to mention why the latter

Omloop starts the excitement!....but Strade B for me is beauty

 

[Wigwan]

Other for me. I'm from Quebec and I love watching GP Québec. It never finish in a sprint, neither is the stage of the Tour de Bauce using almost the same circuit.

Flèche Wallone as 2nd favorite. Love the finish

 

[will10]

Het Volk, because the season has begun.

 

[Caruut]

I watch the races in a Dutch/Flemish if I can't get them in English. I understand enough Dutch to follow the race a little bit usually.

Strade Bianche, Fleche Wallonne and E3 for myself.

 

[Viking]

I've become a big fan of Clasica San Sebastian over the last few years. Maybe it's because it's the first big classic after months of nothing but stage races. I also love Omloop.

 

[movingtarget]

The Fleche. The final climb is always a great contest.

 

[luckyboy]

Het Volk/Strade Bianche. Forgot about TBL until I read the thread. Beyond me why anyone would vote for Fleche.

 

[Ferminal]

San Sebastian/E3/Strade Bianche

Would have considered Brabantse Pijl if it was there (by far the best Ardennes race).

 

[Pippo_San]

Strade Bianche is definitely the best one listed: lots of attacking, great landscapes, the roads...just awesome.

Amstel is the other one for me (even tho I consider it a monument already): I just love those twisty roads, and it's great to see how nervous the peloton rolls through them. Granted, it's (almost always) going to end with a sprint up the Cauberg, yet it's great nonetheless.