Originally Posted by
banana jam
Bring them on! Remember the Tour is meant to be won by the best "all around" rider, not the best climber, time trialist, or one day specialist. There is a technique for riding the cobbles as well as descending Cols at 70kph. May the best rider win!
Not agreeing.
You could argue CX is the best all around. TdF is for those that are quite light and pretty much the best climbers - and able to do this many days in a row. Numerous results on one day classics I think are better representatives of best all around -IMO of course.