Your favorite rider on each team

[burning]

Astana Pro Team - Tiralongo
BMC Racing Team - GVA
Cannondale - Moser
Lampre – Merida - Niemiec
Omega Pharma – Quick Step Cycling Team - Chavanel
ORICA GreenEDGE - O'Grady
Sky Procycling - EBH
Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team - Van Hummel
Movistar Team - Quintana
AG2R La Mondiale - Bardet
Euskaltel Euskadi - Nieve
Blanco - Vanmarcke
Garmin Sharp - D. Martin
Team Argos–Shimano - Degenkolb
Team Saxo – Tinkoff - Contador
FDJ - Pinot
Lotto Belisol - Bak
RadioShackNissan - Cancellara
and
Katusha - Purito
Europcar - Voeckler

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Astana Pro Team: Nibali
BMC Racing Team: Nerz
Cannondale: Sarmiento
Lampre – Merida: Niemiec
Omega Pharma – Quick Step Cycling Team: Kwiatkowski
ORICA GreenEDGE: Clarke
Sky Procycling: Kiryienka
Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team: Rujano
Movistar Team: Madrazo, Quintana
AG2R La Mondiale: Pozzovivo
Euskaltel Euskadi: Antón
Blanco: Not Renshaw... maybe Kruijswijk or Tankink
Garmin Sharp: Wegmann, Fernández
Team Argos–Shimano: Fröhlinger maybe?
Team Saxo – Tinkoff: Hernández, Zaugg or anyone but Rogers
FDJ: Fedrigo
Lotto Belisol: Greipel
RadioShackNissan: Machado

 

[calinmarian]

Oh u only like one of the bros?

BMC-Philippe Gilbert
Saxo-Tinkoff-Alberto Contador
Argos-Shimano-John Degenkolb
Euskaltel-Samuel Sanchez
FDJ-Thibaut Pinot
Movistar-Nairo Quintana Rojas
AG2R-Pozzovivo
Lampre-Damiano Cunego
Cannondale-Ivan Basso
Astana-Vincenzo Nibali
Vacansoleil-Rujano
RSNT-Fabian Cancellara
OPQS-Tony Martin
OGE-Simon "Wheelsucker" Gerrans
Sky-Friggins
Lotto-Belisol-Andre Greipel
Garmin-Sharp-Ryder Hesjedal.
Blanco Pro Cycling -Lars Boom

 

[Flamin]

Astana Pro Team - Nibali
BMC Racing Team - Gilbert
Cannondale - Sagan
Lampre – Merida - Cunego
Omega Pharma – Quick Step Cycling Team - Chavanel
ORICA GreenEDGE - Keukeleire
Sky Procycling - Nobody
Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team - TDG
Movistar Team - Valverde
AG2R La Mondiale - Betancur
Euskaltel Euskadi - Samu
Blanco - Lulu
Garmin Sharp - Navardauskas
Team Argos–Shimano - Degenkolb
Team Saxo – Tinkoff - Contador
FDJ - Pinot
Lotto Belisol - Van der Sande
RadioShackNissan - Cancellara

 

[PCutter]

Astana Pro Team - Tiralongo
BMC Racing Team - Pinotti
Cannondale - Wurf (because he's a rower)
Lampre – Merida - Ulissi
Omega Pharma – Quick Step Cycling Team - Boonen
ORICA GreenEDGE - Durbridge
Sky Procycling - Eisel
Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team - Mol
Movistar Team - Szmyd
AG2R La Mondiale - Peraud
Euskaltel Euskadi - Martinez
Blanco - Bobridge
Garmin Sharp - Navardauskas
Team Argos–Shimano - De Kort
Team Saxo – Tinkoff - Morkov
FDJ - Roy
Lotto Belisol - Bak
RadioShackNissan - Sergent

 

[hayzer114]

Astana Pro Team - Nibali
BMC Racing Team - Hushovd
Cannondale - Basso
Lampre – Merida - none
Omega Pharma – Quick Step Cycling Team - Cav (simply brilliant)
ORICA GreenEDGE - Goss
Sky Procycling - Henao
Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team - De ghent
Movistar Team - Smydt (One of the toughest climbers you will get, up there on the front everyday)
AG2R La Mondiale - Kadri (Unspectacular - rarely in the headlines but an honest domestique to Roche)
Euskaltel Euskadi - Sanchez
Blanco -
Garmin Sharp - D. Martin
Team Argos–Shimano - None -
Team Saxo – Tinkoff - Roche (my fav rider in the peleton)
FDJ - None
Lotto Belisol - VDB
RadioShackNissan - Cancellara
Europcar - Voeckler - love his attacking style in the mountains

