Men's Rider of the Year

RichN95.
RichN95. Posts: 27,262
edited October 2019 in Pro race
I think the Velo d'Or will go to Alaphilippe but your choice is....
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Primoz Roglic: But for it being a Vuelta win instead of a Tour, his results look like one of Froome's stellar seasons.
    First win February 24th, last October 8th.
    Won everything he entered up until finishing 3rd in the Giro, but the best was yet to come.



    Alaphilippe's results: One monument, a couple of lesser classics and a surprise showing in Le Tour, which ultimately ended in glorious failure. After that, absolutely nothing including couple of complete fails.

    But yeah, he'll probably win the Velo d'Or.
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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,620
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Primoz Roglic: But for it being a Vuelta win instead of a Tour, his results look like one of Froome's stellar seasons.
    First win February 24th, last October 8th.
    Won everything he entered up until finishing 3rd in the Giro, but the best was yet to come.



    Alaphilippe's results: One monument, a couple of lesser classics and a surprise showing in Le Tour, which ultimately ended in glorious failure.

    But yeah, he'll probably win the Velo d'Or.

    Is it purely about results or who had the biggest impact?

    I agree with you completely. Alaphilippe will win all of the awards, but i don't think he should. Results wise Bernal probably had a better year as well. But most people's initial response will be Alaphilippe.
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  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    What about mvhp or whatever his name is?
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  • redvision
    redvision Posts: 2,958
    I imagine it will be between Alaphilippe and Roglic, and I think Roglic may get it for the Vuelta.

    Didn't he finish top if the UCI rankings? In which case you would assume he was a dead cert.
  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,313
    For me Alaphilippe was there all year and was a surprise in the TdF. He only crumbled at the last big climb but he certainly had a lot of people worried and even losing time he started that descent down the iseran like he had stolen something and was still leading out team mates for the sprints
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,620
    amrushton wrote:
    For me Alaphilippe was there all year and was a surprise in the TdF. He only crumbled at the last big climb but he certainly had a lot of people worried and even losing time he started that descent down the iseran like he had stolen something and was still leading out team mates for the sprints

    He took back something like 5 seconds in 7km
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Roglic, by quite a long way, though in a normal year Milan–San Remo, Strade Bianche and La Flèche Wallonne (+ stages in TdF etc.) would win it.
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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,486
    Ridgerider wrote:
    What about mvhp or whatever his name is?
    He is the best rider, but didn't have the best season, because he didn't devote himself to the road.

    It's Roglic for me as well. There is a bit of a hack to the voting here if you are a good GC rider and decide to omit the Tour. Then you have a very good shot at winning/podiuming Giro/Vuelta and winning this prestigious BR forum armchair award, no?
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  • flite
    flite Posts: 227
    Alaphilippe, by an eybrow...
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    Angel Madrazo.
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    But it’s going to be Alaphilippe because the French have done their utmost to give Bardet and Pinot a fighting chance at the Tour by ousting Cookson, having the parcours be climby and not too TT’y and pretending that disliking Sky/Ineos is unseemly... then Julian comes along, wins a bleedin’ TT and nearly goes and bleedin’ takes the bleedin’ maillot jaune all the way to bleedin’... d’oh! Bloody Colombians. Bloody Ineos...
  • angry_bird
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Alaphilippe, but only because I'm making a point about the status of the Vuelta / he was a major player in a huge proportion of the races I actually sit and watch.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Alaphilippe, but only because I'm making a point about the status of the Vuelta / he was a major player in a huge proportion of the races I actually sit and watch.

    Or a statement about Strade Bianche and Fleche Wallone. :oops:

    Presumably most folks on here think that Thomas Voeckler was the best rider of 2011, given the rational being applied.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    I have my own hierarchy and i shall not be talked down from this ledge.

    We go live to Rick Chasey...

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,025
    Threads like this need to start with a review of the year. I already can't remember who won Flanders.

    Anyway, did Alaphilippe win more than Fuglsang?
  • poptart242
    poptart242 Posts: 531
    Bernal is 22, won Paris Nice, Suisse and the TDF, came back and had a laugh in the Italian classics too. Tough crowd!

    _I still voted for Rogla on balance_
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Bernal should rank higher than Roglic.
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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,823
    The UCI rankings are for people who want to define who's best through results.

    This unscientific poll is for who did I enjoy watching the most this season, and Alaphillippe made me get up out of my chair the most often this season.
  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,719
    Ridgerider wrote:
    What about mvhp or whatever his name is?
    oh, yes, he would stand a chance.

