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The 2013 season in retrospective. Your thoughts and comments.
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 21-10-2013 18:36
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Best moments:
Quintana's face as he stands on the podium in Paris 
Wiggins failing in the Giro
THAT crosswind stage
Much as I dislike Horner, the Angliru stage was pretty good to watch
Nibbles looking like a blancmange whilst winning on Tre Cime
Quintana winning on Semnoz
Konig winning a stage in the Vuelta
Kreuziger winning AGR was pretty cool
Pozzovivo in that Vuelta TT 
Worst moments:
Horner winning Vuelta
Froome on Ax-3-Domaines
Froome on Ventoux
Froome winning Tour
Santambrogio. 'Nuff said.
All those Giro cancellations/bad weather/broadcasting issues
van den Broeck abandoning the Tour before the mountains started
Surprising:
The Tour actually turning out to be a great GT, despite Froome
Kittel in TdF generally, and also beating Cav in Paris
Quintana in TdF
Ciolek win in MSR 
Kwiatkowski suddenly becoming beast
(Uran/Betancur in Giro)
Dan Martin
Few people I can't remember off the top of my head like Coquard/Zoidl doing well in CT/PCT
Disappointing:
Contador all season
EBH all season
Gilbert all season
Wiggins, not that I'm sad about that though
French in the Tour (Europcar, Cofidis, FDJ etc)
Galibier stage in Giro
Le Grand-Bornand stage in Tour
Hazallanas stage in Vuelta
Only managed to catch MSR and RvV out of the monuments so not much I can say about them. The Giro was a little anticlimactic, the Tour interesting but won by a Froomedog, and the Vuelta less interesting and won by an even more obvious doper.
Oh and I'm sure I've left loads out, these were just the ones that came to my head first.
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 21-10-2013 18:54
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-What were the best moments of the year?
- The World Championships, Rui winning it was just amazing, as a Portuguese;
- Crosswinds at the Tour
- Quintana flying up the mountains
-What were the worst?
- Horner winning the Vuelta
- Froome winning almost everything
- The end of Euskaltel
- Cancelled stages in the Giro
-What or who was the most surprising?
- Michal Kwiatkowski, Jan Bakelants, Rafal Majka, Matthias Frank, Zdenek Stybar
-What or who was the most disappointing?
- Philippe Gilbert, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Damiano Cunego, Alberto Contador |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 21-10-2013 19:23
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What were the best moments of the year?
- Not many (and I didn't really watch a whole lot admittedly.
- Veilleux winning Stage 1 of the Dauphine
- Atleast the Sky Train failed at the Tour
What were the worst?
- The Tour. Crashes ruined it for me.
- End of Euskaltel
- The Tour of Alberta didn't know how to broadcast a race or use the landscape to the advantage of a bikerace
Most Surprising
- Bakelants
Most Disappointing
- Hesjedal
- Gilbert
- Cav
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| nacho63 |
Posted on 21-10-2013 21:09
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What were the best moments of the year?
- Mohoric's descending
- Betancur's 2nd place celebrations
- Crosswinds at the tour, Cav win
- Sagan wheelies at Tour
What were the worst?
- Problems at the Giro
- Euskaltel collapse
- Tony Martin almost win at the Vuelta
- Knock offs at P-R
Most Surprising
- Kittel
- Stybar
- Dan Martin
- Ciolek at MSR
Most Disappointing
- Wiggins
- EBH
- Contador
- Gilbert
- TVG's tour |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 21-10-2013 21:18
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What were the best moments of the year?
Dan Martin winning Volta a Catalunya
Dan Martin winning Liege Bastogne Liege
Dna Martin winning stage 9 of the Tour.
What were the worst?
Froome
Euskatel closing
Most Surprising
Kittel beating Cav
Dan Martin in LBL
Horner in the Vuelta
Most Disappointing
- Hesjedal
- Dan Martin crashing out of the Vuelta and worlds
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| MrUfo87 |
Posted on 21-10-2013 21:23
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baseballlover312 wrote:
What were the best moments of the year?
Dan Martin winning Volta a Catalunya
Dan Martin winning Liege Bastogne Liege
Dna Martin winning stage 9 of the Tour.
What were the worst?
Froome
Euskatel closing
Most Surprising
Kittel beating Cav
Dan Martin in LBL
Horner in the Vuelta
Most Disappointing
- Hesjedal
- Dan Martin crashing out of the Vuelta and worlds
Logic...  
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 21-10-2013 21:24
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He didn't make a space between two of the parts. It's actually in the Most Surprising one.
I did the same myself, don't worry Ufo. |
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| MrUfo87 |
Posted on 21-10-2013 21:28
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Miguel98 wrote:
He didn't make a space between two of the parts. It's actually in the Most Surprising one.
I did the same myself, don't worry Ufo.
Lol I need new glasses.