 

[Ruudz0r]

Astana Pro Team
BMC Racing Team : Julien Taramarcaz
Cannondale
Lampre – Merida
Omega Pharma – Quick Step Cycling Team : Zdenek Stybar
ORICA GreenEDGE
Sky Procycling
Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
Movistar Team
AG2R La Mondiale : Steve Chainel
Euskaltel Euskadi
Blanco
Garmin Sharp : Danny Summerhill ?
Team Argos–Shimano
Team Saxo – Tinkoff
FDJ : Francis Mourey
Lotto Belisol
RadioShackNissan

Summerhill is going to ride for United Health Care next year I believe.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Astana Pro Team → Nibali
BMC Racing Team → Evans
Cannondale → Basso
Lampre – Merida → Cunego
Omega Pharma – Quick Step Cycling Team → Martin
ORICA GreenEDGE → Clarke
Sky Procycling → Not really fond of any of their riders
Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team → Flecha
Movistar Team → Rojas
AG2R La Mondiale → Hooters aka Hutarovich
Euskaltel Euskadi → Anton
Blanco → TGBM/Mollema
Garmin Sharp → Nathan Haas
Team Argos–Shimano → Kittel
Team Saxo – Tinkoff → Roche
FDJ → Fedrigo
Lotto Belisol → Griepel
RadioShackNissan → Voigt
Cofidis → Taaramae
__________________

 

[zapata]

Astana: Nibali!
Ag2r: Kadri
BMC: Pinotti
Cannondale: Basso!
Omega Pharma: Chavanel
Orica Greenedge: Keukeleire
Sky: Hagen
Vacansoleil: Flecha!
Movistar: Valverde
Euskaltel: Anton!
Blanco: Nordhaug
Garmin: Navardauskas
Argos: Degenkolb
Saxo: Bennati/Contador
Fdj: Offredo
Lotto: Vanendert
Radioshack: Cancellara!
Lampre: Cunego/Pozzato
Androni: Sella!
Katusha: Ignatieff/Paolini

The ones I really like get a ! to their name.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Cannondale - Ivan Basso.

 

[peloton]

Nice one Flo! Sorry to name more than one.....

Astana Pro Team - Tiralongo, Janez, Nibali
BMC Racing Team - Taylor, Pinotti
Cannondale - Basso, Sagan
Lampre – Merida - ?
Omega Pharma – Quick Step Cycling Team - Boonen, Chavanel, Martin
ORICA GreenEDGE - Clarke
Sky Procycling - Eisel, Froome
Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team - Flecha
Movistar Team - Szmyd
AG2R La Mondiale - Peraud
Euskaltel Euskadi - Samuel, Anton
Blanco - Gesink, Boom, LL
Garmin Sharp - Ryder, and despite the clinic stuff, CVV
Team Argos–Shimano - De Kort
Team Saxo – Tinkoff - Contador, Kreuziger
FDJ - Pinot
Lotto Belisol - Greipel, Hansen
RadioShackNissan - Cancellara
Katusha: Purito

 

[Jakob747]

Ag2r - La Mondiale – Carlos Alberto Betancur

Androni – Fabio Felline

Argos – Shimano – Warren Barguil

Astana – Fabio Aru

Blanco Pro Cycling – Sep Vanmarcke

BMC Racing Team – Tejay Van Gaderen

Cannondale – Moreno Moser

Cofidis – Rein Taaramae

Colombia – Coldeportes – Juan Esteban Chaves – Fabio Duarte. Cant really decide.

Europcar – Pierre Rolland

Euskaltel – Mikel Landa

FDJ – Thibaut Pinot

Garmin – Sharp – Daniel Martin

Katusha – Sergey Chernetskiy

Lampre – Merida – Elia Favilli

Lotto – Belisol – Tosh Van Der Sande

Movistar Team – Argiro Ospina

OmegaPharma - Quick Step – Gianluca Brambilla

Orica – GreenEDGE – Cameron Meyer

Radioshack – Nissan – George Bennett

Saxo – Tinkoff – Rafal Majka

Sky – Sergio Luis Henao

Sojasun – Alexis Vuillermoz

Vacansoleil – Wout Poels

Vini Fantini – Yonathan Monsalve

 

[Eric8-A]

