Vote For Most Disappointing Rider Of The Year!
by ursula on Nov 3, 2009 6:48 PM EST
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PrintInteresting assortment of nominations as you'll see below. No dopers. But injured riders still count.
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I keep looking at a couple of the riders and thinking--
“Damn—I bet he can’t even win this.”
(names omitted in a rare burst of sympathy)
gaspa?
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
thus far
i’m the only person to vote for greg van avermaet..man did he go backwards this season!
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
Despite all the venom I spat at Tuft
I voted for Nuyens.
He’s sorta my anti-Gilbert.
Funny, though, how the two super rich-kids wound up on this list . . .
Exactly , since I skipped Gilbert in favor of NN in the VDS
Thankfully I picked Gilbert in the Ed’s league where he helped make ursula my bitch so I’m good.
And Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeenoooooooooosssssss ssssssssssssssurges ahead!
This poll has been nip and tuck but it looks like Leeenos is grabbing this poll by the throat and proving to the world how disappointing he is!
What a guy!
I voted for Leenoooos
you can’t have such an awesome name in Italian and then suck so much, unacceptable!
Look, it's a bird...no, it's a plane....oh never mind it's just fucking balloon boy
At least he won something..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Leenoooooosss has always been a disappointment in my eyes.
Riis talked him up as the new Ullrich about 3 years ago and I had hope for him . But after the last couple of years he just hasn’t done anything. Except, finish a TT in T-A with a broken femur, that’s pure bad ass.
He probably would have won T-A but for that broken femur
"If I were World Road Race Champion, I would wear black shorts. That probably has more to do with me being on the wiser side of 30 and understanding better that the decisions I make now never really go away. White shorts would not be something I'd be proud of...." - David Millar, in Rouleur.
HTF is LL on this list?
Most disappointing? Not even close. I voted for Lenoos, that guy is worthless these days.
If I just had one more gear, I...
Seriously, Levi had one bad day at the Giro
and he crashed at the Tour. The guy is solid as a rock, his name should not be on this list. Boo! (and not the Halloween kind of boo)
No horn, watch for finger.
The poor short and bald guys
no love or respect
And the TOC, hopefully 100 years from now it will be the race of the year and LL will be a legend.
Phil, hello down there, why do you hate LL and the ToC?
No horn, watch for finger.
Why do you hate my hate sminer?
Look, it's a bird...no, it's a plane....oh never mind it's just fucking balloon boy
Oh shut up Phil, I know you you don't hate either one.
But I don’t like ursula’s stats, there so… statistical… they’re almost accurate.
No horn, watch for finger.
I voted for the short bald guy
It’s like Australians talking up Cadel. Every year I wait for the spectacular and ….
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Yea, he was so unspectacular at last year?
He looked just as good this year, just had really, two days of bad luck.
No horn, watch for finger.
Plus, HE WON THE TOUR OF CALIFORNIA! OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!
Look, it's a bird...no, it's a plane....oh never mind it's just fucking balloon boy
Hmm, perhaps his taste in teammates...
Is what makes Levi disappointing to so many. Though, to be fair, no one said this had to be strictly about race results.
Based on VDS points, Leeenos is just not in Levi's league.
Levi went from 1520 points in 2008 to 603 this year.
That’s a mighty big drop.
Of the expensive riders only Ballan and Kirchen dropped more. Leeenos had no where near that drop, going from 392 to 120. So why you and sminer are bellyaching about Levi being on this list is beyond me.
Yeah, but Leenoos looked great in 2008
at least the bits he raced. Was contesting for the win at T-A when he broke his femur, then when he came back he seemed to be on fire, winning the Tour de l’Ain, Coppa Agostoni and the D-Tour in less than a month. I don’t think it was unreasonable to expect more from him this year than a single win.
Levi might have skimped on VDS points, but he had a much more successful year than Gerdemann.
levi is a little bald guy you just don't expect much from
thus not very disappointing no matter what
Well i don't expect much really, but man his tyres get pumped up here
I keep waiting for the Second coming..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
He does, a bit, doesn't he?
That ‘best time-trialist’ thread was rather memorable…
I'm waiting... but i think his time has been and gone except for maybe ToC
It’s like Davis winning TDU…
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Ballan
Why? Because he’s supposed to be a team leader, not like some of the names on the list. Plus, with the WC jersey on his shoulder, he should have won something. Did he even try, or just rest on his WC laurels?
Not his fault for the first half of the season
Second half… well, come on Alessandro. We know you can ride the hell out of a breakaway if you want to.
by Douglas Ansel on Nov 4, 2009 12:57 AM EST up reply actions
curse of the rainbow jersey strikes again... i give him a pass for the year
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
Igor Antonius of course.
Far more talented yjan Linuuuusss and Gert.. Becuase c’mon.. Everybody knew he couldn’t handle the pressure no?
What do you fear most?
1. coup d’etat
2. putsch
Had to come back from a nasty crash...but yes, once he was properly fit he won one minor race.
Come on Igor, don’t make me cry. But he’s still my second favourite Basque ;)
"If I were World Road Race Champion, I would wear black shorts. That probably has more to do with me being on the wiser side of 30 and understanding better that the decisions I make now never really go away. White shorts would not be something I'd be proud of...." - David Millar, in Rouleur.
Linus
Badly hurt and coming back to form, not a fair selection taking into consideration his circumstances.
Since when has fairness had anything to do with pro Sports
especially from the fan-side. Thursday’s lazy malingering bastard becomes the guy we all knew could do it after he smokes the rest of the field on Saturday.
So your biggest disappointment
is that the second half of Colom’s season wasn’t as good as the first?
Bah Colom
"If I were World Road Race Champion, I would wear black shorts. That probably has more to do with me being on the wiser side of 30 and understanding better that the decisions I make now never really go away. White shorts would not be something I'd be proud of...." - David Millar, in Rouleur.
But.. There's always a reason why someone fails..
Mos of the time it’s injury or ilness. o why can’t you include him and can you somebody who is overtrained out in the list?
What do you fear most?
1. coup d’etat
2. putsch
Why is HWCBN not on this list?
He only got 3rd in the TdF. Surely we were all expecting first?
That “ping” you heard was the pin being taken out of a grenade…
The fact he wasn't first was a cause for some celebration I thought...
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Think he'd vote himself most dissapointing for losing to some young gun?
by Douglas Ansel on Nov 5, 2009 2:34 PM EST up reply actions
No, more likely Bert for not reading his script ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
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