Who is/are your favorite rider(s)

[Bike Boy]

I'm ashamed to have forgotten Michele Scarponi on my list. He's definitely one of my favourites. I also like Dan Martin.



I don't really mind Vino either. I absolutely love his attacking/animating ability

So I discover that Denmark isn't the great cycling nation it used to be. If we had this poll in the 90'ies Rolf Sørensen and maybe Bjarne Riis would have appeared on that list.

I will make two lists, one with my favourite danish riders and another with my favourite international riders.

Favourite danish riders:

Matti Breschel
Chris Anker Sørensen
Nicki Sørensen
Alex Rasmussen
Jacob Nielsen

Favourite international riders:

Alberto Contador
Cadel Evans
Pierrick Fedrigo
Phillipe Gilbert
Davide Moncoutie
Fabian Cancellara
Fränk Schleck
Jack Bobridge

 

[boomcie]

you clearly know a lot of procrossers Boomcie

Probably came across like that yeah...

Still I've had my occasional little talks with them, enough apparently to have formed those opinions

 

[El Pistolero]

I have not. Please enlighten me El Pistolet.

I don't know all the details anymore.

In the beginning things went great, but after he won the world championship for the first time(I don't think it was with the pros) his family from Czechoslovakia(minus the Slovakia part) came over and started moving in little by little in the foster home of Stybar. In the end, his foster parents got sick of it and just threw Stybar on the street in the middle of the night with nowhere to go(he could stay with his girlfriend though)

Both sides have different stories about why things went bad because at first things were going great between them. I don't remember the whole story anymore, but this is a summary of it

 

[boomcie]

Interesting story E. Pistolet, thanks for that.

 

[Michielveedeebee]

Probably came across like that yeah...

Still I've had my occasional little talks with them, enough apparently to have formed those opinions

I've never been to a cross before

Got the chance to go to Bredene twice as I was studying at my grandparents' house but couldn't quite get them to let me go watch

 

[Spine Concept]

Out of the list, Gilbert and Cancellara for me.

 

[Midnightfright]

Cunego is my fav. I like GVA, Bos, Baby Schleck, Nibali,moncoutie. I am British so do also like wigwam , cav and inparticular Thomas.

 

[phanatic]

Levi, Poz, Andy, (is the TDU current?), 9

 

[greatking88]

For me its the Irish riders, Deignan, Martin and Roche.. Also like Samu, Gilbert and Boasson Hagen

 

[TRDean]

I like Kenny van Hummel...my favorite rider. Not the best, but someone who rides with heart...and determination.

 

[Echoes]

What do you mean? Watching cycling on France Télévision I get the feeling they like the Schlecks a lot.

French forums, which I'm reading but don't frequent, for the quality is so low. This is a far better place.

The weird thing with these folks is that they were Ullrich fans in the bad old days and they criticize Andy for his lack of consistency throughout the year. I'll never get what goes on in the mind of a Frenchman really.

A Schleck is a midget compared to Gesink, Evans, Nibali or Gilbert and Cancellara but a giant compared to L.A, J.U or even A.C.


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Great to see all these cyclocross on these boards ... in June.

Agree on Walsleben, a nice guy.

The rider that I found the coolest off the race is Arnaud Jouffroy. Always smiling, always free for the kids and a great sense of self-derision.

Chainel also has self-derision but is showing off a bit.

Pauwels epitomizes shyness but I don't blame him, being very shy myself. I kind of identify with him. That's the way I like to see him. Franzoi is shy too but not as much.

Albert might be cool off his bike but during the race, he's a crybaby to me. Ans such silly thoughts on doping. I don't dislike him but rather another rider than him.

I also liked Stybar better in his early days. Is he that arrogant? Hmm Wij zullen zien !

I like Tom Meeusen too. Always smiling. Just like Aernouts or Al.

Nys is really more than OK with fans, for a guy of his status. I also really liked Erwin Vervecken. Very patient with fans. True class act for me.

 

[El Pistolero]

Albert a crybaby during a race? When this guy wins it's usually by riding away in the second or third round already. If anything, he almost never wants to give up and keeps fighting. He also has a bad start most of the time and he needs to fight to come up front before Stybar or Nys put down the hammer.

Can't wait for cyclocross season to begin again The coverage is just so much better than Mountainbike for example(and mb pays crap). My opinion at least.

