airstream said:Many people are too emotional in their preferences. If they dislike Sky or Schleck, that's forever, and they inspiringly create millions of polls to vote against them and always imply ''. People you described are way more happy that Wiggins won't win the Giro (as they hope) than the fact that Nibali will win it.
A character flaw but sport does this to people. I have favourite riders too but I can cope with the disappointment of them losing. Some fans have trouble with the latter. Although Evans win in 2011 Tour made me very happy and made up for the years of mockery he suffered from some.