"Gimme All Your Lovin'" thread -which riders do you love?

tailwindhome
tailwindhome Posts: 19,431
edited November 2012 in Pro race
So who floats your boat? Who makes Pro Cycling a great sport to watch?
“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Boonen, Cancellara, Johnny, Andy pandy.
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  • fidbod
    fidbod Posts: 317
    Leaving aside the fairly obvious choices; I have always had a soft spot for Amets Txurruka. there was a period when every time there was a early attack in a mountain stage Txurruka would be there.

    Doomed to failure everytime but still went for it.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,431
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Andy pandy.


    eh?
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Fabs, Boonen, Cav, Voigt, Wiggo, Geraint T, D Millar, De Gendt, Purito, Eddy Boss, Henao and Uran
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,431
    Sagan

    First TDF, wins 3 stages and the Green Jersey and the kids comes to the start line with a bell fitted to his bike.

    I mean seriously, what's not to love?


    Sean Kelly wrote:
    Now *that's* a racer
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Nordhaug, EBH, Cam Meyer, Matt Hayman, Kiryienka, Brett Lancaster,+ lots of (but not all) Brits.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Boonen, Cancellara, Johnny, Andy pandy.

    I've always liked Andy Schleck.

    Can't help it.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Butt if I see either Boonen or Cancellara on the start list I'll try and make a good effort to watch.

    Cancellara especially. He can totally shape and change a race totally on his own. He's phenomenal. And not just that, his lack of a pure top sprint also means he really animates the race to try and work it his way.

    Love it.
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  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Emma Pooley. Dead chuffed she's going to be riding next year.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Sagan

    First TDF, wins 3 stages and the Green Jersey and the kids comes to the start line with a bell fitted to his bike.

    I mean seriously, what's not to love?



    Not enough tension when hes in a race winning position.

    You know which way it's going to go when he goes.
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Turfle wrote:
    Nordhaug, EBH, Cam Meyer, Matt Hayman, Kiryienka, Brett Lancaster,+ lots of (but not all) Brits.


    Watch out for Joe Dombrowski next season, Turfle. Really excited about him joining the World Tour and seeing how he develops - as much as with JTL.
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Not enough tension when hes in a race winning position.

    You know which way it's going to go when he goes.

    You could say the same for Cancellara.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Not enough tension when hes in a race winning position.

    You know which way it's going to go when he goes.

    You could say the same for Cancellara.

    Wasn't like that at M-SR, or GW etc etc.
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  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Not enough tension when hes in a race winning position.

    You know which way it's going to go when he goes.

    You could say the same for Cancellara.

    Wasn't like that at M-SR, or GW etc etc.

    But it was for Flanders and Roubaix.
  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Boonen, Cancellara, Johnny, Andy pandy.

    I've always liked Andy Schleck.

    Can't help it.

    There must be some sort of medication for this?!
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Not enough tension when hes in a race winning position.

    You know which way it's going to go when he goes.

    You could say the same for Cancellara.

    Wasn't like that at M-SR, or GW etc etc.

    But it was for Flanders and Roubaix.

    I guess so. Difference is he'll shape the race earlier on. Sagan doesn't do that (yet).
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  • Trev The Rev
    Trev The Rev Posts: 1,040
    Bassons and any other riders who didn't dope - sadly not many of them.
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    Dan Martin, Peter Sagan, Lars Boom, Gilbert, Chavanel.
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • Roscobob
    Roscobob Posts: 344
    Jens and Johnny Hoogerland!
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Millar, Boonen, Hesjedal, The Hoog and, of course, Gibo.
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    To be honest - any rider with a personality. Even one with bad personality i find myself grudgingly respecting

    The Schlecks because they re the Tim Henman/Greg Rudeski (sp?) of cycling. They are the Cyclists the British public deserve!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    ddraver wrote:
    To be honest - any rider with a personality. Even one with bad personality i find myself grudgingly respecting

    The Schlecks because they re the Tim Henman/Greg Rudeski (sp?) of cycling. They are the Cyclists the British public deserve!


    Shurrup! I take exception to that remark! the cheek of you! We are now a nation of winners, not gallant losers!!!

    'tis official
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,114
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    Emma Pooley. Dead chuffed she's going to be riding next year.

    I would be happier to see her in some UCI races too.
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  • Crozza
    Crozza Posts: 991
    Cancellara, for his general awesomeness and massive quads, but also for that point in the TdF a couple of years ago (possibly leading Schleck at the bottom of the Tourmalet in 2010) where he pulled off the front having done an epic turn, and you could just see him disappearing into the background, barely able to turn the cranks as he had buried himself so deep. oh and also for his epic defence of the yellow jersey this year on that hilly stage (the one Froome won?)

    yeah OK my memory's a bit sketchy!

    for the same reasons I also like Daniel Navarro and Ian Stannard - unsung heroes
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    davidof wrote:
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    Emma Pooley. Dead chuffed she's going to be riding next year.

    I would be happier to see her in some UCI races too.

    Yes, defo! But then I'm happy she's decided to race at all.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    G, Nordhaug, JTL, Dan Martin.
  • philbar72
    philbar72 Posts: 2,229
    Phil Gilbert, Sagan, Wiggo, Tony Martin, to name a few!
  • dortmunder
    dortmunder Posts: 101
    Voeckler, Wiggo, Gerdemann, Voigt, G, Pierre Rolland and Nico Roche that'll do for now.
    I think Thibaut Pinot may be one to watch over the next few years
  • Loretta Damage
    Loretta Damage Posts: 270
    Wiggo, Cav, Stannard, Voeckler, Gilbert, Cancellara, Boonan......just bloody love cycling!!
  • GGBiker
    GGBiker Posts: 450
    John Tiernan Locke

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