Pretty surprised at how low in the list the current guys are especially Valverde.I have some interesting stats, it's about cycling biggest races, 10 of them (3 GT's, 5 Monuments and WC&OG RR):
Number of wins:
33 - Eddy Merckx
17 - Fausto Coppi
16 - Bernard Hinault
14 - Alfredo Binda
12 - Gino Bartali
11 - Costante Girardengo
Roger De Vlaeminck
10 - Rik Van Looy
Felice Gimondi
Sean Kelly
9 - Jacques Anquetil
8 - Rik Van Steenbergen
Louison Bobet
Francesco Moser
Paolo Bettini
Tom Boonen
7 - Henri Pelissier
Moreno Argentin
Miguel Indurain
Johan Museeuw
Alberto Contador
Fabian Cancellara
Vincenzo Nibali
Chris Froome
6 - Gaetano Belloni
Giovanni Brunero
Fiorenzo Magni
Fred De Bruyne
Tony Rominger
Oscar Freire
Alejandro Valverde
Philippe Gilbert
5 - Jan Raas
Hennie Kuiper
Giuseppe Saronni
Greg Lemond
Laurent Fignon
Gianni Bugno
Michele Bartoli
Peter Sagan
Number of podiums:
45 - Eddy Merckx
26 - Alejandro Valverde
25 - Fausto Coppi
Felice Gimondi
24 - Francesco Moser
23 - Gino Bartali
22 - Roger De Vlaeminck
21 - Bernard Hinault
20 - Alfredo Binda
19 - Costante Girardengo
Rik Van Looy
Raymond Poulidor
Sean Kelly
Top 10 placings:
67 - Eddy Merckx
43 - Felice Gimondi
Francesco Moser
Alejandro Valverde
42 - Raymond Poulidor
Roger De Vlaeminck
Sean Kelly
40 - Gino Bartali
Also great to see Seán up in the top 10the reason why me and so many in Ireland love cycling