AG2R: Jean-Christophe Peraud
Astana: Fredrik Kessiakoff
BMC: Philippe Gilbert
Euskaltel Euskadi: Samuel Sanchez
FDJ: ?????
Katusha: Joaquim Rodriguez
Lampre: Andrew Anacona
Cannondale: Ivan Basso (his faces are what made me choose him)
Lotto-Belisol: Andre Greipel
Movistar: Alejandro Valverde
Omega-Pharma Quickstep: Frantisek Rabon
GreenEdge: Pieter Weening
Blanco: Luis Leon Sanchez
Radioshack: Fabian Cancellara
Sky: Rigoberto Uran
Garmin: Dave Zabriskie
Saxo Bank: Chris Anker Sorensen
Vacansoleil: Jose Rujano (since he's riding for them next year)
Jamis: Luis Amaran
EPM-UNE: Giovanny Baez
Colombia-Coldeportes: Juan Pablo Suarez

 

[sacrifice&hardwork]

Astana Pro Team -- Nibali
BMC Racing Team -- Oss
Cannondale -- Sagan
Lampre – Merida -- NONE
Omega Pharma – Quick Step Cycling Team -- Boonen
ORICA GreenEDGE -- NONE
Sky Procycling -- NOPE!
Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team -- Hoogerland
Movistar Team -- Valverde
AG2R La Mondiale -- NONE
Euskaltel Euskadi -- Samu
Blanco -- LL Sanchez
Garmin Sharp -- Maybe Dan Martin
Team Argos–Shimano -- NOPE!
Team Saxo – Tinkoff -- Contador
FDJ -- NONE
Lotto Belisol -- NONE
RadioShackNissan -- NOPE!
Katusha -- Purito

 

[gunara]

In a hurry...

Astana : I like Nibali, but I still cant picture him in the new color, so I go for Maxim Iglinskiy or Bozic for now.
BMC : Teejay
Cannondale : not sure
Sky : Siutsou, Eisel, also Kiryienka, JTL, and Dombrowski, just realize this team will have a lot of riders I care for, and I hope they'll ride elsewhere again someday soon
Lampre : not sure
OPQS : not sure
Saxo : Alberto. And I hope Kump do well with them.
FDJ : Pinot
AG2R : Pozzovivo, glad he goes WT (easier to watch the race)
Orica : not sure
Movistar : hardest to chose, I like everyone I can remember, Alejandro, Plaza, Rojas, Benat, Nairo, Amador, Samoilau, Castroviejo, Madrazo everyone...
Vacansoleil : maybe De Gendt
Europcar : can't think
Euskaltel : I like all the old boys who stay, I miss Amets etc., and I think I can like the new boys, too
Lotto : JvdB for all his flaws
Radioshack : Haimar, one of the first riders I could root for
Argos : Degenkolb of course, but some young names are quite exciting (can't say the team is exciting when actually racing, though)
former Rabo : sometimes Luis Leon
Garmin : can't think

I'm posting without really checking the roosters, so there must be some riders I forget or in the wrong team

but of course JRod at Katusha

 

[CobbleStoner]

Astana Pro Team - Kevin Seeldraeyers
BMC Racing Team - TJVG
Cannondale - Elia Viviani
Lampre – Matty LLoyd
OPQS - Iljo
ORICA GreenEDGE - Sebastion Langeveld
Sky Procycling - Tiernan-Locke
Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team - Pim Ligthart
Movistar Team - Angel Madrazo
AG2R La Mondiale - Roche
Euskaltel Euskadi - Samu
Garmin Sharp - Kreder bros
Team Argos–Shimano - Koen De Kort
Team Saxo – Tinkoff - Michael Morkov
FDJ - Offredo
Lotto Belisol - Jelle Vanendert
RadioShackNissan - Jensy
Rabbobank - Theo Boss
Katusha - Purito
Topsport Vlaanderen - Kenny De Ketele
Europecar - Bryan Coquard
An Post - Glenn O'Shea
Landbouwkrediet - Euphony - Sven Nys
Koga - Wim Stroetinga
Ritte - Jack Linquist

 

[42x16ss]

Astana Pro Team - Nibali
BMC Racing Team - Van Avermaet
Cannondale - Moreno Moser
Lampre – Cunego/Matt Lloyd
OPQS - Boonen
ORICA GreenEDGE - Simon Clarke/Michael Matthews
Sky Procycling - Boasson Hagen
Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team - Marco Marcato
Movistar Team - Intxausti
AG2R La Mondiale - Peraud
Euskaltel Euskadi - Samu/Anton
Garmin Sharp - Dan Martin
Team Argos–Shimano - De Kort/Degenkolb
Team Saxo – Tinkoff - Contador
FDJ - Pinot
Lotto Belisol - Jelle Vanendert
RadioShackNissan - Jens
Rabbobank - LL Sanchez
Katusha - Purito

