Monument Top 5

ddraver
ddraver Posts: 26,695
edited March 2016 in Pro race
Stolen off of the other Blazing Saddles

Mine-

1. Roubaix,
2. Flanders,
3. Milan-SanRemo,
4. Liege-Bastogne-Liege,
5. Lombardia.

What's yours?
We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
- @ddraver
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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    1. Roubaix
    2. Flanders
    3. Milano-Sanremo
    4. Lombardia
    5. Liege-Bastogne-Liege
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Roubaix
    L-B-L
    Flanders/Lombardia
    Lombardia/Flanders
    MSR
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Flanders
    Roubaix
    Liege
    Lombardy
    MSR
    "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
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Roubaix
    Flanders
    MSR
    LBL
    Lombardy

    LBL is on the way down while Lombardy is having a bit of a revival having been a very distant fifth
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    I'm feeling flippant...

    Lombardy - Best race of the year...
    Roubaix - Brutal
    Flanders - Belgian
    MSR - Bloody long
    LBL - Boring
  • BikeRadarAdmin
    BikeRadarAdmin Posts: 909
    Roubaix
    Flanders
    MSR
    LBL
    Lombardia
    BikeRadar Communities Manager
  • chrisday
    chrisday Posts: 300
    Roubaix
    Roubaix
    Roubaix
    Flanders
    Flanders
    @shraap | My Men 2016: G, Yogi, Cav, Boonen, Degenkolb, Martin, J-Rod, Kudus, Chaves
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    Good god, have we found something cycling fans vaguely agree on???

    Surely not!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • BikeRadarAdmin
    BikeRadarAdmin Posts: 909
    Apart from dishdash!
    BikeRadar Communities Manager
  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,953
    Flanders
    Roubaix

    big gap

    Lombardy (suffers due to its place in the calendar)
    MSR
    Liege, both of which are deadly dull
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    Flanders
    Roubaix
    Liege
    Lombardy
    MSR

    This, only with Flanders and Roubaix joint first.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Roubaix
    Flanders
    LBL
    Lombardia
    MSR


    Roubaix is really the only one I want to watch from right the start.
  • mr_poll
    mr_poll Posts: 1,547
    1. Roubaix,
    2. Flanders,
    3. Lombardia.
    4. Milan-SanRemo,
    5. Liege-Bastogne-Liege,
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    So I have my reasons but why the "hate" for La Doyenne?

    Is it just down the the modern ones being so dull?
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • dave milne
    dave milne Posts: 703
    1. Flanders + Roubaix
    3. MSR
    4. Lombardy
    5. LBL

    Recent LBLs have been pony. Don't get the hate for MSR, it's like watching a slow burning thriller the way the tension just builds and builds gets me every time. That said, it benefits hugely from being 1st in the calendar
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    In my view LBL suffers from being too close to the other monuments in the schedule... there's a bit of fan fatigue that kicks in.

    Also, glancing at the recent winners list, it isn't exactly a list of popular riders on this forum...

    2004 Davide Rebellin (ITA) Gerolsteiner
    2005 Alexandre Vinokourov (KAZ) T-Mobile Team
    2006 Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears
    2007 Danilo Di Luca (ITA) Liquigas
    2008 Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne
    2009 Andy Schleck (LUX) Team Saxo Bank
    2010 Alexandre Vinokourov (KAZ) Astana
    2011 Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Omega Pharma–Lotto
    2012 Maxim Iglinsky (KAZ) Astana
    2013 Dan Martin (IRL) Garmin–Sharp
    2014 Simon Gerrans (AUS) Orica–GreenEDGE
    2015 Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    1. Flanders
    2. Paris-Roubaix, Milan-SanRemo,
    4. Liege-Bastogne-Liege,
    5. Lombardia
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    :roll: we all know the Worlds has replaced Lombardy as the 5th monument as it's a race riders actually prepare for rather than treat as an afterthought.

    1. Roubaix
    2. Flanders
    3. MSR



    4. Worlds
    5. LBL



















    Basement: Lombardy :twisted:
    _
  • professeur
    professeur Posts: 232
    dave milne wrote:
    1. Flanders + Roubaix
    3. MSR
    4. Lombardy
    5. LBL

    Recent LBLs have been pony. Don't get the hate for MSR, it's like watching a slow burning thriller the way the tension just builds and builds gets me every time. That said, it benefits hugely from being 1st in the calendar

    I'm in agreement with all of this - thanks!
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    Joelsim wrote:
    Roubaix
    Flanders
    LBL
    Lombardia
    MSR


    Holy moly. I'm in total agreement with Joelsim for once!
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    TailWindHome wrote:
    1. Flanders
    2. Paris-Roubaix, Milan-SanRemo,

    This blasphemy must be explained!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,104
    Roubaix / Worlds
    Flanders
    MSR
    LBL / Lombardy
    [Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Timoid. wrote:
    Joelsim wrote:
    Roubaix
    Flanders
    LBL
    Lombardia
    MSR


    Holy moly. I'm in total agreement with Joelsim for once!

    The slippery slope starts here...
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    ddraver wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    1. Flanders
    2. Paris-Roubaix, Milan-SanRemo,

    This blasphemy must be explained!

    I've put Flanders first as there's something about it feels more gladiatorial.

    I really enjoy Milan San Remo - it's been a long winter and the approach to, and the race hitting the Poggio is really quite good....
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • JoostG
    JoostG Posts: 189
    1. Flanders
    2. Roubaix
    3. LBL
    4. MSR
    5. AGR

    Flanders is in my eyes the heart of cycling. True, the cobbles of Roubaix are way harder, but you're riding in the middle of nowhere. Amstel Gold Race? Well I'm Dutch, know that area, know the climbs and reputation for us Dutchies and Lombardia is just not working for me...
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    Any chance you re coming up to Leiden for the "Nederlandse Primavera" this saturday Joost?
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • JoostG
    JoostG Posts: 189
    ddraver wrote:
    Any chance you re coming up to Leiden for the "Nederlandse Primavera" this saturday Joost?

    :D

    Unfortunately not: the flu grabbed me, and didn't let go yet.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    I am disappointed in the lack of Lombardy love... it's always a cracking race! And stunning too...

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Don't get me wrong, it's a beautiful part of the world. Seriously considered having my honeymoon there. I've been to the Church.

    It's decent racing too. Decent winners list etc.

    But it's hard to take it seriously when so few riders base their season around it. It's the Vuelta of the classics. The last chance saloon for those who can still be arsed.
    _
  • philbar72
    philbar72 Posts: 2,229
    In terms of difficulty
    1 liege
    2 Roubaix
    3 Flanders
    4 Lombardy
    5 MSR

    In terms of spectacle

    1 Roubaix
    2 Flanders
    3 Lombardy
    4 MSR
    5 LBL

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