Who would you like to see in the rainbow jersey on Sunday?

[del1962]

Degenkolb would be a worthy winner and a worthy wearer of the rainbow jersey

 

[More Strides than Rides]

Degenkolb would be very worthy. I do think people would be more excited if he had won after last year's season though, when he was a little more of an underdog, who people wanted to support on his way up. People are less eager to cheer for a rider after their upswing.

I'll say my preference this way: I want to see Degenkolb win. I don't want to see Germany win. Nothing national, just I want to see the active, classics-style Degenkolb, than the GT sprint train/team control kind of win. Just in terms of racing. A Sagan win would be good, because the only way for him to get there would be to grab the bull by the balls. Stybar to a lesser degree.

 

[TMP402]

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^Whoever gets it should just wear black shorts and a white jersey with the rainbow stripes around.
Doesn't UCI has some kinda of rule that the team of the World Champ can't go all "Movistar" on the jersey but have to make the jersey white?
With the stripes, of course.

Perhaps, but several recent world champions have gone for the white shorts.

Right:

Wrong:

 

[the delgados]

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^Whoever gets it should just wear black shorts and a white jersey with the rainbow stripes around.
Doesn't UCI has some kinda of rule that the team of the World Champ can't go all "Movistar" on the jersey but have to make the jersey white?
With the stripes, of course.

Agreed about the black shorts, white rainbow jersey--as long as it's not worn by Gerrans. Then I'll have some issues.

 

[BigMac]

Only teams whose regular bib shorts are coloured black may use black shorts with the rainbow jersey. For instance, last year for Costa it was either all white or blue shorts with rainbow jersey.

 

[elfed68]

I want to see a rider who's done well this season win, like Valverde, Greipel, Dekenkolb and Kristoff, and G if he was riding.

Hope it's a deserving rider, not someone who's only won this race.

 

[Miburo]

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I want to see a rider who's done well this season win, like Valverde, Greipel, Dekenkolb and Kristoff, and G if he was riding.

Hope it's a deserving rider, not someone who's only won this race.

Many deserved it in recent years.

Gilbert, Costa, and Kwiat. I guess you can say gilbert was pretty *** that year although he had some decent placements in some races.

 

[TMP402]

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Only teams whose regular bib shorts are coloured black may use black shorts with the rainbow jersey. For instance, last year for Costa it was either all white or blue shorts with rainbow jersey.

He should have gone with blue!

 

[RedheadDane]

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Only teams whose regular bib shorts are coloured black may use black shorts with the rainbow jersey. For instance, last year for Costa it was either all white or blue shorts with rainbow jersey.

But why? Black goes with every colour without the... impracticabilities... of white shorts.

 

[BigMac]

Re: Re:

Only teams whose regular bib shorts are coloured black may use black shorts with the rainbow jersey. For instance, last year for Costa it was either all white or blue shorts with rainbow jersey.

He should have gone with blue!

I agree.

But why? Black goes with every colour without the... impracticabilities... of white shorts.

Because rules.

 

[hrotha]

Re: Re:

Only teams whose regular bib shorts are coloured black may use black shorts with the rainbow jersey. For instance, last year for Costa it was either all white or blue shorts with rainbow jersey.

He should have gone with blue!

Indeed.

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

 

["Jeff"]

After Stephen Roche won the world title in 1987, it became a trend that most winners had a subpar to downright awful season, the year after. The jersey was doomed.

Stephen Roche 1987
Maurizio Fondriest 1988
Rudy Dhaenens 1990
Gianni Bugno 1991/1992 (for some arguable)
Lance Armstrong 1993
Luc Leblanc 1994
Johan Museeuw 1996
Laurent Brochard 1998


Things improved but so now and than, its still there (see Ballan and Kwiatkowski).

 

[Escarabajo]

Uran!

 

[Pantani_lives]

Re:

Sagan, Vanmarcke or LL Sanchez.

My dream came true.

 

[TMP402]

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Real picks:
Valverde
Nibali
Rodriguez
Sagan

Woop.

 

[jens_attacks]

Bah.....

 

[Pantani_lives]

Re:

Bah.....

Finally somebody says something that makes sense.

 

[Energy Starr]

Re:

Degenkolb would be very worthy. I do think people would be more excited if he had won after last year's season though, when he was a little more of an underdog, who people wanted to support on his way up. People are less eager to cheer for a rider after their upswing.

I'll say my preference this way: I want to see Degenkolb win. I don't want to see Germany win. Nothing national, just I want to see the active, classics-style Degenkolb, than the GT sprint train/team control kind of win. Just in terms of racing. A Sagan win would be good, because the only way for him to get there would be to grab the bull by the balls. Stybar to a lesser degree.

You were right! Pretty cool race. Was good to see Sagan prove to himself that he doesn't have to wait for the sprint.

 

[KGB]

Well I go for Sagan opssss he is already world champion ok then I mean for 2016 he will be again.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Re: Re:

Degenkolb would be very worthy. I do think people would be more excited if he had won after last year's season though, when he was a little more of an underdog, who people wanted to support on his way up. People are less eager to cheer for a rider after their upswing.

I'll say my preference this way: I want to see Degenkolb win. I don't want to see Germany win. Nothing national, just I want to see the active, classics-style Degenkolb, than the GT sprint train/team control kind of win. Just in terms of racing. A Sagan win would be good, because the only way for him to get there would be to grab the bull by the balls. Stybar to a lesser degree.

You were right! Pretty cool race. Was good to see Sagan prove to himself that he doesn't have to wait for the sprint.

All of Sagan's big victories (at least one day races) are won because of aggressive, attacking riding: '15 WCRR, '14 E3, '13 Brabantse Pijl, '13 Gent-Wevelgem, '13 GP Montreal.

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

This generation of one day riders is really cool. Sagan, Degenkolb, Kristoff; they all can win a GT bunch sprint, but still don 't count on it too much in one-day-races.
Also Vanmarcke, GVA, Boonen, Cancellara, ... can sprint of course. I think after a 250+ k race, it's just too unpredictable for all of these guys who would beat who in a flat out sprint.

 

[KGB]

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Well I go for Sagan opssss he is already world champion ok then I mean for 2016 he will be again.

And he did it.When he wheel sucking then he just can not lose.He starts to love this jersey more then green maybe in rainbow jersey for next few years? :surprised:
Well I go for 2017 with Sagan again.