Rank the Tours

by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 26, 2008 2:00 PM EDT

of the new millenium (putting suspicions aside, or at least I am):

1. 2003

2. 2008

3. 2007

4. 2001

5. 2000

6. 2006

...

last. 2002, 2004, 2005, in no particular order.

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1. 2003

2. 2007
3. 2006
4. 2008
5. 2001
6. 2000
7. 2005
8. 2002
9. 2004

by Bruce Suomi on Jul 26, 2008 2:49 PM EDT reply actions

1. 2003
2. 2007
3. 2008
4. 2000
5. 2001

No particular order: 2006, 2002, 2004, 2005

by King of Doping on Jul 26, 2008 3:00 PM EDT reply actions

correction

2004 is probably the worst I’ve ever seen. On the other hand 2003 was all drama, even if all the contenders were probably juiced in EPO.

by King of Doping on Jul 26, 2008 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions

2003 – Lance’s Jour Sans
2008 – Cycling is a Team Sport
2006 – Floyd’s Day Out
2001 – The Look (and other good racing)
2000 – Pantani Gets His
2007 – Vino Gets His
2005 – Seven! (Yawn)
2002 – Parade I
2004 – Parade II

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on Jul 26, 2008 3:26 PM EDT reply actions

2003 was the Tour that hooked me on cycling, so I can’t rank the ones before that.

So:
2003-Lance: not only the jour sans, but the ride through the fields. Also Tyler Hamilton coming in 4th with a broken collarbone-I don’t care what he was on, that had to hurt.
2008-it’s exciting not to know for sure who’s going to win the Tour until the day before Paris.
2004: A time trial on Alpe d’Huez? Brutal.
2005-yeah, kinda dull.
2006-I believed in Floyd when he broke away. The only reason this Tour doesn’t rank dead last for me is because of…
2007-when the scandals were even worse, and just would not stop coming. Bad enough that Vino proved dirty and Rasmussen got yanked while in yellow, but Sinkewitz’s positive meant the end of T-Mobile sponsorship, forever depriving the world of those great hot-pink jerseys.

by majope on Jul 26, 2008 4:32 PM EDT reply actions

Flame me, I still like 2006

1. 2003
2. 2006
3. 2001
4. 2004

the rest are #5.

by Softie on Jul 26, 2008 4:39 PM EDT reply actions

Got it the same way

Although I am soooo glad that the only guy that actually attacked and stuck it has won.

This year was a bit of a snoozer for me. Sorry ya’ll

If you don't have time to do it right the first time, when are you going to have time to do it again?

by CannonDowell on Jul 26, 2008 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Rank Amateur Ranking...

2003 – Lance’s somewhat more successful mountain trip a la John-Lee Augustyn
2008 – Carlos Sastre Beating L’Alpe d’Huez like it owes him money… CSC writing text book on “Team Cycling”
2001 – Armstrong owns Ullrich
2007 – Daily hammering between Contador and Rasmussen

The rest… I’m at a loss…

Bueno Carlos!!!!!

by crashdan on Jul 26, 2008 5:54 PM EDT reply actions