Favorite Rider
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I like Jens Voight. He is too large to win a grand tour. He can time trial as good as any and I like his attacking style. He isn't fast enough sprinter to win tons of races but he gets his results.VitaminE said:
I like Lance but he is going too Hollywood for me lately.
I would have to say my favorite rider is Floyd Landis.
After watching how hard he rode for USPS and Lance, I would have to say my hats off to him. Job well done!
After watching how hard he rode for USPS and Lance, I would have to say my hats off to him. Job well done!
Yeah i agree , never understood that myself.Judge someone on their merits : personality , success etc , but where they come from is irrelevant.Virenque said:Sorry, but that is so stupid! Its not important from where someone is, but how he/she is behaving! There are too many people estimating by country or nationality of someone..Whats the point of that?
Jan Ullrich is mine. He has a really bad attitude and can never seem to get himself fit enough for a race like most riders can!! But he has amazing talent. I wish he would use it more though. I like Virenque because he is hot lol. And Voeckler because he has alot of guts and did awesome at TdF this year.
If i was being serious (which i never am) i would have to say Lance Armstrong. He is an amazing man, and i admire him a hell of alot.
If i was being serious (which i never am) i would have to say Lance Armstrong. He is an amazing man, and i admire him a hell of alot.
Gilbeeeeeeerto Siiiiimoooniiiiiii!
If only Lance had the guts to do a Giro Kidding!
I like him because he was low, he struggled to come to the top and although he had his downs again he had risen again and probably he will next year, too. You can feel, he' s mortal!
For the humble origins I like Beloki, too.
Cunego from the new ones, is great, but has a kind of arrogance. But maybe it's the Hinault's (or Merckx's) kind of arrogance, that is the one of a true champion!
If only Lance had the guts to do a Giro
Kidding!I like him because he was low, he struggled to come to the top and although he had his downs again he had risen again and probably he will next year, too. You can feel, he' s mortal!
For the humble origins I like Beloki, too.
Cunego from the new ones, is great, but has a kind of arrogance. But maybe it's the Hinault's (or Merckx's) kind of arrogance, that is the one of a true champion!
hodagbiker said:
Vino, Cunego and Ullrich : in the stage races.
One dayers : Van Petegem, Dekker, Vino, Hincapie.
Like limmerickman, impossible to choose just one. A few I like:
Armstrong (for being a great rider, but also for giving so much back through his foundation. I can admire a great athlete, but I can only adore someone who recognizes that there is something greater than himself.)
O'Grady, does it all (or at least tries), including an awesome, though doomed, break on stage 15 TdF this year.
Jose Azevedo, tireless and strong domestique.
Ekimov, going on 40!
Others: Zabel, Voigt, Julich (nice comeback, nice olympic TT), Vino. I don't know enough about Cunego yet, but impressed so far.
I want to love Ullrich, but he's gotta earn it.
Used to like Tyler. I'll wait until the hearings, but for now, he's on my own personal version of suspension.
Armstrong (for being a great rider, but also for giving so much back through his foundation. I can admire a great athlete, but I can only adore someone who recognizes that there is something greater than himself.)
O'Grady, does it all (or at least tries), including an awesome, though doomed, break on stage 15 TdF this year.
Jose Azevedo, tireless and strong domestique.
Ekimov, going on 40!
Others: Zabel, Voigt, Julich (nice comeback, nice olympic TT), Vino. I don't know enough about Cunego yet, but impressed so far.
I want to love Ullrich, but he's gotta earn it.
Used to like Tyler. I'll wait until the hearings, but for now, he's on my own personal version of suspension.
Forgive my pet peeve, but after the Tour, everyone started screaming about how great Floyd is. Well, no doubt, Floyd had a great Tour, including a great TT and stage 17. But if you want to give some people credit for riding really well in support of LA, Rubiera and Azevedo really did as much or more (in Azevedo's case) for LA in the mountains and Hincapie guided him through stage 3, and Eki pulled hard in the TTT, and Pena and Triki did great early support and even Nozal had some moments.gotendurance said:
Floyd's a real talent. But so are a lot of the non-American members of the former USPS.
My favorite riders are Iban Mayo and Oscar Sevilla. Both guys ride for lesser known teams and have had good results in the tour. Besides, Iban rides an Orbea.
Erik Zabel. The man races every week and is just as strong in the Vuelta as he is in Milan San Remo. Unlike the other sprinters, he'll climb all the HC climbs. He loves to ride, period and he's an all around great guy. Plus he is involved in every sprint finish without a lead-out train. He never gets called for fouls and he never makes excuses.hodagbiker said:
