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Belokki said:That man can TT...
After another dominating display of power, you have to wonder, Is he the best ever ITTer in the history of the race??
Would he be bested, by a prime Induraina, prime Armstrong, Anquetil or Merckxs?
skidmark said:I actually own a time machine, and have performed the experiment of taking several riders in their primes and racing them against each other in a closed-circuit TT (don't worry, I drugged them afterwords so that they'd forget when they went back to their times and wouldn't change the present with their knowledge). Indeed, Cancellara won.
But the real surprise was that Jacky Durand got second!! WTF?
MehBelokki said:That man can TT...
After another dominating display of power, you have to wonder, Is he the best ever ITTer in the history of the race??
Would he be bested, by a prime Induraina, prime Armstrong, Anquetil or Merckxs?
Thats why from now on they should replace the TT with roller races.la.margna said:yes, under indentical conditions, Menchov might have beaten Fäbu...
eurotrash said:I've been a fan of cycling for a very long time, and have always prefered guys who clearly knew how to race their bike, not necessarily the strongest guy, but those with a real nose for the line- Boogerd, Dekker, Bettini, Argentin, Bartoli, Rebellin etc....real bike racers.
For the most part, TT specialist are worthless bike racers.....BUT I do like FC a lot, he's got a tonne of class.
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TopCarbon said:wtf?
And what about Indurain, Eddy, Lemond?
Yeah, real fan of cycling.
eurotrash said:Just in case this isn't sarcasm...
My list wasn't intended to be comprehensive, but Indurain wouldn't of made it anyway- he was a tour specialist (automatic out for me), besides he won those tours by being head and shoulders stronger than everyone esle, not a better bike racer. Lemond makes the list, but I am too young to have EM on it.
TopCarbon said:EM doesn't make it cause you aren't old enough, but Argentin and Bartoli do. Hmmmm, you stumped me cycling fan.
eurotrash said:Lemond won his last race in '92, Argentin in '94, Bartoli in '03 and Merckx in '77, where is the confusion?