Which is more ridiculous

[Anonymous]

Well.......................

 

[craig1985]

I've gone the Dutch option.

 

[Mambo95]

It would be the ToC as the 4th GT, but the race organisers never said it was - they just get willfully misquoted by people wanting to have a pop.

So the King of the Mountains in the Netherlands it is.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Wilunga Hill a mountain top finish for me!

 

[janraaskalt]

The 4th Grand Tour claim for the Tour of California is complete rubbish. Eight days versus 3 weeks; almost no history. Whoever brought this up must be out of his mind.

 

[Trev_S]

TDU for me.
'Down Under' just sounds like a novelty thing rather than in a professional manner.
plus 'Down Under' meaning Australia is a wrong title anyway as it's not really a Tour of Aust. it's a Tour of Adelaide.

 

[theswordsman]

I went with an ATOC related "other. But I'm an American, and I didn't even know I thought this:

Canberra's Michael Rogers bested a field full of some of the biggest names in cycling to claim what American cycling fans consider to be the second most important race in the world.

http://www.abc.net.au/sport/stories/2010/05/24/2908043.htm

In slight defense of Willunga Hill, I followed the race a couple of years ago, and a number of sprinters complained about their competitors being pushed up the Hill by teammates. Maybe it would pass for a mountain in January, if they hadn't named it "Hill" right there on the packaging. I'd suggest that the organizers have time to watch The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, but they're busy telling the press that Lance is still welcome at their race, and it's hard to watch a movie with your head up your...

 

[The Hitch]

Sorry but "calling cali a grand tour" runs away with it in a way not seen since Basso won the 2006 Giro.


Levi was a grand tour contender. the guy podiumed the Tour ffs. He came 2nd in a Vuelta so I feel its a bit unfair on him.



Also, I for once will choose not only to not attack the Dutchies, but to defend them.

Are we really going to attack them based on the land they inherited



Its not their fault they were too weak to get anything better

 

[taiwan]

Sorry but "calling cali a grand tour" runs away with it in a way not seen since Basso won the 2006 Giro.


Also Levi was a grand tour contender. the guy podiumed the Tour ffs. He came 2nd in a Vuelta.

Agree with these. Although Leipheimer's obviously ageing.

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

KoM for Dutch race = 2nd place for me.
But Amgen ToC /= GT. Make it 3 weeks, then maybe I'll think of it as a GT.

 

[Michielveedeebee]

They should call it King of the Hill in Belgian/Dutch stage races

 

[Cobblestoned]

Other.

- teamskyfans and his useless threads\polls

 

[Archibald]

Other. Germans having a sense of humour?

I don't have an issue with TDU. It's a tour and it's "down under". Besides doesn't most of the US still believe the Australian national anthem is the Men at Work song anyway?

chose the "4th Grand Tour" - absolute stand out.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

tsf polls > cobblestoned.

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I think dutch kom and tdu .

 

[Anonymous]

Other.

teamskyfans and his useless threads\polls

its actually rare i start a thread. I was bored, and it seemed relevant. Sorry, have I made the forum untidy?

 

[Cobblestoned]

its actually rare i start a thread. I was bored, and it seemed relevant. Sorry, have I made the forum untidy?

Very relevant and very bored.
But suprising to see only one option avaible to vote down RS or one of it's riders.
You have had better days. lol

 

[Cobblestoned]

Other. Germans having a sense of humour?

I don't have an issue with TDU. It's a tour and it's "down under". Besides doesn't most of the US still believe the Australian national anthem is the Men at Work song anyway?

chose the "4th Grand Tour" - absolute stand out.

Yes, I especially like British humor if it's avaible.

 

[Cobblestoned]

tsf polls > cobblestoned.

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I think dutch kom and tdu .

I love you, too.

Timmy-loves-Rabo > 0

 

[kease7]

Calling Willunga Hill a Mountain Top Finish

 

[phanatic]

Tie:
1. All stage races
2. 10 months to April

 

[luckyboy]

Clicked Wilunga by accident instead of Cali.

 

[Parrulo]

i went with cali. i mean as ridiculous as some other might be cali being the forth GT and second most important race of the year trumps them all.

funny as the race this year was pretty good yet due to those stupid claims most people can't stand it

 

[hfer07]

The AToC "4th GT" atrocity is beyond the biggest stupidity said in cycling in the last 100 years.

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

its actually rare i start a thread. I was bored, and it seemed relevant. Sorry, have I made the forum untidy?

No sir. Nothing wrong with having a little fun.

 

[Granville57]

It would be the ToC as the 4th GT, but the race organisers never said it was - they just get willfully misquoted by people wanting to have a pop.

But the poll says nothing about "the race organizers." That "4th GT thing" has bandied about for some time by journalists and others.

For a good laugh, do a Google search for "Tour of California 4th Grand Tour." Google tries to spell-correct it to "4th Grade Tour."