Moondance said:Eddy Merckx... Read something about him.
I totally agree with this opinion, he certainly has an opportunity to be the best modern rider. Or stage racer to be precise. Just like canc and Gilbert have the oppurtyunity to be the best classics riders and cav best sprinterTimmy-loves-Rabo said:I find it hard to compare.
Merckx rode in a different time. Back then it was possible to be up there in all terrains, provided the talent was there.
Nowadays racing is so specialized. The guys going for the cobbles are built for the cobbles, their level is very high in modern day cycling. Same goes for the GT men, and even the hilly classics, tho it seems this area less then the others. But yeah, we wont see a guy ever dominate like eddy did. The fact of the matter is racing has progressed and reached a very high level over the years. If eddy rode nowadays he wouldn't do what he did 30-40 years either...
That being said, AC has potential to be the greatest stage racer ever.
However with the whole steak incident, his career will always have doubts cast over it. Not attempting to bring clinic issues in this thread, nor am I suggesting the doubts are plausible, but simply doubters and controversy have developed from the last 12 months.
saganftw said:he could be the greatest...depends on amount of steaks he can eat![]()
luigiV said:could contador be the greatest by the end of his career i think not as all the greats performed in the classics as well.. but what yous think
Timmy-loves-Rabo said:That being said, AC has potential to be the greatest stage racer ever.
However with the whole steak incident, his career will always have doubts cast over it. Not attempting to bring clinic issues in this thread, nor am I suggesting the doubts are plausible, but simply doubters and controversy have developed from the last 12 months.
Publicus said:Stop it. Please. Way too soon to even include him in any such discussion.
personal said:I hear he can eat twenty energy gels without throwing up.
Kwibus said:People will always say Merckx is the best rider of all time and we all know he used more than water and bread.
Midnightfright said:Just like canc and Gilbert have the oppurtyunity to be the best classics riders and cav best sprinter
Timmy-loves-Rabo said:I find it hard to compare.
Merckx rode in a different time. Back then it was possible to be up there in all terrains, provided the talent was there.
Nowadays racing is so specialized. The guys going for the cobbles are built for the cobbles, their level is very high in modern day cycling. Same goes for the GT men, and even the hilly classics, tho it seems this area less then the others. But yeah, we wont see a guy ever dominate like eddy did. The fact of the matter is racing has progressed and reached a very high level over the years. If eddy rode nowadays he wouldn't do what he did 30-40 years either...
That being said, AC has potential to be the greatest stage racer ever.
However with the whole steak incident, his career will always have doubts cast over it. Not attempting to bring clinic issues in this thread, nor am I suggesting the doubts are plausible, but simply doubters and controversy have developed from the last 12 months.
Midnightfright said:If thats the only requirement surely Jan would all time greatest
luigiV said:could contador be the greatest by the end of his career i think not as all the greats performed in the classics as well.. but what yous think