Which one was the worst Grand Tour of the last decade?

[jens_attacks]

which one do you think it was?

2002 Giro d'Italia
with garzelli-gibo simoni out for dope,a giro fought between the not so superstar riders back then,evans,il falco and tyler hamilton.saved maybe by the spectacular cadel and frigo's crackings.

2004 Giro d'Italia
the overall gc says everything:
1 Damiano Cunego SAE 87.32'09"
2 Serhij Hončar DEN a 2'02"
3 Gilberto Simoni SAE a 2'05"
4 Dario David Cioni FAS a 4'36"
5 Jaroslav Popovyč LAN a 5'05"
6 Stefano Garzelli VIN a 5'31"
7 Wladimir Belli LAM a 6'12"
8 Bradley McGee FDJ a 6'15"

maybe saved by the saeco drama...

2008 Giro d'Italia
mortirolo done easy,lots of mountain stages in which even with the cera flavour,nothing happened between the main contenders.saved by durasella,epic LPR move to monte pora and riccardo ricco delicious interviews

2012 Giro d'Italia
same thing as 2008,lot of negative racing,not a lot of ballsy riders here barring de gendt's who made an epic ride on stelvio.a snoozefest most of the time


2002 Tour de France
ullrich out because of some little innocent mdma...a tour with no story to be told...very weak overall

2008 Tour de France
afte two weeks of excitement,the saunier duval are thrown out by bordry...we're left with the guys chilling on cime de la bonette and stuff like that...probably saved by carlito sastre ballsy attack on alpe.

2009 Tour de France
disgraceful route but the armstrong-contador saga was just too good in my opinion.still it's stupid to wait 2 weeks in a grand tour for entertainment

2011 Tour de France
the pyrenees done at rhytme of promenade...then contador and andy put some kerosene on the fire.the final two mountain stages might have erased the first impression...or not?

2007 Vuelta a Espana
not a lot of differences in the mountains...snoozefest..maybe i'm wrong but i remember an atrocious bad route also...bad grand tour anyway

2009 Vuelta a Espana
the biggest of them all....extraordinary cowardly racing of the millenium...valverde sprinting for bonus seconds...the crappiest grand tour i've ever seen...good mentions though to the gesink made of glass and to eze mosquera


so which one do you think it was the worst one?if you have other prefrences,let us know...

 

[markene2]

2009 Vuelta and the 2008 Tour for me

 

[ElChingon]

None.

Enjoyed them all.

If you really have issues with those you probably have issues yourself, its bike racing things don't always go as planed or the way you like or who you like. Keep them coming is all I want.

 

[Parrulo]

tough choice.

can't decide btw this years giro the 09 vuelta and the 09 tour

 

[airstream]

The 2005 Tour. Weak opposition, dull Armstrong, the end of the climbs on the stage 14 or so.

 

[jens_attacks]

None.

Enjoyed them all.

If you really have issues with those you probably have issues yourself, its bike racing things don't always go as planed or the way you like or who you like. Keep them coming is all I want.

so you don't enjoy a grand tour better than another?all equal for you..ok sir i have issues indeed

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

2009, 2010 and 2011 vuelta were all horrible in my opinion. 2009 as low point because gesink and mosquera the only ones ot light it up + sanchez in the 3rd week. And then Gesink fell and that ruined his podium spot which still ****es me off to the day.

But there was 1 GT that was more horrible and that was the 2008 Tour.

 

[FF'Wilco]

2010 Vuelta. One exciting stage, three weeks of boredom. Quite a weak field gives Velits (aka mr invisible) 2nd place.

 

[airstream]

2010 Vuelta. One exciting stage, three weeks of boredom. Quite a weak field gives Velits (aka mr invisible) 2nd place.

Which one? I always thought there were no exciting stages.

 

[spalco]

2008 Tour was one of my favourite GTs of all, maybe my most favourite, although with a very bitter aftermath obviously. I think that was a very exciting race even if it was overshadowed by the dope to say the least.

My vote goes to the 2002 Tour, but I haven't seen all the races in this list.

 

[Parrulo]

2009, 2010 and 2011 vuelta were all horrible in my opinion. 2009 as low point because gesink and mosquera the only ones ot light it up + sanchez in the 3rd week. And then Gesink fell and that ruined his podium spot which still ****es me off to the day.

But there was 1 GT that was more horrible and that was the 2008 Tour.

too be honest there aren't many moments of that tour left in my memory other then stage 1, ricco on aspin and sastre on alpe d'huez

 

[ElChingon]

so you don't enjoy a grand tour better than another?all equal for you..ok sir i have issues indeed

You should re-read the question posted, well actually some of the responders should.

 

[jens_attacks]

You should re-read the question posted, well actually some of the responders should.

i didn't mean in the most injuries and the most drama (rip wouter)

i meant from the entertainment point of view if that's what you were thinking.of course 2011 giro was the worst because a family lost his son but my question wasn't about that.

 

[phanatic]

I think missing RoboBasso - Vino - Ulrich at the 2006 Tour was the absolute pits. And then the ridiculous Landis affair. You might say it was a total bust.

 

[airstream]

Yeh, for sure, if we mean a general impression the 2006 and 2007 Tours are the worst too.

 

[jens_attacks]

Yeh, for sure, if we mean a general impression the 2006 and 2007 Tours are the worst too.

thanks god he's gone...

he destroyed 2008 too

 

[airstream]

thanks god he's gone...

he destroyed 2008 too

This man made a key decision on non-admittance of the Puerto guys and Astana Wurth as well?

 

[sartoris]

None.

Enjoyed them all.

If you really have issues with those you probably have issues yourself, its bike racing things don't always go as planed or the way you like or who you like. Keep them coming is all I want.

+1

I think someone should supervise this poll lark.

 

[Escarabajo]

Probably one of the Vueltas. Pick one.

I really don't like the way they put the parcours of that race.

 

[Carols]

2008 Tour -- complete borefest until Sastre attacked on the Alpe!

 

[FF'Wilco]

Which one? I always thought there were no exciting stages.

Bola del Mundo. And before Anton crashed the race was quite fine, the full boredom came later.

I kinda liked the 2008 Tour. Many favourities, small gaps and great attack by Sastre.

 

[meandmygitane]

TdF 2011 was a snooze-fest for more than two weeks after the first stage, I watched and watched and felt like I was wasting time and getting nothing in return.

 

[Red Rick]

I've been following cycling for less then a decade, so i can't say. I have to say this Giro sucked, because the favourites waited too long. I voted for the 2007 Vuelta which basically had just 2 tt's and 4 incredibly weak MTF's

 

[Red Rick]

Actually, i think the 2010 Vuelta is one of the best i've seen since 2007:

Malaga was nice
Valdepenas was awesome
Xorret de Cati had decent action
Andorra was good
Pena Cabarga had action, real shame Anton crashed out
Lagos de Covadonga and Cotobello sucked
Bola del Mundo was epic

 

[Havetts]

Either 2007 Vuelta or the 2004 Giro..