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America's best sprinter
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| matt493 |
Posted on 09-04-2008 20:47
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this is probably going to be only for Americans but who is the USA's best sprinter. I can only think of Freddy. Please help me name some other top American Sprinters.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 09-04-2008 20:49
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I think either Tyler Farrar or Chris Sutton
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| matt493 |
Posted on 09-04-2008 20:50
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i forgot about Farrar and i thought Sutton was Australian but I could be wrong ( it's happened a lot recently)
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 09-04-2008 20:51
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Um yeh forget about Sutton. I knew he and Farrar used to be Cofidis teammates so for some reason i thought Sutton was also American ... 
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| alex153 |
Posted on 09-04-2008 20:51
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| kebowers |
Posted on 09-04-2008 20:53
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I was going to make a smart ass comment in my post about American sprinters, and tell everyone to look out for Farrar, but already was getting a bit contentious!!
And suddenly there he was mentioned!!
I would put him at the top, but I think he wants to be a "classics specialist" more than a "sprinter" |
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| matt493 |
Posted on 09-04-2008 20:54
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I'd say if you put all american cyclists in a sprint it would be either Farrar, Rodriguez, or Jennie Reed. Jennie Reed is the best american woman cyclist. It has her results right here https://www.momentumcycling.com/cyclis...yclist.cfm
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| kebowers |
Posted on 09-04-2008 20:59
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I mentioned this just yesterday I think, in another post.
I always cheer for Fast Freddy, seems like a great guy, and was a great sprinter. Not sure if he has lost a bit with age, or because he got so used to helping McEwen, he lost something...
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Farrar
Fast Freddy
Scott Nydam (BMC)
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| kebowers |
Posted on 09-04-2008 21:08
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here's a few others not exactly World renowned
Alex Candelario
Frank Pipp
Kyle Gritters
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| issoisso |
Posted on 09-04-2008 21:11
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Rodriguez used to be faster than a jew with a cupon. Now-a-days "Fast Freddie" is more of a joke than a nickname
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| Macquet |
Posted on 09-04-2008 21:19
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give the chance and a very strong wind at his back George Hincapie might be able to compete in that list....Just shows you we Americans can't sprint |
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| kebowers |
Posted on 09-04-2008 21:24
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issoisso wrote:
Rodriguez used to be faster than a jew with a cupon. Now-a-days "Fast Freddie" is more of a joke than a nickname
You kill me with your humor.
Now about Fast Freddy, he won Stage 9 of the 2004 Giro d Italia against Ale-Jet!!!
Now you want to talk smack about "Fast" Freddy? Huh? Huh? |
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| Macquet |
Posted on 09-04-2008 21:30
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Was there a hurricane or something slowing the field down or something....He is still faster then me, so i won't make fun of him too much, but he really has lost some speed in his "old" age....2004 was a long time ago. |
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| kebowers |
Posted on 09-04-2008 21:38
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Ahh Alas yes it was a long time ago, the height of American Sprinting... |
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| wildcat000 |
Posted on 09-04-2008 21:50
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Yeah, funny how the US is known for it's GC guys and not sprinters. It has the size in terms of population to be an all-round nation like Italy or Germany, but interest is obviously not generally there. Except for the special minority of cycling enthusiasts (raises hand). Figure over time you have LeMond, Armstrong, Landis, Hamilton, and Hampstein as great American stage racers. Not many sprinters in there. |
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| Macquet |
Posted on 09-04-2008 21:59
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Not sure why, probably because our track cycling is not that great either...maybe we just like going on long bike rides. |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 09-04-2008 22:00
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kebowers wrote:
You kill me with your humor.
in case you're being sarcastic: it's not my joke. in case you're not: it's still not my joke.
kebowers wrote:
Now about Fast Freddy, he won Stage 9 of the 2004 Giro d Italia against Ale-Jet!!!
Now you want to talk smack about "Fast" Freddy? Huh? Huh?
gee, you're right. he's the best in the world right now. excuse me while I go stick my head in the toilet 
Macquet wrote:
Was there a hurricane or something slowing the field down or something....He is still faster then me, so i won't make fun of him too much, but he really has lost some speed in his "old" age....2004 was a long time ago.
it's normal at his age.
wildcat000 wrote:
Yeah, funny how the US is known for it's GC guys and not sprinters. It has the size in terms of population to be an all-round nation like Italy or Germany, but interest is obviously not generally there. Except for the special minority of cycling enthusiasts (raises hand). Figure over time you have LeMond, Armstrong, Landis, Hamilton, and Hampstein as great American stage racers. Not many sprinters in there.
About the US: when there aren't that many guys racing bikes you tend to train alone. So you tend to become a good time triallist more than anything.
As for the countries you mentioned, they're not that all-round. Look at italy, their time-triallists aren't that good. I'd say that has a lot to do with the fact that time trials in italian races are far less common than in other countries.
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 09-04-2008 22:10
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Rashaan Bahati
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| matt493 |
Posted on 09-04-2008 22:14
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Addy291 wrote:
Rashaan Bahati
I think you were joking but he could be one day. I was looking at the rock racing results and he had done pretty good.
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 09-04-2008 22:24
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issoisso wrote:
As for the countries you mentioned, they're not that all-round. Look at italy, their time-triallists aren't that good. I'd say that has a lot to do with the fact that time trials in italian races are far less common than in other countries.
Whereas Brtian are immensly all-rounded, we have Millar and Wiggins for the time-trials, Cav for the sprints, Wegelius for the mountains and hills, Cummings as super-domestique, Hammond for the cobbles and Swift, Blythe, Kennaugh, Stannard, Thomas etc. as the up-and-coming youngsters.
We have lots of youngsters breaking through, most no-one will have heard of outside the UK, but only about 1 experienced rider per speciality and that's 1 per speciality at a stretch, and at an "above average" standard.
As I said, we're imense
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