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Best Retired Cyclist (with many wins), Without a Monument?

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Since the first Monument of the year is coming ...

Who is/was the best (retired) cyclist with many big wins that never won a monument?

How about the best still active? ... I guess that would be Sagan (at least until Sunday) :cool:
 
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There are a bunch of big GT-GC guys without monument wins, Pantani, Ullrich, Indurain, Armstrong :)D), Simoni, Menchov, Lemond (unless you count the World Championships), and surely many more that I didn't look up on wikipedia.
 
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ExactlyOTE=The Hitch;1170138]I think the op means classic type ridemonumentt gt riders in which case that dutchie what confessed last week is in with a shout.[/QUOTE]

Exactly! Best retired classic type rider. I would also count WC as monument.
 
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Michael Boogerd podiumed in a classic (defined as former World Cup race) 14 times, but didn't win a single monument (although he stood on the podium of a monument 7 times). He finished in the top-10 of a classic at least 26 times (32 times if you count Fleche Wallone and World Championship, can't find results from Zurich and San Sebastian easily, but probably a couple of times their as well). That's hard to beat.
 
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movingtarget said:
Yes and unbelievable when you think about how good he was. I would also include Robbie McEwen.
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Very hard for pure sprinters to win monument other than Milano-San Remo and these days I think we will rarely see another win from somebody like Cavendish.

Those "Zabel" days are just over.
 
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Jancouver said:
Since the first Monument of the year is coming ...

Who is/was the best (retired) cyclist with many big wins that never won a monument?

How about the best still active? ... I guess that would be Sagan (at least until Sunday) :cool:
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Easy, Lemond. Podium visits in 3 Monuments, MSR, LBL & Lombardia, with a fourth in Roubaix & a seventh in Flanders, win hands down, IMO.

Despite his focus on the Tour, he still raced the classics and came agonisingly close to pulling off a win. 86 MSR he fell victim to Kelly's craftiness, having been pipped by him in the 83 Lombardia.
 
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