My man 2015 - the 9 man squad

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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    TailWindHome wrote:
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    All my men need to be known by their nick names only.

    Cav
    Swifty
    Tomekke
    Valv
    Eddy Bos
    Spartacus
    Styby
    Nibbles
    Sagz

    I'm fairly sure you made some of them up

    Sagz?
    Styby?

    Sagz was scraping the barrel, but I knew Styby was a genuine one

    http://www.zdenekstybar.com/en/news.php?id=1266
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Lars Bak
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    First the Gentenaars,

    Thomas de Gendt
    Iljo Keisse
    Dries Devenyns
    Tyler Farrar

    Some gobby Brits

    Cav
    Wiggins

    And a couple of wildcards

    Zdenek Stybar
    Laurens Ten Dam


    Thibaut Pinot for the GC
    "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
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    ThomThom wrote:
    Lars Bak

    :lol:

    Blimey, you kept that quiet!
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Lars stepped aside and made sure his pal Adam got a couple of wins last year and will now - yet again - leave people in awe. I'm thinking a Roubaix victory, a top-3 in MSR and 4 stage wins in the gt's.

    Lars also spent 2014 to sacrifice himself for his countryman Fuglsang during the great cobblestone stage in the Tour making a gap in the peloton to front.

    tdfcrash.gif
  • philbar72
    philbar72 Posts: 2,229
    Cavendish
    Gilbert
    Nibali
    Geriant Thomas
    Tony Martin
    Quintana
    Dan Martin
    Kwiatkowski
    Pete Kennaugh
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Way too much love for Tony.

    I mean, why??
    _
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    Results Rick!

    (who else is going to beat him in a TT now Wiggins has "retired" and Canc doesnt care)
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    ddraver wrote:
    Results Rick!

    (who else is going to beat him in a TT now Wiggins has "retired" and Canc doesnt care)

    He's the most tester-y rider ever.

    Can win unless he's on his own.

    *yawn*
    _
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    Yeah, I know, but I need a "man" in my 9 that can TT. I didn t say I'd watch any of his races :P
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    All my men need to be known by their nick names only.

    Cav
    Swifty
    Tomekke
    Valv
    Eddy Bos
    Spartacus
    Styby
    Nibbles
    Sagz

    I'm fairly sure you made some of them up

    Sagz?
    Styby?

    Sagz was scraping the barrel, but I knew Styby was a genuine one

    http://www.zdenekstybar.com/en/news.php?id=1266

    I like Geraint Thomas more than Sagan, so my line up is now

    Cav
    Swifty
    Tomekke
    Valv
    Eddy Bos
    Spartacus
    Styby
    Nibbles
    G
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    frenchfighter wrote:
    All of these I like. I tend to reserve 'my man' for the younger or less well known.

    Contador
    Nibali
    Aru
    Tiralongo
    Alaphilippe
    Kwiatkowski
    Tony Martin
    Ulissi
    Hansen (Adam)
    Fernandez
    Chaves
    Yates
    Yates
    Hesjedal
    Dan Martin
    Formolo
    Barguil
    Machado
    Rodriguez
    Sep
    Stannard
    Nieve
    Heanao (Seb)
    Geraint
    Rogers
    Valgren
    Arredondo
    Boonen
    Cancellara
    Valverde
    Quintana

    Stannard, Nieve and G? Sky Fanboi!
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Stannard is with Sky for convenience but rides as he feels like. Proper rider.

    Nieve is home grown Euskaltel boy.

    Geraint is just quality and a decent bloke.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Stannard is with Sky for convenience but rides as he feels like. Proper rider.

    Nieve is home grown Euskaltel boy.

    Geraint is just quality and a decent bloke.

    Lets not forget the little Henao as well... :wink:
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    dish_dash wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Stannard is with Sky for convenience but rides as he feels like. Proper rider.

    Nieve is home grown Euskaltel boy.

    Geraint is just quality and a decent bloke.

    Lets not forget the little Henao as well... :wink:

    It won't be long before he's swapping stem pictures with Froomedog on Instagram
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Even Sky are getting in on the action: "It looks like our man @eliaviviani has taken second place in the first race at #MallorcaChallenge2015."
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    smithy21 wrote:
    I like this thread.