Europcar - Rolland
IAM Project - Haussler

 

[bicifan]

Astana Pro Team - Vincenzo
BMC Racing Team - Philippe
Cannondale - Peter
Lampre – Damiano
OPQS - Iljo
ORICA GreenEDGE - Pieter
Sky Procycling - Sergio Luis
Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team - José
Movistar Team - Nairo
AG2R La Mondiale - Carlos
Euskaltel Euskadi - Samuel
Garmin Sharp - Ryder
Team Argos–Shimano - Marcel
Team Saxo – Tinkoff - Nicolas
FDJ - Thibaut
Lotto Belisol - Andre
RadioShackNissan - Andy
Blanco - Luis León
Katusha - Joaquim
Europcar - Pierre

 

[Leadbelly]

Astana Pro Team - Tiralongo (his two Giro stage wins were fantastic - that shot of him on the ground after this years win was photo of the year imo)
BMC Racing Team - Oss (nice column in Pro Cycling this year by him - seems a cool guy)
Cannondale - Moser
Lampre – Merida - Niemiec (I'm not sure why, but I just likes Poles)
Omega Pharma – Quick Step Cycling Team - Chavanel
ORICA GreenEDGE - Tuft
Sky Procycling - Stannard (just doesn't know when to give up)
Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team - Flecha
Movistar Team - Madrazo (not a bandwagon vote)
AG2R La Mondiale - Bagdonas
Euskaltel Euskadi - Sanchez
Blanco - Ten Dam
Garmin Sharp - Howes
Team Argos–Shimano - Degenkolb
Team Saxo – Tinkoff - CAS
FDJ (sorry, you just don't have that je ne sais quoi)
Lotto Belisol - Bak
RadioShackNissan - Voigt

Bolded the ones that I really like, and if I had to pick one rider it would be Ian Stannard - the man's a beast.

Now I'm just waiting for the thread on which riders on each team we dislike/hate.

 

[fat and frantic]

Astana Pro Team --> Iglinsky
BMC Racing Team --> Cummings
Cannondale --> Sagan
Lampre – Merida --> Cunego
Omega Pharma – Quick Step Cycling Team --> Boonen/Cav
ORICA GreenEDGE --> Goss
Sky Procycling --> the great JTL
Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team --> De Ghent
Movistar Team --> Dowsett
AG2R La Mondiale --> Elminger
Euskaltel Euskadi --> Nieve
Blanco --> Boom
Garmin Sharp --> Nuyens
Team Argos–Shimano --> De Koert
Team Saxo – Tinkoff --> Morkov
FDJ --> Vichot
Lotto Belisol --> Henderson
RadioShackNissan --> Hondo

 

[Jason_Mercier]

Ill never understand why people like Nicolas Roche, Roman Kreuziger and Haimar Zubeldia. Have them attacked any time in his lifes?

 

[Arnout]

Ill never understand why people like Nicolas Roche, Roman Kreuziger and Haimar Zubeldia. Have them attacked any time in his lifes?

Zubeldia yes, in the 2003 Tour in the stage towards Ax-3-Domaines

 

[Alphabet]

Astana - Nibali
BMC - Evans
Liquigas - Sagan
Lampre – Anacona
OPQS - Chavanel
GreenEDGE - Clarke
Sky- Henao
Vacansoleil- Poels
Movistar- Quintana
AG2R- Gadret
Euskaltel Euskadi - Sanchez
Garmin- Hesjedal
Argos–Shimano - Kittel
Saxo-Tinkoff - Contador
FDJ - Pinot
Lotto Belisol - Vanendert
RadioShackNissan - Cancellara
Blanco - Gesink
Katusha - Rodriguez
Europcar - Voeckler

 

[Ferminal]

Zubeldia yes, in the 2003 Tour in the stage towards Ax-3-Domaines

Roche and Kreuziger both attacked this year too, not in July though...

 

[Leadbelly]

Ill never understand why people like Nicolas Roche, Roman Kreuziger and Haimar Zubeldia. Have them attacked any time in his lifes?

Liking or disliking doesn't have to be logical - doesn't always have to be about hard work or exciting attacks. Maybe they were nice to you when you got an autograph, maybe you hate their haircut, maybe they're from your home town. Could be a million and one reasons unrelated to cycling itself.

Though having said that I'm intrigued why someone would pick Kevin Seeldraeyers ?