For me it would have to be Jens Voigt. I just really like his drive, toughness and how he blows himself up for his team. He is a great character too.
Renshaw. Like Voight, he’s a beast, he’s smart, and he’s an amazing teammate. I’m always a bigger fan of the guys who enable others to “finish” than I am of the finishers. Nothing beats a killer assist. I think I have to tip Renshaw because I love that he performs during the most hectic and stressful part of a race.
SPARTACUS
because look at him go!
SPARTACUS
Andy Schleck agrees!
Yeah he got a great pull through the cobbles didn’t he?
Now can spartacus somehow pull him through the final TT? hmm
SPARTACUS
Andy Schleck agrees!
I was thinking of how he basically stopped a stage of the TdF when Andy’s GC hopes were completely shot, and than the next stage he hammered when a crash split the peloton and he was able to get Andy time on GC.
Spartacus is the Judge, Jury, and Executioner of the pro peloton!
VINO!!
Because when he retires and goes to a buffet on a cruise ship, he will wildly run to the front of the line, grab a plate while cutting in front of his family, then fall down catastrophically before he can take a bite.
I really like super “assistants” in general, but especially like the grit, determination and fight of Jens Voigt
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Of all time - Marco Pantani
Just they way he attacked and threw everything he had into a climb was awesome. i loved how riders would try to attack him on a hill and he would just look and climb away like he had a motor (he he) on his bike
Truly a troubled person that was fighting bigger enemy than a bike race. What a shame, so much talent.
Current Day - Fabian
True power, I love it!
Who I want to be like: Boonen
The ultimate party boy, fast cars, could probably get away with murder in Belgium. Oh yeah, a great rider too
Jens, obviously.
Spartacus (no surprise)
Jens–He’s the hard man, and a super nice and funny guy.
Of the past:
Andrea Peron
Davis Phinney
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Tom Boonen - rock star of the pro peloton but with the guts to win at places like Roubaix and take a green jersey
Jens Voigt - really doesn’t need an explanation
Contador - great rider, seems like a nice guy, handled things well last year despite LA’s best efforts
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Voigt…as above…no explanation needed
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Hincapie. Easy.
Jens Voigt no doubt.
If he can look like this and still be back the next year…he gets my vote.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G9iuGZaiJs&feature=player_embedded
Did you see him suffer on the Madeline waiting for Schleck? That’s a teammate.
Here’s enough reasons (not mine but I concur):
Jens Voigt doesn’t read books. He simply attacks until the books relent and tell him everything he wants to know.
Waldo can’t be found because Jens dropped him on a hill training ride… on K2.
Jens doesn’t spin or mash the pedals… he kicks them into submission.
Jens Voigt puts the “laughter” in “Manslaughter.”
Jens Voigt climbs so well for a big guy because he doesn’t actually climb hills; the hills slink into the earth in fear as they see him approach.
If you are a UCI ProTour rider and you Google “Jens Voigt,” the only result you get is “it’s not to late to take up kickball, Fred.”
Jens was a math prodigy in elementary school, putting “Attack!” in every blank space on all his tests. It would be the wrong answer for everybody else, but Jens is able to solve any problem by attacking.
Jens’ testicles are bald because hair does not grow on a mixture of titanium, brass, steel, and cold, hard granite.
Eddy Merckx was actually a neo-pro at the same time as Jens, but Jens dropped him so hard that he shot backwards in time to the 1960′s, where he became a great champion.
Jens once had a heart attack on the Tourmalet. Jens counterattacked repeatedly until he kicked its ass.
Jack was nimble, Jack was quick… and Jens still drove him to quit racing bikes and become an ice dancing commentator on Lifetime.
If Jens Voigt was a country, his principle exports would be Pain, Suffering, and Agony.
If Jens Voigt was a planet, he’d be the World of Hurt.
Jens Voigt doesn’t know where you live, but he knows exactly where you will die.
Jens Voigt doesn’t have a shadow because he dropped it repeatedly until it retired, climbing into the CSC team car and claiming a stomach ailment.
Jens Voigt once challenged Lance Armstrong to a “who has more testicles” contest. Jens won… by five.
When you open a can of whoop-ass, Jens Voigt jumps out and attacks.
You are what you eat. Jens Voigt eats spring steel for breakfast, fire for lunch, and a mixture of titanium and carbon fiber for dinner. For between-meal snacks he eats men’s souls, and downs it with a tall cool glass of The Milk of Human Suffering.
Jens Voigt believes it’s not butter.
Jens Voigt can eat just one.
The first time man split the atom was when the atom tried to hold Jens Voigt’s wheel, but cracked.
Jens Voigt doesn’t complain about what suffering does to him… but suffering constantly complains about getting picked on by Jens Voigt.
Jens Voigt can start a fire by rubbing two mud puddles together.
Guns kill a couple dozen people every day. Jens Voigt kills 150.
Jens’s tears are so tough they could be the world heavyweight mixed-martial arts champion. Too bad Jens never cries.
Jens Voigt rides so fast during attacks, that he could circle the globe, hold his own wheel, and ride in his own draft. At least as long as he didn’t try to drop himself.
Jens Voigt nullified the periodic table because he doesn’t believe in any element, other than the element of surprise.
The grass is always greener on the other side. Unless Jens Voigt has been riding on the other side in which case it’s white with the salty, dried tears of all the riders whose souls he has crushed.
lmao…Awesome!
I am enjoying Andy’s sense of humour coming out.
I like Levi and Horner as well. I’d pay money to see Levi attack once (doesn’t matter whether it is successful of not).
Watching Horner’s interviews on Competitor have really made me like him more. He seems like a no-BS kind of guy and isn’t afraid to speak what’s on his mind. Also extremely loyal it seems.
Love Fabian and Jens for the reasons so many have stated.
Drew
This is just HUGE!
Thank you!!
I like Jens Voight and Chris Horner. Both unselfish and give great interviews.