Ride of the Year

RichN95.

Yes, it's men only again.

Probably an easier pick for this one.

(Wallays at the Vuelta and Valverde's Worlds just missed the cut)

RichN95.

Sorry about the double post. I have the most lively mouse since Jerry.

ddraver

Sub-vote for Kate Courtney's ride at the XCO World Champs...

salsiccia1

With all due respect to the others, there can only be one winner here. Froome's ride was the ride of the last 10 years for me.

indyp

S19 Froome ride was just incredible and something I've not seen before in a grand tour. Think it was Sagan few years ago in Tour of Flanders who went with about 60 km?, but 80 km mountain stage was awesome!

m.r.m.

That was Gilbert in Flanders not Sagan.

tailwindhome

Lawson Craddock?

yorkshireraw

Pinot's Lombardy? after ending up pretty ill and missing out on the Giro podium his comeback and climax of the season was pretty impressive, topped off with taking on Nibali at his own game and coming out the winner.

Vino'sGhost

indyP wrote:

S19 Froome ride was just incredible and something I've not seen before in a grand tour. Think it was Sagan few years ago in Tour of Flanders who went with about 60 km?, but 80 km mountain stage was awesome!

Ive seen it before, it was floyd landis and i enjoyed watching that too.

Unbelievable

shirley_basso

Not very good at the concept of context are you Vino? A recurring theme throughout your posts.

sherer

neither of these won but Cav's ride after he was exluced to still finish at the tour as a good ride.. as was Sagan's on stafe 19 of the tour to stay in the time limit

Bo Duke

83% of votes so far for Froome yet at the time folks beyed how Froome must have been pumped up on jungle juice.

shirley_basso

Small, vocal minority. Oft the case that it makes you think one thing when it's just one person saying it but more often.

Applies to many walks of life.

jimmythecuckoo

Dumoulin... just because.

rick_chasey

Anyone who didn’t vote for Froome’s Giro smash doesn’t get cycling and should quit watching cycling entirely.

FocusZing

Valverde. He won the worlds at almost ten times quadrupler of age, he's like fantastical and must be one of the greatest dayers and almost GCers of his generation (which is pretty big).

dabber

I thought this thread was for "Ride of the year" not "Rider of the year".

cruff

None of these. Tiesj Benoot at Strade Bianche

rick_chasey

So Cruff and Focus.

Please hand in your passes and block cycling from your telly.

cruff

Rick Chasey wrote:

So Cruff and Focus.

Please hand in your passes and block cycling from your telly.

Sorry about that Rick. It was the bare forearms and mittless hands at 4 degrees in the rain and mud that did it for me...

ddraver

Should perhaps be a "What was the second best ride of the year" question...

ocdupalais

Obviously, GT GC wins and podiums are what defines the pecking order of best GT riders of their generation; but I think now to reach ‘Legendary’ status a rider has to mug the race like Contador did at Vuelta 2012 and Froome in the Giro this year.

rick_chasey

OCDuPalais wrote:

Obviously, GT GC wins and podiums are what defines the pecking order of best GT riders of their generation; but I think now to reach ‘Legendary’ status a rider has to mug the race like Contador did at Vuelta 2012 and Froome in the Giro this year.

Being able to win when you have not been the strongest rider over 3 weeks is absolutely reserved for the legendary.

For the most part of that Giro Froome looked average, but he stuck the knife in in dramatic fashion when he needed to. I had fully written him off as he looked sh!te for all bar one day prior to stage 19.
Same with Contador.

RichN95.

Rick Chasey wrote:

OCDuPalais wrote:

Obviously, GT GC wins and podiums are what defines the pecking order of best GT riders of their generation; but I think now to reach ‘Legendary’ status a rider has to mug the race like Contador did at Vuelta 2012 and Froome in the Giro this year.

Being able to win when you have not been the strongest rider over 3 weeks is absolutely reserved for the legendary.

For the most part of that Giro Froome looked average, but he stuck the knife in in dramatic fashion when he needed to. I had fully written him off as he looked sh!te for all bar one day prior to stage 19.
Same with Contador.

For me there's nothing better in sport, and this is true for all sports, than a champion who looks beaten and then produces something special to claim victory.

philbar72

the Vuelta in 2012 was absolutely epic, though the stage Contador got away from Rodriguez had a television blackout when he went away. it was one of 2 grand tours Rodriguez shoulda coulda won. the other being the giro that year.

lettingthedaysgoby

Cruff wrote:

None of these. Tiesj Benoot at Strade Bianche

This would get my 2nd place vote.

m.r.m.

RichN95 wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

OCDuPalais wrote:

Obviously, GT GC wins and podiums are what defines the pecking order of best GT riders of their generation; but I think now to reach ‘Legendary’ status a rider has to mug the race like Contador did at Vuelta 2012 and Froome in the Giro this year.

Being able to win when you have not been the strongest rider over 3 weeks is absolutely reserved for the legendary.

For the most part of that Giro Froome looked average, but he stuck the knife in in dramatic fashion when he needed to. I had fully written him off as he looked sh!te for all bar one day prior to stage 19.
Same with Contador.

For me there's nothing better in sport, and this is true for all sports, than a champion who looks beaten and then produces something special to claim victory.

Agree 100%

I'd be willing to concede second best ride of the year to Benoot at Strade Bianche.

Matthewfalle

Vino'sGhost wrote:

indyP wrote:

S19 Froome ride was just incredible and something I've not seen before in a grand tour. Think it was Sagan few years ago in Tour of Flanders who went with about 60 km?, but 80 km mountain stage was awesome!

Ive seen it before, it was floyd landis and i enjoyed watching that too.

Unbelievable

this.

completely correct and both excellently and succinctly put.

"he's done Landis" said some bloke who knows what he talking about.

shirley_basso

Care to substantiate your nonsense?

inseine

Matthewfalle wrote:

Vino'sGhost wrote:

indyP wrote:

S19 Froome ride was just incredible and something I've not seen before in a grand tour. Think it was Sagan few years ago in Tour of Flanders who went with about 60 km?, but 80 km mountain stage was awesome!

Ive seen it before, it was floyd landis and i enjoyed watching that too.

Unbelievable

this.

completely correct and both excellently and succinctly put.

"he's done Landis" said some bloke who knows what he talking about.

Clearly doping has been and continues to be part of the sport, but if we drag it into every topic we might as well give up now. Lets just accept that every rider and every result could be drug fueled, we just don't know. Singling out specific results just highlights your personal likes and dislikes.

jam1e

Matthewfalle wrote:

Vino'sGhost wrote:

indyP wrote:

S19 Froome ride was just incredible and something I've not seen before in a grand tour. Think it was Sagan few years ago in Tour of Flanders who went with about 60 km?, but 80 km mountain stage was awesome!

Ive seen it before, it was floyd landis and i enjoyed watching that too.

Unbelievable

this.

completely correct and both excellently and succinctly put.

"he's done Landis" said some bloke who knows what he talking about.

“Knows what he’s talking about.”

Except he didn’t did he? Until the interviewer told him he’d had no idea what Froome had done let alone how it had played out.