Top 10 All Rounders

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  • teagar
    teagar Posts: 2,100
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Didn't Ballan win that Vuelta MTF from a break? In which case, he wasn't hanging with the climbing contenders.

    Not an all-rounder in my book.

    Quite.
    Note: the above post is an opinion and not fact. It might be a lie.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    OK, what if we add in his skills as a TV commentator? That has to be an extra string to his bow. I hear he did a great job on Sunday :wink:
  • teagar
    teagar Posts: 2,100
    afx237vi wrote:
    OK, what if we add in his skills as a TV commentator? That has to be an extra string to his bow. I hear he did a great job on Sunday :wink:

    Kelly? :?
    Note: the above post is an opinion and not fact. It might be a lie.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    The complete all-rounder!

    Edit: Sorry, I meant Ballan. He was on the mic for RAI.
  • teagar
    teagar Posts: 2,100
    afx237vi wrote:
    The complete all-rounder!

    Edit: Sorry, I meant Ballan. He was on the mic for RAI.

    I know, I also watched the Eurosport coverage :wink:.
    Note: the above post is an opinion and not fact. It might be a lie.
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    Dave_1 wrote:
    cunego's GC performances at GTs were half a decade ago...he is a one day man it seems

    Contador would be if he would ride Liege and Fleche, Amstel...he'd win one , no? I'd say he is the best and by far IF he would ride the classics and Lombardy. Bruyneel is the prob

    Cunego's most recent Giro's
    4th in 2006
    5th in 2007

    That's not half a decade ago

    Also he was 4th in the Tour de Suisse last year

    Valverde, Di Luca and Cunego are the stand out all rounders in my book.
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • csp
    csp Posts: 777
    So, after Qatar, having finished 2nd overall, I would say Haussler is a pretty good allrounder. He's had a Tour breakaway victory, a M-SR and Flanders 2nd, several cobbled classics top tens, and he's a top sprinter as well.
  • jp1985
    jp1985 Posts: 434
    Nicolas Roche would be up there if he would put a bit more focus on L-B-L, Amstel and Lombardy as well as the Tour
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    jp1985 wrote:
    Nicolas Roche would be up there if he would put a bit more focus on L-B-L, Amstel and Lombardy as well as the Tour

    and also win something...

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