Favorite Pro rider?
12-07-11, 11:23 AM
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I always enjoy seeing the mass sprint with Robbie McEwen suddenly popping out from nowhere to take the win. He never had a train like Cipollini or Cavendish. Gilbert tearing up the Classics and Cadel taking charge of this year's TdF keep them high on my favorites list.
I like to cheer for the crazy breakaways; sometimes they survive to take the stage.
I wish Soler would stop getting injured; he was fun to watch attacking in the mountains back in 2007.
Husholvd, "Boss Hog", Tony Martin, Matty Goss, Gilbert, Van den Broeck, ten Dam, Horner, Bak, Monfort, Rolland, and a whole lot more.
Sorry, can't pick just one favorite.
I like to cheer for the crazy breakaways; sometimes they survive to take the stage.
I wish Soler would stop getting injured; he was fun to watch attacking in the mountains back in 2007.
Husholvd, "Boss Hog", Tony Martin, Matty Goss, Gilbert, Van den Broeck, ten Dam, Horner, Bak, Monfort, Rolland, and a whole lot more.
Sorry, can't pick just one favorite.
12-08-11, 12:09 PM
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I'm tempted to say Damiano Cunego, but Thomas Voeckler gets my vote.
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12-11-11, 11:51 PM
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Present: Pierre Rolland. Only domestique who could hang with the big dogs (even when some other big dogs couldn't), and who got his day atop Alp d'Huez.
Past: Steve Bauer (gotta feel for the guy missing out on the Queen of the Classics by one centimeter, and second in the '84 Olympics too) and Greg LeMond.
Past: Steve Bauer (gotta feel for the guy missing out on the Queen of the Classics by one centimeter, and second in the '84 Olympics too) and Greg LeMond.
12-12-11, 02:03 AM
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12-22-11, 12:54 PM
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Charly Gaul,
Andy Hampsten
Super Mario
Phillipe Gilbert and
Boassen Hagen for current riders.
Andy Hampsten
Super Mario
Phillipe Gilbert and
Boassen Hagen for current riders.
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12-25-11, 12:16 AM
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Pistolero Contador, Cuddles Evans, Spartacus, Manx Missle, Phillipe Gilbert.
12-25-11, 12:51 AM
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12-27-11, 04:17 PM
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Gotta love watching Spartacus and all that power and Thor descending at 70 + mph and Voeckler refusing to quit
12-30-11, 09:31 PM
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All time? Greg Lemond/Steve Bauer/Eric Heiden/Davis Phinney
Currently: Cadel/Levi/Thor
Currently: Cadel/Levi/Thor
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01-13-12, 05:13 AM
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Any rider that hasn't doped. I guess that doesn't leave very many.
01-18-12, 07:03 PM
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Strike Ullrich, AC. That is pretty much my list.. As I posted in the thread "Crash." Anyone who is severely injured and comes back for more, gets my vote.. That would mean Hoogerland..
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01-19-12, 08:41 AM
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Thomas Voeckler, Mark Cavendish.
The former, for holding on as he did in last years tour, and being, however lame it may sound, a good role model type.
The latter, cause I just think he's cool, and fast as hell.
The former, for holding on as he did in last years tour, and being, however lame it may sound, a good role model type.
The latter, cause I just think he's cool, and fast as hell.
01-19-12, 10:13 AM
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Vansummeren, because he is my height, and because he really laid it out to win Roubaix last year. His teeth were crusted with dirt at the finish, because he couldn't slow down enough to wipe them off, and was likely oblivious to it anyway.
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Not forgetting his forerunner, Neil "Stevo" Stephens. Super, super domestique in his day.
All time fave - Tom Simpson. First Englishman to win the World Professional Road Race and to wear the maillot jaune. A sad day when he died.
All time fave - Tom Simpson. First Englishman to win the World Professional Road Race and to wear the maillot jaune. A sad day when he died.