Who are the best/worst bike handlers in the peloton?

[gruppeto993]

The title is self explanatory. List the best/worst bike handlers in the peloton.
Sagan, Cancellara, Gilbert are amongst the best.
Menchov, Schlecks, Gesink amongst the worst?

 

[Gloin22]

Bad : All Euskaltel riders except Sanchez ?

 

[Miburo]

Well Soler comes into my mind for the worst.

Btw how is it with him?

 

[gruppeto993]

Bad : All Euskaltel riders except Sanchez ?

good one

 

[Leadbelly]

Well Soler comes into my mind for the worst.

Btw how is it with him?

Not funny.

 

[gruppeto993]

Steven Kruijsivik- Great win for TJ and @BlancoCycling in TdU! Today I had a good downhill session with Oscar Saiz and @RGUpdate! #MotoGPstyle

nice to see gesink and SK getting some sessions on the downhill!

Soler was badly hurt. I dont think you should be making fun of him. He was involved in a bad accident.

 

[El Pistolero]

The question is who's a bad bike handler, Miburo did nothing wrong nor was he making a joke.

 

[Arnout]

Bad : All Euskaltel riders except Sanchez ?

Yeah, go and do a downhill race with the Izagirres.

 

[Gloin22]

Yeah, go and do a downhill race with the Izagirres.

Do you see the smiley : '''' ? It's usually used to represent sarcasm..

Obviously there are riders at Euskaltel that are very good bike handlers.

Still most of them are pretty bad. ''All'' was an exaggeration.

 

[Squire]

Tony Martin is not particularly good, is he?
Moncoutie was abysmal.
Machado has this thing about riding in the peloton, I take it that means he's not particularly good at handling the bike?

I'd guess that Boom is good, Contador is pretty amazing.
Basically all the sprinters are good bike handlers.

According to Paul Sherwen, a certain Texan is pretty decent at handling his bike across fields

 

[Libertine Seguros]

The question is who's a bad bike handler, Miburo did nothing wrong nor was he making a joke.

While I concur with the conclusion that Soler was a terrible bike handler, he's also demonstrably not in the péloton at the moment. The "how is it with him?" could have been construed as a bit sarcastic and uncalled for. Otherwise I'd name Freire for best alongside Flecha solely for their not going down in the Cavendish-Haussler Tour de Suisse carnage.

Most ex-trackies or ex-crossers are good bike handlers. Andy Schleck is a terrible one. And Basso.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Tony Martin is not particularly good, is he?
Moncoutie was abysmal.
Machado has this thing about riding in the peloton, I take it that means he's not particularly good at handling the bike?

I'd guess that Boom is good, Contador is pretty amazing.
Basically all the sprinters are good bike handlers.

According to Paul Sherwen, a certain Texan is pretty decent at handling his bike across fields

Indeed. Actuall he used to be horrible.
He got a little better but is certainly still among the worst 10%

 

[will10]

Special mention to Elia Favilli for his Cavendish bunnyhop, and Flecha for his Suisse 2010 dodge.

 

[Miburo]

Not funny.

You really think that was intended to be a joke, that's pretty sick.

Ok it sounded maybe wrong but it was a serious question.

 

[Squire]

Otherwise I'd name Freire for best alongside Flecha solely for their not going down in the Cavendish-Haussler Tour de Suisse carnage.

And this

 

[GPdesAmeriques]

The title is self explanatory. List the best/worst bike handlers in the peloton.
Sagan, Cancellara, Gilbert are amongst the best.
Menchov, Schlecks, Gesink amongst the worst?

Cancellara amongst the best?

 

[Miburo]

Cancellara amongst the best?

Contador doesn't win each mountain stage, still he's the best climber

 

[the asian]

Cancellara amongst the best?

One mishap doesn't make you a bad bike handler.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Tony Martin is not particularly good, is he?
Moncoutie was abysmal.
Machado has this thing about riding in the peloton, I take it that means he's not particularly good at handling the bike?

I'd guess that Boom is good, Contador is pretty amazing.
Basically all the sprinters are good bike handlers.

According to Paul Sherwen, a certain Texan is pretty decent at handling his bike across fields

I don't know if that's true though

 

[the asian]

I don't know if that's true though

He's a pretty good descender, and among GC contenders his bike handling skills are decent. Certainly way better than Basso, Menchov, Schlecks, Gesnik & Anton.

 

[Contadoraus Schlecks]

I don't know if that's true though

It's old and I'm sure you have seen it before but it certainly demonstrates that he can act quickly. Could have been very bad.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=FVzNFnOx-RA&desktop_uri=/watch?v=FVzNFnOx-RA

 

[Leadbelly]

You really think that was intended to be a joke, that's pretty sick.

Ok it sounded maybe wrong but it was a serious question.

Libertine explained it better than I could. It just came across very poorly, but I'm glad to hear it wasn't a joke. I was just surprised that apparently someone (other than Ryo) might try and "joke" about something serious like that.

 

[Fearless Greg Lemond]

Any rider able to make top ten on Roubaix is a great bike handler. Also cyclists who can descend like madmen and keep on the bike should be on this list. And sprinters of course.

The ones that stand/stood out for me:
* Robbie McEwen
* Greg LeMond
* der Fabian
* Nibali
* Savoldelli
* O'Grady
* Delgado

Perhaps I forgot a lot of cyclists...


Good bike handlers are a bit crazy, thats why I think I am a good bike handler.

The worst? Alex Zulle, Dave Zabriskie, those long legged guys.

 

[Caruut]

It's old and I'm sure you have seen it before but it certainly demonstrates that he can act quickly. Could have been very bad.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=FVzNFnOx-RA&desktop_uri=/watch?v=FVzNFnOx-RA

http://www.youtube.com/#/watch?v=FVzNFnOx-RA&desktop_uri=/watch?v=FVzNFnOx-RA

Link for those on PCs.

 

[Contadoraus Schlecks]

http://www.youtube.com/#/watch?v=FVzNFnOx-RA&desktop_uri=/watch?v=FVzNFnOx-RA

Link for those on PCs.

Not sure, using a daft I pad.

Type "best cycling save ever Contador" into YouTube and it should appear