Escarabajo said:
Apart from having a big smile, a Cancer Foundation, high cadence, big heart, etc.
We want to know who had the biggest jump from being a "Donkey" to a "Race Horse"
If you don't agree with the choices just vote other and explain.
Thanks.
Edit: I am undecided between Froome and Riis. I am waiting for people to give me a better case for any of the two.
Who's Vivo?
But not even close between Riis and Froome. Riis, clearly.
Riis: Explosion in 93, he was 29. Before that he was a mix between Nicki Sörensen and Michael Mörköv to keep it Danish. Actually Nicki Sörensen probably not a good comparison, unlike Riis he showed some talent in the hills/mountains. Let's say Mörkövs climbing skill but not the TT and track skills. That part he gets from Nicki S. Then out of absolutely NOTHING he got 5th or 6th at the 93 TdF.
Froome: Explosion 2011 at 26. But he did show some talent before. After the Tour 08, where he climbed with the best over the Col de la Croix de Fer (or was it Glandon?) ven when the group got fairly small, then kind of blew on Alpe d'Huez, then the good last TT. After that he was certainly on the radar as a rider who could possibly do well in GTs in the future. Like
50 others, yes. Kind of confirmed it in the Giro 09, although there he looked less like a potential Top 10 guy, more like what Cyril Gautier looks now. Plus better TT. A guy who will be a fairly good mountain domestique, but probably never more. A top 20 as a leader possible, but not more. Then yep, he completely disappeared, and then... we know the story. But unlike Riis he did show some potential early on, Riis never did until 93. Froome was a guy who might have potential. Riis was a known value, an ok rider for escapes, nothing more.
Like Mörköv vs Gautier now if you want. What would be the bigger surprise, if Mörköv is a GC rider in 2014 and wins the Tour in 2017, or if Gautier does that? Same with Riis vs Froome.