Poll

Road cyclist, that is.  Who gets your vote?

Anquetil
Merckx
Hinault
LeMond
Armstrong
Wiggins
Coppi
Indurain
Fignon
Cavendish
Burton
Teethgrinder
Other (please state)

Author Topic: Greatest cyclist of all time?  (Read 116381 times)

Re: Greatest cyclist of all time?
« Reply #100 on: 24 July, 2017, 10:36:32 pm »
Take out Fignon and Indurain.

Pretty pointless game, though.

LittleWheelsandBig

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Re: Greatest cyclist of all time?
« Reply #101 on: 24 July, 2017, 10:51:38 pm »
Only if you take bike racing seriously.
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Re: Greatest cyclist of all time?
« Reply #102 on: 24 July, 2017, 11:30:51 pm »
Take out Fignon and Indurain.
Mig, really? 
So, Tg is in with a one in four chance then.  Maybe w should find a spot for Cooke and co.
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Nick H.

Re: Greatest cyclist of all time?
« Reply #103 on: 04 September, 2017, 03:40:10 pm »
I still think Obree ranks above any of those. Look at the scale of his physical and technical achievements, and the absence of any kind of support team, and the campaign by the establishment to undermine him. The others merely ticked the 'physical achievement' box, with no technical achievements to speak of. And with Obree's handicaps, how many of them would have won anything at elite level? Obree's vision and his performances changed cycling. He should get a big place in history. The others only had a short spell of success in a narrow field.

Re: Greatest cyclist of all time?
« Reply #104 on: 04 September, 2017, 04:17:55 pm »
I'd certainly rate the film about the Obree/Boardman rivalry as the best cycling film of all time. But I'm a TTer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIDQH3FeG7Y

quixoticgeek

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Re: Greatest cyclist of all time?
« Reply #105 on: 08 July, 2018, 01:25:07 am »


Shouldn't this thread be called "best male cyclist" ??

No option for Marianna vos?

Or Lael Wilcox?

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LittleWheelsandBig

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Re: Greatest cyclist of all time?
« Reply #106 on: 08 July, 2018, 01:47:00 am »
Beryl Burton is there and some of her records stood for decades. She is second in the voting.

Depth of competition might be a consideration?
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S2L

Re: Greatest cyclist of all time?
« Reply #107 on: 05 March, 2020, 09:43:30 am »
I am surprised Bartali has not been shortlisted. He won the Tour in 1938 and again in 1948... it is easy to imagine that in the absence of WW2 he could easily be in the same camp as Merckx, Indurain, Anquetil and Hinault. Likewise, Coppi's career is definitively missing some trophies

Re: Greatest cyclist of all time?
« Reply #108 on: 14 July, 2020, 02:15:17 pm »
Vos is awesome, but she's no Merckx.

Possibly this would have been more interesting as a poll of "Greatest Cyclist of all time who isn't Merckx".
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finch

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Re: Greatest cyclist of all time?
« Reply #109 on: 09 May, 2023, 06:38:21 pm »
I can’t help but wonder if in the future Tadej Pogacar will be in this discussion. Young man has just had a very good spring

Re: Greatest cyclist of all time?
« Reply #110 on: 09 May, 2023, 07:32:35 pm »
Unlikely as riders now ride a handful of races a year to win.

Re: Greatest cyclist of all time?
« Reply #111 on: 08 September, 2023, 08:39:38 pm »
Kirkpatrick Macmillan

Re: Greatest cyclist of all time?
« Reply #112 on: 08 September, 2023, 08:52:26 pm »


Shouldn't this thread be called "best male cyclist" ??

No option for Marianna vos?

Or Lael Wilcox?

J

Or Jeannie Longo?

LittleWheelsandBig

  • Whimsy Rider
Re: Greatest cyclist of all time?
« Reply #113 on: 31 October, 2023, 06:19:33 pm »


Shouldn't this thread be called "best male cyclist" ??

No option for Marianna vos?

Or Lael Wilcox?

J

Or Jeannie Longo?

Longo collected impressive results for ages but a bit too much doping for my liking.
Wheel meet again, don't know where, don't know when...

LittleWheelsandBig

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Re: Greatest cyclist of all time?
« Reply #114 on: 31 October, 2023, 06:21:04 pm »
Kirkpatrick Macmillan

Maybe, if he ever rode a bicycle.
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Re: Greatest cyclist of all time?
« Reply #115 on: 31 October, 2023, 09:12:42 pm »
Kirkpatrick Macmillan

Maybe, if he ever rode a bicycle.

” Legend has it...”  etc.