most favourite tour de france winner poll

[luigiV]

want to do do a poll and see who they give the most respect to as a tour de france champion out of the five greats.

:Lance armstrong

:Jacques Anquetil

:Bernard hinault

:Eddy merckx

:Miguel indurain

 

[luigiV]

mine is indurain because of the way he rode in his prime watching him stomp the opposition while still sitting on the saddle is hard to beat for me!! but was tossing it up between him and armstrong!

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

1. Merckx
2. Hinault
3. Anquetil
4. Indurain
5. Armstrong

Nothing against Armstrong, BTW. It's just that the others had more impressive careers, IMO.

 

[luigiV]

fair enuf...but yeh ive always wondered who people think is theyre most favourite tour winner out of the greats im a keep checking the results for this

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Il Campionissimo.

Out of these 5? Indurain.

 

[luigiV]

Il Campionissimo.

Out of these 5? Indurain.

ole Indurain!!!!!!!!

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Jan the Man.

 

[ak-zaaf]

You can win it 7 times and still don't come close to Coppi.

 

[El Pistolero]

You can win it 7 times and still don't come close to Coppi.

Coppi can win it 7 times and still not come close to Bartali.

 

[ak-zaaf]

Coppi can win it 7 times and still not come close to Bartali.

That's just BS.

 

[El Pistolero]

That's just BS.

Let's see, one of them is a hero and the other one was a complete ****** and drug addict.

The stories about Bartali trying to catch Coppi with his doping products are famous. As far as I know this thread isn't about who was the strongest cyclist.

 

[ak-zaaf]

Coppi can win it 7 times and still not come close to Bartali.

Let's see, one of them is a hero and the other one was a complete ****** and drug addict.

The stories about Bartali trying to catch Coppi with his doping products are famous.

I thought you meant Coppi would come back from the dead to win it 5 more times.

I also think that if you ask around Coppi is primarily seen as a hero, because in cycling terms he was. Especially in Italy they don´t seem to care about substance (ab)use.

 

[El Pistolero]

I thought you meant Coppi would come back from the dead to win it 5 more times.

I also think that if you ask around Coppi is primarily seen as a hero, because in cycling terms he was. Especially in Italy they don´t seem to care about substance (ab)use.

Oh, I should have indeed used past tense lol

 

[Michielveedeebee]

That's just BS.

plain old BS indeed

 

[The Hitch]

I thought you meant Coppi would come back from the dead to win it 5 more times.

I wouldn't rule him out just yet

I think it's interesting to try to figure out what the impact on this year's Giro would have been if Coppi had come back from the dead to ride it. Given that Zombies always seem to have super-human speed and strength, his climbing would have been phenomenal. But since Zombies also have poor motor skills, his descending would have been at about Basso's level, maybe even worse. Of course the strength of zombie-Coppi's team wouldn't have mattered, since he'd have just eaten them.

 

[dlwssonic]

voted lance just for the fun of it! Because he helped cycling become such a popular sport it is today, by commercialising it and helped inspire cancer patients.

 

[Havetts]

Big Mig, it was so awesome to see him ride. No accelerations, no high cadence just dropping the heavy watts for a few minutes straight and to see no one is on your wheel anymore.

 

[El Pistolero]

I'm surprised Indurain and Lance score so high.

Also would have liked Coppi and Bartali up there. In their time the Giro was more or less just as prestigious if not more and whenever the Italian team came with their 2 big boys to the Tour they dominated. Like really dominated.

I voted Merckx, the only one to win the Tour de France with 18 minutes on the second, 6 stage wins, mountain jersey and point jersey win in just one Tour. That's domination that no one had ever done and no one has ever repeated since.

 

[luigiV]

would of thought mig would be getting most the votes... ..very interesting

 

[jens_attacks]

you have to give it to lance,the man with no soul in this race.you could throw his mom in front of his wheel while descending into gap and he would avoid her.beloki won't.
he was obsessed with le tour,that was his centre of the universe,all that mattered.all of those champions and a lot others(including pantani) were great but this time i go with the boss.

 

[cocteau_ireland]

Indurain seems a decent chap but sitting on ur hole for guts of a month does not a great champion make

 

[issoisso]

Let's see, one of them is a hero and the other one was a complete ****** and drug addict.

The stories about Bartali trying to catch Coppi with his doping products are famous. As far as I know this thread isn't about who was the strongest cyclist.

No offence, but you need to read up on Bartali

None of the two was a pleasant person. Bartali was hardly a saint. Once during a Tour of Switzerland he saw a rider on a swiss team by the side of the road, struggling to breathe, begging for water.
Bartali dismounts in front of the guy, picks up his water bottle, drinks a sip, and then empties the bottle on the ground before laughing at the guy.

That's just one tidbit. Bartali pulled these kinds of stunts on a constant basis. So did Coppi. So don't try to pass one off as a saint and the other as a sinner

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I think (and hope) El Pistolero was referring to Bartali's off-bike exploits, for which he is often (and mostly correctly) lauded as a hero.

On the bike, oy, both could be great champions and total *** at the same time.

 

[El Pistolero]

I think (and hope) El Pistolero was referring to Bartali's off-bike exploits, for which he is often (and mostly correctly) lauded as a hero.

On the bike, oy, both could be great champions and total *** at the same time.

Yes, winning a bicycle race hardly makes you a hero. But Bartali was a cool *** on his bike by the way Went as far as to search Coppi's room to find drugs or go pick up the bottles Coppi threw away during a race to check what was in it.

 

[El Pistolero]

No offence, but you need to read up on Bartali

None of the two was a pleasant person. Bartali was hardly a saint. Once during a Tour of Switzerland he saw a rider on a swiss team by the side of the road, struggling to breathe, begging for water.
Bartali dismounts in front of the guy, picks up his water bottle, drinks a sip, and then empties the bottle on the ground before laughing at the guy.

That's just one tidbit. Bartali pulled these kinds of stunts on a constant basis. So did Coppi. So don't try to pass one off as a saint and the other as a sinner

I think you should read up Bartali a little more. Coppi was a *** in his personal life and on the bike. I'm not calling him a hero for what he did on his bike during a race.