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| maximus |
Posted on 21-10-2013 22:59
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-Best Moments:
Cancellara on cobbles
Great TDF apart from Froome
Sagan's celebrations
-Worst Moments:
Giro destroyed by weather
Froome and Horner performances
Vini Fantini doping
-Surprising:
Kreuziger
Betancur at Giro
Kangert
Sky's weaknesses at Tour
-Disappointing:
Contador
Schleck
Taaramäe
GC contenders not able to break Froome on stage 9 of TDF
Many GC riders abandoning or just being very weak in GTs
Purito's unluck
Valverde at Worlds |
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| maxime86 |
Posted on 22-10-2013 01:58
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Best Moments-
Classica San Sebastian (GALLOPIN I LOVE YOU)
Nibali during the Giro
Cncellara on the Cabbles
Quitana being a frickin Boss during the end of the Tour
Kittel
bye bye McQuaid
People realising EBH isnt that good
Worst Moments-
Tony Gallopin being Sick the whole Cobbles Season
Di Luca, Santambrogio etc.
Surprising-
Wiggo being absolutly terrible
Dan Martin
Tony Gallopin @ Classica San Sebastian
Horner (does not mean im happy he won la vuelta)
MSR
Green-edge Call me maybe (that was this year right?)
Disappointing-
Lack of competition for Froome in the TDF
nibali not taking the Giro-Vuelta Double
Tejay Van Garderen (really americans as a whole apart from Horner)
Gallopin going to a non-french team |
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| 547984 |
Posted on 22-10-2013 02:19
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baseballlover312 wrote:
What were the best moments of the year?
Dan Martin winning Volta a Catalunya
Dan Martin winning Liege Bastogne Liege
Dna Martin winning stage 9 of the Tour.
What were the worst?
Froome
Euskatel closing
Most Surprising
Kittel beating Cav
Dan Martin in LBL
Horner in the Vuelta
Most Disappointing
- Hesjedal
- Dan Martin crashing out of the Vuelta and worlds
Yeah, what is his DNA
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| atlanta |
Posted on 22-10-2013 06:08
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I would hardly call 7 GT stage wins a dissapointment for Cav, why he was battling over the mountain in Italy Andre Greipel was riding the Belguim Tour. I think Greipel was the dissapointing sprinter. 1 GT win is pathetic. I thought this year after 3 v 3 last year he would challenge Cav but it was Kittel.
This year i think Cav should forget the Giro he has the points jersey now, do you guys think it takes anything out of a sprinter when they are so close to eachother and 1 does 2 back to back GT's?. |
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 22-10-2013 07:14
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Cavendish had his best season ever in terms of CQ points.
His TDF was somewhat disappointing, but he was ill before the start, so we'll see next year if he has really lost some top speed to become more versatile or if that was just his illness. |
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 22-10-2013 07:40
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Dissapointing aswell was that both Boonen and Ballan were't able to stay healthy which made the cobbled classics very predictable.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 22-10-2013 08:46
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Ah yes, forgot to add to disappointing: idiot teams helping out Froome during the wind stage
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| BritPCMFan |
Posted on 22-10-2013 12:34
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Best Moments:
Wiggins amazing self righting bike at Trentino
Quintana stopping the TdF becoming a precession.
MSR. I don't wanna see it every year but there is something epic about riding through snow and then everything getting bussed half the route.
Sagan celebrations.
All the sponsor pull outs.
Worst moments:
Fans expecting every other pro teams to throw away any interest in their own positions because it might help Sky.
Every Sky win being trashed as a worthless whilst other dopers win and are celebrated (Horner excepted)
Wiggins fear of wet descents and Ryder's general suckiness making the Giro more one sided then last years TdF.
Surprising
Stybar
Horner 
Dissapointing
Wiggin's early season
Contador's form all season.
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| 9-Ball |
Posted on 22-10-2013 13:45
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Honestly, after nearly 30 years of loving road racing this year was among the most, if not the most depressing, for me. The combination of Froome and Horner at two of the year's grand tours was so grim as to have me turn off for the first time. The damage done to cycling by doping is, I believe, coming home to roost. As to how clean the sport is now, I am very cynical. That may be the greater damage done, ultimately.
Probably somewhat off topic but that was my reaction to the OP.
It was eleven more than necessary.
Jacques Anquetil
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| deek12345 |
Posted on 22-10-2013 13:58
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Best moments
roach winning a stage at the vuelta, and good GC
dan martin winning LBL
wiggins going downhill in the wet
Quintana making the tour bit interesting
worst moments
Froome all season
porte all season
horner winning vuelta
French teams and bmc helping froome out to chase SAXO bank 
disappointing
contador form all year
schleck not finishing a race all year apart from the tour |
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 22-10-2013 14:01
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With little thought or consideration the following good things occur:
Cancellara vs Sagan in the classics
Ciolek upsetting the above battle at the epic MSR
Vanmarke's PR near miss
Martin Winning LBL
The perfect bike toss in Trentino https://twitpic.com/ckfms3
The perfect fall in the Giro
https://fycyclinggifs.tumblr.com/post/...-giro-2013
Hansen's breakaway win at the Giro
Finally getting a great 3 way sprint battle at the Tour, wow Kittel won it!
Cookson ousting McQuaid
Edited by ianrussell on 22-10-2013 14:15
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| Bosskardo |
Posted on 22-10-2013 19:39
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What really got me on the edge of the seat:
Paris - Roibaix (pretty much last 50 or so km, where Fabian started to lag behind)
LBL final 3 km
WC TTT ending
crosswinds at TdF
in Giro that stage where Wiggins fell
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