Who's your favorite directeur sportif?

[simo1733]

I like Jean Paul(Full Gas) Van Poppel

 

[Swede1]

Hmm I like Sean Yates and Allan Peiper. They are both successful and also seem to be pretty funny. But of course ill have to say Johan Bruyneel.

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

I hope the poll you are no doubt creating as we speak contains Guissepe Martineli.

Why? He's a big Giro fan like myself, and he said Contador had already surpassed Lance as a cyclist.

BTW someone on here said once that Roberto Amadio said that the TOC was as big as the Giro and Vuelta. anyone know if its true or not?

Okay, I like Guissepe too. On your question, I don't know about Roberto saying that about the TOC. But sOMEone here, by some slip of the tongue, did say that the TOC was the 4th best GT. That's right. G.T. As it's not a GT, that got lots of laughs. And then it didn't pan out so well against the other week long stage races either.

Back on topic... Bruyneel and Riis too. If Andy wins the Tour, JB's gonna look like a genius. As for Riis... I just like backpacking/hiking.

 

[Havetts]

Michiel Elijzen. No idea what he's like as a DS, but he's a genius on twitter.

I actually followed him after you said it and my god the last series of tweets over the last hour have got me crying of laughter. Thanks youngest

 

[El Pistolero]

Can't remember what he said anymore, but he made one particularly funny tweet about Marianne Vos. Ever since that day he owes me a new keyboard.

 

[theyoungest]

Maybe you mean Bronzini? He's rather a big fan of Bronzini.

 

[jens_attacks]

i think it was this one:

Eigenlijk is het niet zo'n gek plan. Die Bronzini doet het al jaren andersom...

lol

 

[luckyboy]

Bearing in mind there's a lot I haven't seen speak or anything.. Sure there's some I forget.

Jean Paul Van Poppel (from the Beyond the Peloton videos, he seemed cool)
Bjarne Riis (Quite like the way he does things with the tough training camps, also saw him in Overcoming and the video of him at Ronde)
Marc Madiot (Saw him speak about Roubaix in some film. Also he loved the sterrato and wanted cobbles at the Tour more often)

 

[Thorn Cycling]

Jean Paul Van Poppel and Riis

 

[El Pistolero]

Maybe you mean Bronzini? He's rather a big fan of Bronzini.

Yeah, the one Jens posted. It involved Marianne Vos indirectly though

 

[Nikoloz]

Manolo Saiz

I'm with U...

(-:

 

[Kwibus]

Erik Breukink.

Such an charismatic and inspirational personality. Besides that also a tactical genius.

I guess I'm a bad troll. Not a single person here asking if I lost my mind :/

 

[Arnout]

Obvious troll is too obvious

 

[theyoungest]

Also, he's not a directeur sportif.

 

[virandociclista]

I'm with Riis..

 

[movingtarget]

The crazy Spnish ones probably. Always screaming out of car windows !

 

[DominicDecoco]

Poll's up.

Just picked the ones mentioned the most in here.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

I picked the hog for the lulz and he must not be bad afterall because P&P always say he is a great tactician . This season will be fascinating as we will have the chance to find how good a tactician he really is.

 

[biopass]

Voted other.

I mostly cheer for Euskaltel and the Basque fight for independence.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Voted other.

I mostly cheer for Euskaltel and the Basque fight for independence.

Let's not go nationalist again.

 

[RedheadDane]

Jumped the band-wagon and voted for Brian Holm.

"We need two volunteers, Bak and Danny!"

And this would be how volunteers were picked on the HTC team.

 

[mr. tibbs]

Other: Marc Madiot.