Hardest one day race?

[okgo]

Thoughts?

I am throwing Liege Bastonge Leige in there, bloody long, bloody hard, and usually the weather is st.

[okgo]

Yeh true.

There's been a few 12 hour TT guys have have never been the same after going deep for 12 hours. It really can ruin you!

[okgo]

Sandersports said:

LBL is in the top 3 ... i think it tips Lombardi as the colder conditions every now and again can catch it out. However a few of the Last Milan San Remo's in the blizzards for close to 7hrs IMO harder to race .

Out of your Liege , Roubaix's , MSR, Flanders , each of monuments is very rare to be won by a st kicker , and only at the end of the year can you judge the hardest due to the weather conditions .

You cant rule out a queen stage of a GT ... especially the recently announced 2017 Giro route, with its gigantic 240kms stage climbing the Motorolio & Stelvio twice . This will be harder for the grupetto making the time cut than the winner.

Yes, when I did the LBL sportive this year, I thought the weather was st. Then as I was getting battered the following day I thanked my lucky stars I wasn't doing it in the weather the pro's got!!

That's a good point on the proper tough GT days. Brutal.

[okgo]

Sandersports said:

Don't forget the Les Ingham or the Jock Wadley .... The title of being a local hitter in a free jersey rivals that of a Monument winner demanding a 1m Euro salary !

hahaha! https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/8...

No idea how I managed to get round that! Oh - they cut the 2nd hill, that's how.

Edited by okgo on Friday 28th October 10:11