    Multi discipline and great classics win.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    In response to the last few posts:

    Alaphilippe:

    30 Tour de France - Stage 13 (ITT) 2.UWT 2019-07-19
    29 Tour de France - Stage 3 2.UWT 2019-07-08
    28 Critérium du Dauphiné - Stage 6 2.UWT 2019-06-14
    27 La Flèche Wallonne 1.UWT 2019-04-24
    26 Itzulia Basque Country - Stage 2 2.UWT 2019-04-09
    25 Milano-Sanremo 1.UWT 2019-03-23
    24 Tirreno-Adriatico - Stage 6 2.UWT 2019-03-18
    23 Tirreno-Adriatico - Stage 2 2.UWT 2019-03-14
    22 Strade Bianche 1.UWT 2019-03-09
    21 Colombia 2.1 - Stage 5 2.1 2019-02-16
    20 Vuelta a San Juan Internacional - Stage 3 (ITT) 2.1 2019-01-29
    19 Vuelta a San Juan Internacional - Stage 2 2.1 2019-01-28

    Roglič:

    35 Tre Valli Varesine 1.HC 2019-10-08
    34 Giro dell'Emilia 1.HC 2019-10-05
    33 La Vuelta ciclista a España 2.UWT 2019-09-15
    32 La Vuelta ciclista a España - Stage 10 (ITT) 2.UWT 2019-09-03
    31 Giro d'Italia - Stage 9 (ITT) 2.UWT 2019-05-19
    30 Giro d'Italia - Stage 1 (ITT) 2.UWT 2019-05-11
    29 Tour de Romandie - Stage 5 (ITT) 2.UWT 2019-05-05
    28 Tour de Romandie 2.UWT 2019-05-05
    27 Tour de Romandie - Stage 4 2.UWT 2019-05-04
    26 Tour de Romandie - Stage 1 2.UWT 2019-05-01
    25 Tirreno-Adriatico 2.UWT 2019-03-19
    24 UAE Tour 2.UWT 2019-03-02
    23 UAE Tour - Stage 6 2.UWT 2019-03-01

    Bernal:

    14 Gran Piemonte 1.HC 2019-10-10
    13 Tour de France 2.UWT 2019-07-28
    12 Tour de Suisse 2.UWT 2019-06-23
    11 Tour de Suisse - Stage 7 2.UWT 2019-06-21
    10 Paris - Nice 2.UWT 2019-03-17
    9 Amgen Tour of California 2.UWT 2018-05-19
    8 Amgen Tour of California - Stage 6 2.UWT 2018-05-18
    7 Amgen Tour of California - Stage 2 2.UWT 2018-05-14
    6 Tour de Romandie - Stage 3 (ITT) 2.UWT 2018-04-27

    Fuglsang:

    22 La Vuelta ciclista a España - Stage 16 2.UWT 2019-09-09
    21 Critérium du Dauphiné 2.UWT 2019-06-16
    20 Liège-Bastogne-Liège 1.UWT 2019-04-28
    19 Tirreno-Adriatico - Stage 5 2.UWT 2019-03-17
    18 Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol 2.HC 2019-02-24
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    See, Bernal.
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    jimmythecuckoo wrote:
    Ridgerider wrote:
    What about mvhp or whatever his name is?
    oh, yes, he would stand a chance.

    Multi discipline and great classics win.

    And this:

    https://twitter.com/circuitcycliste/sta ... 73?lang=en
  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    Never seen that before...stunning!
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    jimmythecuckoo wrote:
    Ridgerider wrote:
    What about mvhp or whatever his name is?
    oh, yes, he would stand a chance.

    Multi discipline and great classics win.

    Multi discipline doesn’t count for road rankings.

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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,620
    Ridgerider wrote:
    Never seen that before...stunning!

    He won a stage of circuit de la sarthe? Can i change my vote? :lol:
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  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    Yeah but 5m before the line he was in 4th position...
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    gsk82 wrote:
    Ridgerider wrote:
    Never seen that before...stunning!

    He won a stage of circuit de la sarthe? Can i change my vote? :lol:

    Tough crowd. You aren't impressed by it, even in a minor race?

    It was two days after that ridiculous fightback to 4th in RVV and a week before he won Brabantse Pijl and Amstel Gold, so he was on a bit of form. He'd have been a contender if he hadn't exploded in the Worlds, or if he'd done a full season, or possibly even if his team had been in P-R.

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