Rider of the year (women/road)

davidof

It's a bit Dutch heavy and there is probably one stand-out rider this year.


Annemiek van Vleuten


Elisa Longo Borghini


Anna van der Breggen


Marianne Vos


Coryn Rivera


Ashleigh Moolman


Amanda Spratt


Katarzyna Niewiadoma


Amy Pieters

confused@BR

Hope she wins this as she was cruelly pipped on that stage in the alps.
When a rider says they have 'emptied the tank' you believe them but she proved it beyond any qualification that day.

ddraver

Should perhaps be a "Who is the second best rider behind AvV" question this year given how dominant she's been...

Hat tip Interview of the year to Cecile Uttrip Ludwig (no, I didn't look up the spelling)...

Vino'sGhost

ddraver wrote:

Should perhaps be a "Who is the second best rider behind AvV" question this year given how dominant she's been...

Hat tip Interview of the year to Cecile Uttrip Ludwig (no, I didn't look up the spelling)...

She has, I wonder if that’s a reflection of competition this year or that women’s racing parkour doesn’t have enough variety.

awavey

Vino'sGhost wrote:

ddraver wrote:

Should perhaps be a "Who is the second best rider behind AvV" question this year given how dominant she's been...

Hat tip Interview of the year to Cecile Uttrip Ludwig (no, I didn't look up the spelling)...

She has, I wonder if that’s a reflection of competition this year or that women’s racing parkour doesn’t have enough variety.

or maybe shes just been the best rider this year, why is it always the first instinct to blame the parkour or depth in womens racing, no one does that in the mens thread, why cant we just accept when everything aligns with fitness, no injuries and a strong support/back up team, that sometimes it just works

RichN95.

Isn't Parkour that thing where French hipsters leap-frog postboxes?

gsk82

awavey wrote:

Vino'sGhost wrote:

ddraver wrote:

Should perhaps be a "Who is the second best rider behind AvV" question this year given how dominant she's been...

Hat tip Interview of the year to Cecile Uttrip Ludwig (no, I didn't look up the spelling)...

She has, I wonder if that’s a reflection of competition this year or that women’s racing parkour doesn’t have enough variety.

or maybe shes just been the best rider this year, why is it always the first instinct to blame the parkour or depth in womens racing, no one does that in the mens thread, why cant we just accept when everything aligns with fitness, no injuries and a strong support/back up team, that sometimes it just works

Isn't it always the same with the women's races? Vos and Armitstead have had similarly dominant runs in recent years.

shirley_basso

gsk82 wrote:

awavey wrote:

Vino'sGhost wrote:

ddraver wrote:

Should perhaps be a "Who is the second best rider behind AvV" question this year given how dominant she's been...

Hat tip Interview of the year to Cecile Uttrip Ludwig (no, I didn't look up the spelling)...

She has, I wonder if that’s a reflection of competition this year or that women’s racing parkour doesn’t have enough variety.

or maybe shes just been the best rider this year, why is it always the first instinct to blame the parkour or depth in womens racing, no one does that in the mens thread, why cant we just accept when everything aligns with fitness, no injuries and a strong support/back up team, that sometimes it just works

Isn't it always the same with the women's races? Vos and Armitstead have had similarly dominant runs in recent years.

Because we know that the parcours is varied.

As soon as a woman's race takes place the parcours is often complained about as it doesn't force riders to specialise like the men. The mountains are not high enough for pure climbers, tts not long enough for power riders and classics not hilly / long enough for puncheurs. Instead a single all rounder can win them all. Not so with men.

No_Ta_Doctor

ddraver wrote:

Should perhaps be a "Who is the second best rider behind AvV" question this year given how dominant she's been...

Hat tip Interview of the year to Cecile Uttrip Ludwig (no, I didn't look up the spelling)...

Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig

That interview was incredible, pure joy.

The one in Danish was even more extreme!

http://sport.tv2.dk/video/SGVsZUNlY2lsaWUxNzA3amFxcGxv