    My nine:

    Rigoberto Uran
    Geraint Thomas
    Cadel Evans
    Tony Martin
    Richie Porte
    Bradley Wiggins
    Niki Terpstra
    Joaquim Rodriguez (although around Vuelta time I get a bit bored of him taking his 15th uphill sprint and still not winning the damn thing)
    Steve Cummings

    Congratulations on your man's result yesterday
    @JaunePeril

    Winner of the Bike Radar Pro Race Wiggins Hour Prediction Competition
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    smithy21 wrote:
    I like this thread.

    My nine:

    Rigoberto Uran
    Geraint Thomas
    Cadel Evans
    Tony Martin
    Richie Porte
    Bradley Wiggins
    Niki Terpstra
    Joaquim Rodriguez (although around Vuelta time I get a bit bored of him taking his 15th uphill sprint and still not winning the damn thing)
    Steve Cummings

    Congratulations on your man's result yesterday

    He's also My Man. I did warn you I reserved the right to draft in any other MTN-Qhubeka riders at any point...
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  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    smithy21 wrote:
    I like this thread.

    My nine:

    Rigoberto Uran
    Geraint Thomas
    Cadel Evans
    Tony Martin
    Richie Porte
    Bradley Wiggins
    Niki Terpstra
    Joaquim Rodriguez (although around Vuelta time I get a bit bored of him taking his 15th uphill sprint and still not winning the damn thing)
    Steve Cummings

    Congratulations on your man's result yesterday

    He's also My Man. I did warn you I reserved the right to draft in any other MTN-Qhubeka riders at any point...
    :lol::lol::lol:
    @JaunePeril

    Winner of the Bike Radar Pro Race Wiggins Hour Prediction Competition
  • shazzz
    shazzz Posts: 1,077
    Louis Meintjes
    Tom Dumoulin
    Dan Martin
    Geraint
    Zdeněk Štybar
    Tom Boonen
    Cav
    Froome
    J Rod
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    Quintana
    Kwiatkowski
    Dan Martin
    Tony Martin
    Cav
    G Thomas
    Standard
    Cancellara
    J Rodriguez

    Would have had Wiggo instead of Canc if he were carrying on.
  • alanp23
    alanp23 Posts: 696
    Kwiatkowski
    Cavendish (so looking forward to my man at MSR)
    Thomas
    Cancellara
    Aru
    Pinot
    Dan Martin
    Quintana
    Barguil
    Top Ten finisher - PTP Tour of Britain 2016
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    JC Peraud
    Wiggins
    Bardet
    Pinot
    Barguil
    Demare
    Adam Yates
    Cavendish
    Stannard
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    For a forum allegedly overrun by Sky fanboys, there is surprisingly little love for Froome.
    Or maybe not so surprising after all?
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    For a forum allegedly overrun by Sky fanboys, there is surprisingly little love for Froome.
    Or maybe not so surprising after all?

    On which point good displays by our Sky men Swift, Kennaugh, Stannard and Rowe today
    @JaunePeril

    Winner of the Bike Radar Pro Race Wiggins Hour Prediction Competition
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    For a forum allegedly overrun by Sky fanboys, there is surprisingly little love for Froome.
    Or maybe not so surprising after all?

    Mmmm.

    Wiggins however....
    _
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    For a forum allegedly overrun by Sky fanboys, there is surprisingly little love for Froome.
    Or maybe not so surprising after all?

    It's a British forum and he is Kenyan.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    Joelsim wrote:
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    For a forum allegedly overrun by Sky fanboys, there is surprisingly little love for Froome.
    Or maybe not so surprising after all?

    It's a British forum and he is Kenyan.

    Get out.
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • stagehopper
    stagehopper Posts: 1,593
    A Yates
    S Yates
    C Froome
    I Stannard
    G Thomas
    M Cavendish
    B Wiggins till he retires in April then the returning Sergio Henao
    R Majka
    A Kristoff
    @stagehopper
  • Flat footed
    Flat footed Posts: 36
    Quintana
    EBH
    Pinot
    Majka
    Kelderman
    Fenn
    Thomas
    Kwiatkowski

    Although i'm really interested to see how TS balance the needs of Contador and Sagan, not sure how that will play out for both.

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