Highlight of the year 2014

pinno
pinno Posts: 52,094
edited November 2014 in Pro race
Now the race of the fallen leaves has run and it's time to put the summer bike away (sniff), what 'did' it for you.

For me it was Flanders.
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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Contador's performance on stage 5 of Tirreno was pretty impressive.

    There weren't any moments this year to match Riblon's 2013 Alpe D'Huez.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Best one day race: E3 Harelbeke
    Best stage race: Tour of Britain (non-WT) or Dauphine (WT)

    Best GT stages: Giro - stage 16 (Quintana), Tour - stage 5 (cobbles), Vuelta - stage 14 (Hesjedal & Froome revival)

    Overall highlight. The Tour in Yorkshire.
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  • philbar72
    philbar72 Posts: 2,229
    Tour of Flanders, Nibali's riding during the tour,Gilbert's attack at Amstel gold.
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Yep, stage 2 was pretty special in Yorkshire.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Can't pick between Flanders and Stage 5 in the Tour.
  • Daz555
    Daz555 Posts: 3,976
    Tour de Yorkshire was head and shoulders above everything else this season for me - both watching on TV and being there at the roadside.

    Racing highlights were Froome's efforts in the Vuelta and Wiggo finally nailing the road rainbow jersey.
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Tour de Yorkshire. Tuned in in a half bottomed way to see what was going on and was blown away.

    Omloop was a great race in horrible conditions.

    Enjoyed watching Evans wring every last bit out too, even doing a great team job on Sunday.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
    Northern Ireland falling in love with the Giro

    Kwiatkowski and Sagan attacking in Strade Bianche, a glimpse of the future.....
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    Cobbled stage of the Tour. Fantastic racing.
    "A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"

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  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Stage 5 of the Tour. (Oh and sitting on Greipel and then Paolini's wheels on the descent of the Planche des Belles Filles after the stage was pretty good as well...)
  • cal_stewart
    cal_stewart Posts: 1,840
    MSR,Flanders and PR.

    Stage 4
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  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    Picking up on a few previous comments, I enjoyed watching a race in the flesh, admiring the skill of Moreno Hofland sprinting up a cobbled Dutch high street full gas to win the Volta Limburg.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    It was a pretty fantastic year. All three Grand Tours were superb and there were a good many one day races that were amazing.
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  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    I liked Aru's win on stage 15 of the Giro

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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    For me it has to be seeing three stages of other tour live in Yorkshire/Essex, the atmosphere was absolutely amazing and the turnout was epic, we did the tour proud.
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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Oh and stage 5 of the tour. That is a stage that will go down in legend!
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  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    The Tour in Yorkshire
    Nibali's cobbles performance
    Martin's Lombardia
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Tour does cobbles.

    By miles.


    Really enjoyed Flanders (no sh!t), but I was there, so not a fair contest so shouldn't be included.
    _
  • Coach H
    Coach H Posts: 1,092
    The Tour, Stages 2 & 5

    Yorkshire was great but Stage 2 was very, very good

    Stage 5. Three bits
    - Lars Booms winning performance was a cobbles masterpiece
    - Nibali on the cobbles (although it is my personal opinion he is a doper even though I do not have any evidence for this)
    - G's comments to Porte before taking off with Tichie Richie on his wheel
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    ShockedSoShocked wrote:
    Cobbled stage of the Tour. Fantastic racing.

    As it happens, I was reading an interview with Nibs in what appeared to be the Belgian equivilent of the CTC magazine today, he said that he was only concentrating on getting onto the first set in a good position behind Westra and Fuglesang, he never thought it would be a stage to gain time on.
    "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'"

    @gietvangent
  • type:epyt
    type:epyt Posts: 766
    Got to be FF's cardboard sign and tartan trousers. Certainly lived up to the hype that one.
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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    ShockedSoShocked wrote:
    Cobbled stage of the Tour. Fantastic racing.

    As it happens, I was reading an interview with Nibs in what appeared to be the Belgian equivilent of the CTC magazine today, he said that he was only concentrating on getting onto the first set in a good position behind Westra and Fuglesang, he never thought it would be a stage to gain time on.
    He's said for years he would like to win PR one day
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  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    Ryder’s Vuelta Stage 14 win
    Giro Stage 16 – Gavia/Stelvio/snow and Ryder the fighter once again
    Wiggo’s Worlds
    Contador’s year
  • mulletmaster
    mulletmaster Posts: 502
    Giro stage 2 in Belfast and E3 Harelbeck for me.
  • jedi_master
    jedi_master Posts: 888
    Wiggins winning the time trial world championship.
    Armitstead winning the Commonwealth gold and World Cup.

    Seeing the Tour first hand standing at the side of the road.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Tour does cobbles, by far. That's a stage that will be still be referenced years later.

    I loved Flanders, but I was there in Oudenaarde, so a little different ;).
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  • wallace_and_gromit
    wallace_and_gromit Posts: 3,390
    Seeing Bernard Hinault, Brian Cookson and Malcolm Elliott waiting patiently in a layby on the A659 just before the start of Stage 1 of the Tour.

    The look of delight on Elliott's face as he realised someone had recognised him when we shouted "Hello, Malcolm".

    (A related lowlight was getting a smile and a cheery "Bonjour" from The Badger in exchange for my greeting to him. I was hoping he'd run across the road and punch me!)

    The buzz from the assembled helicopters and the crowd by the "KM 0" point on Stage 1 of the Tour as it finally kicked off.

    The cobbled stage in the Tour.

    Wiggo's WC win - particularly the bit where he was lying on the floor afterwards trying in vain to lift the lid on the "hurt box".
  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    Quote of the season:-

    "What were you thinking when you crossed the line?"

    "I really need a wee"
    "A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"

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  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    ShockedSoShocked wrote:
    Quote of the season:-

    "What were you thinking when you crossed the line?"

    "I really need a wee"

    I thought that's what he was thinking when he woke up that morning?
  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    ShockedSoShocked wrote:
    Quote of the season:-

    "What were you thinking when you crossed the line?"

    "I really need a wee"

    I thought that's what he was thinking when he woke up that morning?

    If it was I've misheard massively! Although nothing like a bit of poetic license!
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