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| Shiverson |
Posted on 20-09-2010 10:07
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What was the best Grand Tour in 2010?
And what was the worst?
I choose the Vuelta and my main reason is Ezequiel Mosquera and his chances of winning because he is my favourite cyclist.
The worst for me was Tour de France, i enjoy some stages like the cobblestones one but that fear between contador and schleck in some stages, the schlecks fall and peloton waiting and the chain problem... very rare
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| Timmeh |
Posted on 20-09-2010 10:19
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I'd say the Vuelta, b'cuz it was most exiting to watch. However, the Giro totally satisfied me too, Arroyo made it really hard for Liquigas and i really enjoyed all the hard stages.
For me, the tour was the most boring... Almost no attacks, only defensive riding... |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 20-09-2010 10:44
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Best was the Giro. Best GT i've watched, period.
Worst was the Tour.
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| Montolivo |
Posted on 20-09-2010 11:05
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Giro was the best. No doubt about that.
The Tour was a bit boring, but was better then some of the editions in the past. |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 20-09-2010 11:42
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Giro was the best. Stages chosen were great
Worst was Tour, especially the Contador/Schleck battle in the Mountains when both of them near enough stopped and started doing the track stands. The final time trials was good though
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| Maximka |
Posted on 20-09-2010 12:15
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Giro was the best as always. Tour was the worst again, because of that you could say who will win it before the start. Yes, Andy was awesome this year and he made few stages interesting, but almost all stages was too predictable (damn you, cavendish!)
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 20-09-2010 12:24
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This poll is a joke (and highly Deadpool-esqe, for those who remember my early days). The Giro this year is one of the best GT's in recent memory.
That said, the Vuelta was also good, but the fact that the race leader (and who I thought was going to win) crashed out made it a bit less good.
The Tour was the best in a while as well (I'd say since 2003), but that isn't saying much. |
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| roturn |
Posted on 20-09-2010 12:30
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Definitely the Giro. Nice route. Much spectacle but therefore not the rider friendliest route 
A great team Liquigas dominating everything. Great Cadel Evans and a surprising strong Scarponi.
Plus a nice scenario with the big group around Arroyo.
And most important: No Cavendish, so other sprinters had more chances to get a win |
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| facmanpob |
Posted on 20-09-2010 12:54
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Teh Giro was great, although marred a bit by a ridiculous number of crashes in the first few days. But great stage choices and a good startlist!
Tour was better this year than for a long time, but still had an air of predictability about it.
Vuelta was good, as usual, but spoilt a bit by Anton's departure. |
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| zambeaux |
Posted on 20-09-2010 13:21
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For me it was clearly the Giro, the GT since the 2005 Giro, at least. The Tour was as awful as the 2008 & 2009 editions and the Vuelta was pretty mediocre and boring, except for the last 4 kilometres of Pal and the last 4 kilometres of Navacerrada/Bola del Mundo, nothing we'd have lost if we just watched it through Youtube. |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 20-09-2010 13:47
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As most years, Giro the best, Tour the worst.
The Tour have been better than the last years, specially thanks to the cobbles stage, but the love fest of Contador and Schleck II is too much for my stomach. |
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| mowinckel91 |
Posted on 20-09-2010 14:00
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Our TV-commentators on TV2 are so good that I bet the Tour always will be the best. They make the race so much better! |
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| Johan92 |
Posted on 20-09-2010 14:09
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Off course the Giro. The best GT I've ever seen.
But the Tour wasn't so bad. It was better than the last years, however nothing compared to the Giro and Vuelta. All together there has been three good GTs.
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 20-09-2010 14:14
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It's been a good year for the GT's only the Vuelta was worse than last year, but it had a much better winner so I was happy there as well. The Giro was amazing though, easily the best.
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| ruben |
Posted on 20-09-2010 14:19
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There can be no question
Giro d'Italia wins this so easily. The first week alone had more excitement than the entire Tour.
And the weak field and falling of Anton made the Vuelta lose interest in the final week |
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 20-09-2010 14:19
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I was busy with school during the Giro... But i thought that the Tour where good because the Schleck vs. Contador battle. The Vuelta where fun because of all the action.
I wish i had time to follow the Giro dough...
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| roturn |
Posted on 20-09-2010 14:24
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The Schleck vs Contador battle was the worse thing on the Tour ;D
Of course Menchov and Sanchez rode a great tour but there was no question at all who stays on first 2.
So quite boring even if the time gap was quite close between them. |
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 20-09-2010 14:33
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ruben wrote:
There can be no question
Giro d'Italia wins this so easily. The first week alone had more excitement than the entire Tour.
And the weak field and falling of Anton made the Vuelta lose interest in the final week
The way you went on about Anton, his fall actually made the Vuelta more interesting as otherwise Anton would have just cruised to all the stages by several minutes
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| jack888 |
Posted on 20-09-2010 14:35
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The Giro for me. The Vuelta was exciting, but didn't have the same caliber of riders, or as much excitement for the whole 3 weeks as the Giro had.
But the big positive from the Vuelta i found was the hill finishes. They added a lot to the race.
Edited by jack888 on 20-09-2010 14:37
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 20-09-2010 14:56
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1. Giro
2. Vuelta
3. Tour
I think all three tours were great anyway. |
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