 

[greenedge]

Voeckler, Kadri, Kiryienka, Goss, , Swift, JROD, Chavanel, Geraint T, Rujano, Uran, Duarte, Henderson, Busche, Matthews, Guardini, Fuglsang, Syzmd, Eisel, EBH, Velits, TJVG, Gadret, ( all aussies ) Vandevert, Vino, Di Gregorio, Evans and most of the GC/ Classic contenders because it takes so much effort to get to the top.

 

[Zaschrona]

Kreuziger, Rabon, Stybar, (mostly all Czechs), Sagans, Velits', (mostly all Slovaks), Voigt, Cancellara, Schlecks, Gesink, Cunego, Sastre, Basso, Roche, Porte, O'Grady, Breschel, Fuglsang, Voeckler, De Gendt, Farrar, Goss, Coppel, van Hummel, Kolobnev, Nieve, Txurruka, Monfort, CA Sorensen, N Sorensen, Gerdemann, Szmyd, Bak, A. Rasmussen, Duarte, Haedos, Zabriskie, Spilak, Geschke, Roy, Ted King, (mostly all CSC and Leopard riders)

My totally most favourite riders are Styby, Schleck bros, Spartacus, Voigt, Rabon, Sastre, Basso, CA Sorensen, Txurruka, Nieve, Goss, Farrar and Kreuziger

 

[boomcie]

Voeckler, Kadri, Kiryienka, Goss, , Swift, JROD, Chavanel, Geraint T, Rujano, Uran, Duarte, Henderson, Busche, Matthews, Guardini, Fuglsang, Syzmd, Eisel, EBH, Velits, TJVG, Gadret, ( all aussies ) Vandevert, Vino, Di Gregorio, Evans and most of the GC/ Classic contenders because it takes so much effort to get to the top.

Am I the only one who has no clue who that rider is? Seems like a merger between Vanendert and Vande Velde.

 

[Michielveedeebee]

Am I the only one who has no clue who that rider is? Seems like a merger between Vanendert and Vande Velde.

that would give us a living injury I thought he meant Vanendert though

 

[Anonymous]

the italians GC hopeful guys ... i used to be a fan of three time Tdf classification winner ... Wim Vansevenant.

 

[Michielveedeebee]

the italians GC hopeful guys ... i used to be a fan of three time Tdf classification winner ... Wim Vansevenant.

You don't go for la lanterne rouge, lanterne rouge comes for you

 

[El Pistolero]

the italians GC hopeful guys ... i used to be a fan of three time Tdf classification winner ... Wim Vansevenant.

Lantern Rouge, right?


Only Kenny van Hummel could threaten his record, but he sucks too much for even that!

 

[Anonymous]

You don't go for la lanterne rouge, lanterne rouge comes for you

lmao

Lantern Rouge, right?


Only Kenny van Hummel could threaten his record, but he sucks too much for even that!

yep, lantern rouge,he won it three years in a row

 

[theyoungest]

Am I the only one who has no clue who that rider is? Seems like a merger between Vanendert and Vande Velde.

No. It's a football player. Rafael Vandevert.

 

[Ruudz0r]

Rob Ruijgh
Davide Malacarne
Artem Ovechkin
Domenico Pozzovivo

 

[Karl Max]

Hushovd and Arvesen is the ones who made me interessted in cycling in the first place, of course cause they are norwegian like myself. And of course I follow the norwgian riders with a special interest.

Over the years I always liked Jens Voigt and Thomas Vockler, riders with a big heart, a lot of guts and good attitudes.

Samuel Sanches, Cadel Evens, Bradly Wiggens, Haussler, Freire, Pozzato, EBH, Gilbert are other riders i like.

 

[mombus]

Jens Voigt, Johan van Summeran, Tom Danielson, Ryder Hesjedal, Thor, Tyler, Jakob Fugslang, Maxime Monfort, Schlecks, Linus Gerdeman, Ivan Basso (for sentimental reasons), Roman Kreuziger, Tejay van Garderen

 

[Jukebox]

I picked Bert, Phil and Bob.

I also like Igon Anton quite a bit, Tom Boonen, Lars Boom, Sylvain Chavanel and generally anyone not afraid to attack and make a race exciting(think Voekler, Casar, Fedrigo, Vino, etc.)