Who is your favourite rider ?

[Miss Violet Smith]

Started watching Tommy Prim and Marianne Berglund back in the day, then Jan Ullrich, Alberto Contador, and Thor Hushovd.

Current favourites are Almeida and Pogačar.

 

[Netserk]

1. Tom Boonen
2. Primož Roglič
3. Michael Rasmussen
4. Derek Gee
5. Vincenzo Nibali
6. Alberto Contador
7. Jonas Vingegaard
8. Paolo Bettini
9. Peter Sagan
10. Jan Ullrich
11. Christophe Laporte
12. Dennis Menchov
13. Alexander Vinokourov
14. Damiano Cunego
15. Egan Bernal
16. Jose Rujano
17. Matthew Riccitello
18. Rui Costa
19. Sonny Colbrelli
20. Oscar Freire

 

[tobydawq]

1. Tom Boonen
2. Primož Roglič
3. Michael Rasmussen
4. Derek Gee
5. Vincenzo Nibali
6. Alberto Contador
7. Jonas Vingegaard
8. Paolo Bettini
9. Peter Sagan
10. Jan Ullrich
11. Christophe Laporte
12. Dennis Menchov
13. Alexander Vinokourov
14. Damiano Cunego
15. Egan Bernal
16. Jose Rujano
17. Matthew Riccitello
18. Rui Costa
19. Sonny Colbrelli
20. Oscar Freire

Where are Kelderman and Del Toro?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Where are Kelderman and Del Toro?

No Masnada either. Disappointing.

 

[Netserk]

Where are Kelderman and Del Toro?

Isaac is on the hate-list.

Wilco was considered and could easily have made it, but I was too indifferent about him for too long before I found him more endearing in his futile chase of victory.

 

[tobydawq]

Isaac is on the hate-list.

Wilco was considered and could easily have made it, but I was too indifferent about him for too long before I found him more endearing in his futile chase of victory.

Is the reason for your hatred of Isaac the way he rode Finestre? I don't really see why he should be hatable otherwise given that you like other UAE riders like Vine and McNulty (and I of course knew you hated him, that's why I asked about him).

 

[Netserk]

Is the reason for your hatred of Isaac the way he rode Finestre? I don't really see why he should be hatable otherwise given that you like other UAE riders like Vine and McNulty (and I of course knew you hated him, that's why I asked about him).

He also has some of the same pathetic (original meaning) qualities as Alaphilippe and Evenepoel.

 

[Red Lobster]

LeMond.

 

[Pozzovivo]

1. Pozzovivo
2. Pippo Pozzato
3. Alexandre Vinokourov
4. Ilnur Zakarin
5. Ion Izagirre
6. Iban Mayo
7. Joaquim Rodriguez
8. Bryan Coquard
9. David Moncoutie
10. Anthony Turgis

 

[stoempestoempestoempe]

Eric Vanderaerden
Pedro Delgado
Lucho Herrera
Claude Criquielion
Frank Vandenbroucke
Tom Boonen
Alberto Contador
Wout Van Aert
Tadej Pogacar

 

[Netserk]

Is the reason for your hatred of Isaac the way he rode Finestre? I don't really see why he should be hatable otherwise given that you like other UAE riders like Vine and McNulty (and I of course knew you hated him, that's why I asked about him).

See Burgos today. A clown like Alaphilippe.

 

[RedheadDane]

5. Nys

Which one?

 

[tobydawq]

See Burgos today. A clown like Alaphilippe.

I don't think any cyclists are clowns.

 

[tobydawq]

See Burgos today. A clown like Alaphilippe.

Now I've seen it. He simply just slipped in a corner. What's the reason you have to namecall like that, I thought he had done something severely stupid...

 

[Peyroteo94]

Now I've seen it. He simply just slipped in a corner. What's the reason you have to namecall like that, I thought he had done something severely stupid...

Now imagine criticizing some internet folks for insulting THJ but 3 weeks later you are doing the same. Internet is a funny place.

 

[ice&fire]

Now I've seen it. He simply just slipped in a corner. What's the reason you have to namecall like that, I thought he had done something severely stupid...

Looks like he hit the tarmac with the inside pedal. That's an operator error.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

See Burgos today. A clown like Alaphilippe.

When did Alaphilippe crash in a corner by pedalling too much?

 

[red_flanders]

Hinault, Lemond, Kelly, Van Petegem, Museeuw, Boonen, Van der Poel, and Contador jump to mind.

 

[The fridge in the blue trees]

Giuseppe Saronni! But well, only knew Saronni and Moser, a bit later some more... and soon realized that Saronni wasn't really all that great.
Then once saw a bit more got better choices:
-Marco Giovannetti, Federico Echave, Franco Chioccioli, Laudelino Cubino.
Fabio Parra over Herrera of course. (mostly liked being contrarian)
Johan Van der Velde was kind of cool too. Good in sprints and won mountain stages.
Claudy Criquielion of course, almost forgot
Hated Edwin Van Hooydonck... nowadays in retrospect I'm a fan!
Last "big love" Ivan Gotti.

Since then not really fan of anybody anymore. Ok, Rigoberto Uran, but that has more to do with his personality than the way of riding, must have had 1 attack in his career and nobody saw it because it was in a tunnel (at the Giro).

Sympathies of course, Carapaz, like his riding style, both visually and how attacks, or dies trying to follow a wheel. Pello Bilbao, not much to like style wise, but gritty (also sort of predicted his late emergence as a GC rider after the Vuelta 17, so if for once I was right, of course then I like that rider.)

 

[Netserk]

I don't think any cyclists are clowns.

Vingegaard was a clown in Itzulia in 2022 too.

 

[Netserk]

Now imagine criticizing some internet folks for insulting THJ but 3 weeks later you are doing the same. Internet is a funny place.

I'm sending Del Toro death threats?

 

[Peyroteo94]

I'm sending Del Toro death threats?

With those comments you are clearly promoting/inciting a environment of hate. Or are just death threats unacceptable?

 

[Netserk]

With those comments you are clearly promoting/inciting a environment of hate. Or are just death threats unacceptable?

Calling him a clown on a forum that he likely doesn't read endangers him, really?

 

[Peyroteo94]

Calling him a clown on a forum that he likely doesn't read endangers him, really?

So now your comments are acceptable just because he doesn't read those?

 

[Netserk]

So now your comments are acceptable just because he doesn't read those?

Yes, I think it matters that I don't message him specifically.

So you don't think death threats matter all that much since you think that calling someone a clown is just the same?