Alaphilippe was very good, but it was crazy that he finished in the top5 of the Tour with Buchman.2019-2021 era was odd.
You had Alaphilippe and flipping Fuglsang being the world's best cyclists for a while. Froome hadn't been quite replaced yet. GT and new kid Bernal were most recent Tour winners.
Valverde wore rainbow stripes.
Then WVA hit the peloton swinging and almost won a difficult OGRR with everyone in his wheel, including Pogacar.
it was the year Dumoulin should have ridden the tour instead of getting injured in the Giro.Alaphilippe was very good, but it was crazy that he finished in the top5 of the Tour with Buchman.
Neither of them has ever been top 5 in a GT again.
Jumbo finished on the podium with Kruijswijk, his last top10 and became domestique.
Inusual top5. It was definitely a transitional Tour.
And Roglic. He lost the Giro, but I think he could´ve won that Tour.it was the year Dumoulin should have ridden the tour instead of getting injured in the Giro.
Buchmann did look really good in the Dauphine the following yeas before his crash, and I think he very well could have finished in the top 5 of the Tour that year if it wasnt for this crash. Also in 2021 he crashed out of the Giro from another potential top 5 and since that he was never really the same again even if he did OK and got 7th in the 2022 Giro. Buchmann before these crashes were pretty good and I think it is easy to forget that when seeing him now.Alaphilippe was very good, but it was crazy that he finished in the top5 of the Tour with Buchman. Neither of them has ever been top 5 in a GT again.
Buchmann did look really good in the Dauphine the following yeas before his crash, and I think he very well could have finished in the top 5 of the Tour that year if it wasnt for this crash. Also in 2021 he crashed out of the Giro from another potential top 5 and since that he was never really the same again even if he did OK and got 7th in the 2022 Giro. Buchmann before these crashes were pretty good and I think it is easy to forget that when seeing him now.
But 2019 was definitively weird. Pinot really should have won that Tour...
The article is a joke.![]()
Big Four (cycling) - Wikipedia
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Big 4 in tennis links to the Big 3 now.More seriously, I think the notion of the "Big n" riders is so ephemeral that a wikipedia article about it seems doomed to be outdated with just a few results.
The topic is perfect for cycling journals, or blogs, or forums but not wikipedia.
Not surprised, Djokovic is absolutely garbage now.Big 4 in tennis links to the Big 3 now.
More seriously, I think the notion of the "Big n" riders is so ephemeral that a wikipedia article about it seems doomed to be outdated with just a few results.
The topic is perfect for cycling journals, or blogs, or forums but not wikipedia.
I remember when the Big 4 were Froome, Contador, Quintana and Nibali. How times (and speeds) have changed.
wow I cannot overstate how weird it was to see someone with an OB gif as their signature.I remember when the Big 4 were Froome, Contador, Quintana and Nibali. How times (and speeds) have changed.
An OB gif in the signature? Now we've seen everything...
I remember when the Big 4 were Froome, Contador, Quintana and Nibali. How times (and speeds) have changed.
Can you link to such Wiki article?
Same with the Three days of De Panne.The Wikipedia article talks about "The Big Four".
We know it's actually 6, give or take.
The Eurovision "Big Four" became the "Big Five".
The Tennis "Big Four" became the "Big Three".
As the "Four Days of Dunkirk" has shown us, four is apparently a number that can vary.