I've chosen my rider but I want to test people's knowledge and see if they can work out who it is.
Its a rider who I thought was going to go a lot earlier as his name has been discussed a bit in the clinic.
Netserk suggested to me that I pick "I am number four" (assuming that is the recently retired climber he meant, and not the other recently retired climber who i was also considering).
Its a good suggestion and I'll pick a similar rider, but I am going to the 90's. (I wanted to pick an all noughties team but in the end principles are there to be broken, if a good pick is still on the board). Like netserk's suggestion, my pick also knows what it feels like to come 2nd (though unlike numberfour, who gave up the chance to take the kom by refusing to contest a sprint, my guy was able to compensate with polkas). He is the quintessential climber, but not as good at the tts, and his most famous victory was also an epic lone breakaway in the Alpes. In short very similar riders, but my guy is smaller and from a different generation.
And I will take the Tour de France version.
Maybe I made it too easy. If so I'll make it harder next time.