Greatest cyclist of all time?

[Ruby United]

Who is the greatest cyclist of all time?

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Can a mod close this?

Might as well start threads asking what number comes after 2.

 

[Ruby United]

Can a mod close this?

Might as well start threads asking what number comes after 2.

Agreed. You are thinking of Eddy, I presume. Though I think he will win by a large margin, I am still interested to see what forum users think.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Vandenbroucke

 

[Netserk]

Merckx, Pantani, Vino or Boonen.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Gotta be Abdou.

 

[eljimberino]

Adolf Hitler

 

[Roderick]

But this must really be the most useless poll ever

 

[BroDeal]

Where's Armstrong in the poll?

 

[veganrob]

No Wiggo option? WTF

 

[Roderick]

The better question would be: who doesn't fit in this list?

 

[scholar]

To paraphrase I can't remember whom: Merckx, then daylight. There's a legitimate debate as to who's third.

 

[Ruby United]

Wiggo greatest cyclist ever?

No Wiggo option? WTF

LOL

Should the poll question be: Who is the 2nd greatest rider ever?

 

[Ruby United]

Where's Armstrong in the poll?

R u joking???

 

[Lanark]

The better question would be: who doesn't fit in this list?

Everyone besides Merckx.

 

[Miburo]

A better one would be: who is the greatest cleanest cyclist of all time?

And netserk, drop the fanboypants. Boonen is not even top 10...

The poll options are btw horrible

 

[GPdesAmeriques]

http://www.cqranking.com/women/asp/gen/rider_palm.asp?riderid=493

 

[The Hitch]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBdypZ3ImHs

Armstrong imo does deserve to be in the poll.

Not only because its wrong to have Indurain and Kelly in there and not Armstrong.

But also because it reminds people that Armstrong was not the best cyclist ever, as was always claimed, not even close.

His 7 tours a FW and a worlds were enough to get him into the top 10.

But Eddy, Hinault, Coppi, Anquetil, Bartali and Indurain were all better. Contador will soon be making that list too.

Edit, and as GPdesAmeriques points out, Vos of course.

 

[Afrank]

Merckx/Hinault

Magni deserves a mention (should also be in the poll).

 

[SeriousSam]

It really doesn't make sense not to include Lance Armstrong given some of the other people that have been included.

 

[The Hitch]

And netserk, drop the fanboypants. Boonen is not even top 10...

Im just amazed he hasn't mentioned Di Luca yet.

Guess "Greatest cyclist of all time" polls are less realistic aims than multiple Giro stage wins.

 

[Netserk]

A better one would be: who is the greatest cleanest cyclist of all time?

And netserk, drop the fanboypants. Boonen is not even top 10...

The poll options are btw horrible

'Cause Vino clearly is.....

Perhaps it was just a joke. Who knows.

 

[burning]

Bassons or Vos

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Fausto Coppi.

 

[del1962]

While I voted Mercxx, I would also like to have voted Gino Bartali, as the more I read about him, the more respect I have for him.