'Flandrien' of 2013
After some discussion in another thread, who do you think came closest to being a 'Flandrien' in 2013?
Some nominations:
- Cancellara for winning the cobbled classics that matter
- Adam Hansen for being a tough, dependable hard worker completing all 3 GTs again and winning a cold rainy stage in the Giro
- Ciolek for winning a monument through the snow and rain-soaked ToB stage
- Nibali for winning in the snow on the Tre Cime in the Giro, taking the Tirreno on that rained-out stage, and working his socks off for a home audience at the Worlds after having come back after crashing
- Sep Vanmarcke for actually being Flemish and riding an attacking race and almost winning Paris-Roubaix
- Jurgen Roelants for actually being Flemish and riding an attacking race in the Flemish race that really matters
Any others? Who gets your vote?
Some nominations:
- Cancellara for winning the cobbled classics that matter
- Adam Hansen for being a tough, dependable hard worker completing all 3 GTs again and winning a cold rainy stage in the Giro
- Ciolek for winning a monument through the snow and rain-soaked ToB stage
- Nibali for winning in the snow on the Tre Cime in the Giro, taking the Tirreno on that rained-out stage, and working his socks off for a home audience at the Worlds after having come back after crashing
- Sep Vanmarcke for actually being Flemish and riding an attacking race and almost winning Paris-Roubaix
- Jurgen Roelants for actually being Flemish and riding an attacking race in the Flemish race that really matters
Any others? Who gets your vote?
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Who was the little polish guy from OPQS in the white jersey fight with Quintana, he was a plucky guy too?
- @ddraver
I'm biased because Ciolek is my favourite rider, but my vote goes to him. Obvs MSR, but also that ToB stage seemed so unsuited to a 'sprinter' and again in 'EPIC' conditions.
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Michal Kwiatkowski.
Yeah 'im
Can I nominate him for the white jersey Flandrien?
- @ddraver
I know. I mean, what do the Belgians know about cycling?
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Rui Costa has been prolific in bad weather this year: that rained out stage in the Alps, the Worlds. Don't know what he does on cobbles... It's not been a bad year for bad-weather-riders.
Cancellara still gets it for me; next to the cobbles win a 3rd in that San Remo seals it.
Froome gets an honourable mention for exhibiting all qualities of Flandrian in a stage race (except in worlds - but I forgive him that since Canc was barely better)