That is just mean....Granville57 said:Maybe he's going for the Hour record?
He hasn't seemed interested in racing for much longer times than that anyway.
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ferryman said:Hmmm. This is veering in a bad direction. Keep it to Andy folks.
richo36 said:Evans has. Unless we don't consider worlds a monument.
richo36 said:I'm an andy fan, but I will never say he won the tour. I don't care what aso say, I know he didn't win the tour. To me it's either a no result like the Armstrong years or a contador victory.
ferryman said:Hmmm. This is veering in a bad direction. Keep it to Andy folks.
That's an awesome jersey indeed!Jancouver said:Not sure if the value will got up or down after his retirement, but I'm quite happy to have one of these jerseys signed by Andy
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movingtarget said:Well the Fleche is a classic not a monument. More importantly Evans has won the Worlds and a Tour. Not too many have done that. Armstrong, Lemond, Roche, Merckx, Hinault in the modern era.
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ferryman said:I've been a fan for a long time and really hoped he could get over his injuries and get back to his true form. If it's Au Revoir, and it sounds like it is, thanks for the memories Andy and good luck..
richo36 said:Out of curiosity why is worlds not considered a monument. It has the history and has a lot of prestige for winning. Not to mention creates a lot more interest than what lombardia does and it's at the same time of year.
jaylew said:Because it's a step above a monument.
Benotti69 said:Would disagree. World's is a step below a monument due the unfairness of team sizes. Sean Kelly probably would have at least 2 world's wins if he had a similar team to his trade team. LeMond maybe more.
jaylew said:I hear what you're saying with the uneven team sizes but, c'mon. Martin's GdL win is more important or prestigious than Kwia's? It's not even remotely close. You think ANY rider would rather have that on their résumé? Besides, the unfairness of the different team sizes is overrated. In the last 5 years alone, 2 riders have won with only two teammates. If you're strong enough, you'll be there.
Zinoviev Letter said:You might be there, but you also may have a random mechanical or minor crash and have no team to help you back. And you have no real ability to alter the flow of the race by putting people on the front, sending people in attacks etc. you have to accept whatever the bigger teams do, until you make your own move. it is a massive disadvantage although not insurmountable.
I'd rate a monument as at least equal to the worlds, with the worlds being roughly on a par with the lower end of the monument scale (eg Lombardy, which doesn't have quite the prestige of a Paris Roubaix or LBL because of its place in the calendar - a similar place to the worlds).
Christian said:
Novel joke.classicomano said:Reports coming in that Andy abandoned the press conference.