Pro-cycling thread

Depends on the type of rider…too many variables.

I’m sure Pedersen would put the world champs at the top.

I’d put the Olympic events much lower down, below all the monuments and Strade, but probably above a grand tour stage win.

Strade Bianchi is half the race Lombardy is, so please let's not over elevate it. From a one day perspective there are six races that a rider's career is judged on; the five monuments and the world championsip road race.

And, as @snoops says, the prestige of a palmares is very much dependent on the type of rider they are. Van der Poel has a much more storied palmares than Van Aert, despite the latter being a much more rounded rider, because he has won three of the five monuments and the worlds.

Paris-Roubaix
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TDF GC
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Everything else

Oh, from a rider perspective... who cares... they're billboards paid to suffer for our pleasure. :-*

1. Unbound Gravel
   
2. Tro Bro Leon
   
3. Amstel gold
   

What’s the official forum ranking of the top cycling events from a rider status perspective?

Hard Day in January
Bridges Ride
Muddy Hell
LFGSS Track Day
Death TT
Circle Line Ride
Drag Sprints
Easts TT
New Oxford Street Ride

I don't have time to rank all the WT and Pro Conti races but MSR is at the very bottom, even Scheldeprijs is a better watch (because it's shorter)

1. tdf GC
   
2. Giro GC
   
3. Vuelta GC
   
4. World Championship road race
   
5. = MSR, RVV, PR, LBL, Lombardia
   
6. TDF stage win
   
7. = Giro stage, Vuelta stage, any other classic
   Olympic road race = irrelevant novelty event
   
   

Atmo

Winning a bunch of one day monuments is obviously going to make you a greater rider than someone who has won one Vuelta or Giro, though. Gilbert > Chris Horner.

On the other hand, if you have only won one off the list this pretty much holds true. Hesjedal > Zaugg. I wait andyps counter examples.