Top 10 Cyclists from your country of all time

[Echoes]

In Zurich, Kint was stopped by spectators who hold his saddle and in the meantime Knecht went away. Kint had to be World Champion again.

 

[pradel]

In Zurich, Kint was stopped by spectators who hold his saddle and in the meantime Knecht went away. Kint had to be World Champion again.

That he was stopped by spectators, is Kint's version. Fact is, that Kint, who played with Knecht and forced him the lead, couldn't react in time on a sudden attack of Knecht . Stopping Spectators ?? True is, that one spectator crossed the street at about this moment.

Although almost 6 years old at the moment of these World Championships in Zürich, I wasn't personaly there .

Ciao ..pradel

 

[Torrrr]

My big of Italy

1 Coppi
2 Pantani
3 Bartali
4 Gimondi
5 Binda
6 Moser
7 Magni
8 Cipollini
9 Bettini
10 Argentin

No Girardengo? The original campionissimo.

 

[Echoes]

That he was stopped by spectators, is Kint's version. Fact is, that Kint, who played with Knecht and forced him the lead, couldn't react in time on a sudden attack of Knecht . Stopping Spectators ?? True is, that one spectator crossed the street at about this moment.

Have to admit I never checked this version, actually.

 

[Rbudman]

I am from the United States so here is my list (its going to be a little rough since I am not great on my cycling history)

1. Lance Armstrong
2. Greg Lemond
3. Andrew Hampsten
4. Levi Leipheimer
5. Christian Vande Velde
6. George Mount
7. Bobby Julrich
8. George Hincapie
9. David Zabriskie
10. Davis Phinney

Unhonorable Mention
1. Floyd Landis
2. Tyler Hamilton
3. Scott Moninger

NO BOBKE (Bob Roll)????
I know he was never a great rider but as ambassador for the sport I think he at least deserves an honorable mention
NO??

 

[Mich78BEL]

new to the forum, i recently did a top 25 for my country and a top 100 all time all countries

my Belgium top 25, off course its difficult to compare between era's & between different types of riders


1) Eddy Merckx (no comment needed)
2) Rik Van Looy (slight edge to Van Looy over De Vlaeminck)
3) Roger De Vlaeminck
4) Freddy Maertens
5) Rik Van Steenbergen
6) Herman Van Springel
7) Johan Museeuw
8) Philippe Thys
9) Lucien Van Impe
10) Stan Ockers

11) Walter Godefroot
12) Briek Schotte
13) Raymond Impanis
14) Fred De Bruyne
15) Sylvére Maes
16) Tom Boonen (will probably climb on this list if he has a good fin de carrière)
17) Michel Pollentier
18) Georges Ronsse
19) Claude Criquielion
20) Firmin Lambot
21) Eric Vanderaerden
22) Marcel Kint
23) Maurice De Waele
24) Ludo Peeters
25) Joseph Planckaert

 

[Cobblestoned]

From what I saw, heard and read
my Top 10 are:

1. Erik Zabel
2. Rudi Altig
3. Jan Ullrich
4. Dietrich Thurau
5. Täve Schur
6. Olaf Ludwig
7. Kurt Stoepel
8. Andreas Klöden
9. Steffen Wesemann
10. Andre Greipel

Places of honor:
Wolfgang Lötzsch
Albert Richter

 

[redtreviso]

USA

1. Greg LeMond
2. Andy Hampsten
3. Alexi Grewal
4. Connie Carpenter
5. Rebecca Twigg
6. Connie Paraskevin
7. Jonathan Boyer
8. Davis Phinney
9. Ron Keifel
10.Inga Thompson

Could list 20 more before including EPOboy

 

[The Hitch]

Poland

1 Sylvester Szmyd.
2 Jaroslaw Marycz
3 Marcin Sapa
4 Chopin
5 Me.
6 Guy i met while cycling.
7 My undcle.
8 Mariusz Pudzianowski.
9 Lukas Podolski - we are claiming his citizenship
10 Marie Curie- hers too

 

[Polish]

Poland

1 Sylvester Szmyd.
2 Jaroslaw Marycz
3 Marcin Sapa
4 Chopin
5 Me.
6 Guy i met while cycling.
7 My undcle.
8 Mariusz Pudzianowski.
9 Lukas Podolski - we are claiming his citizenship
10 Marie Curie- hers too

Put Zenon close to Number One....
A clean thoroughbred in the ERA of *** and *******

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenon_Jaskula

 

[josekaubeda]

1. Miguel Indurain
2. Luis Ocaña
3. Federico Bahamontes
4. Miguel Poblet
5. Jose Manuel Fuente
6. Perico Delgado
7. Alberto Contador
8. Enrique Aja
9. Óscar Freire
10. Alejandro Valverde

 

[kurtinsc]

USA

1. Lemond - Based on results, Armstrong may be more deserving. But Lemond is the one who made cycling interesting for me.
2. Armstrong - I don't think the 7 tour wins will be coming off the book.
3. Hampstein - Giro win looms large.
4. Hamilton - His issues overshadow his results... but he's got some good finishes and big wins. 2nd in Giro, won Liege, won Romandie twice, won DL, 4th at Tour and a olympic gold medal.
5. Leipheimer - 2nd and 3rd at Vuelta, 6th at Giro, 3rd/6th/8th/9th at Tour, won DL, olympic bronze medal.
6. Hincapie - Good placings in the northern classics and assorted stage wins and lesser classic races. To be honest... him being this high shows a lot about where US cycling has been historically.
7. Julich - 3rd in the Tour... but not a lot of results after that one outlier. Won P-N and an Olympic bronze.
8. Farrar - Too early? Won cyclassics twice, Scheldeprijs, 1 stage in Vuelta, 2 in Giro and a lot of 2nd places.
9. Davis Phinney - Won a couple of Tour stages and has an olympic bronze. After that it's mostly US races.
10. Vandevelde - 5th/8th in Tour. Not much aside from that.


the US list is almost depressing.

 

[boardhanger]

10 Dan Martin
9 Mark scalon
8 Me
7 Phillip Diegan
6 Paul kimmage
5 Nicolois Roche
4 Martin Early
3 S. Eliot
2 S. Kelly
1 S.Roche

.......mmmmmh seem if your name starts wit 'S' then thats an advantage.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Poland

1 Sylvester Szmyd.
2 Jaroslaw Marycz
3 Marcin Sapa
4 Chopin
5 Me.
6 Guy i met while cycling.
7 My undcle.
8 Mariusz Pudzianowski.
9 Lukas Podolski - we are claiming his citizenship
10 Marie Curie- hers too

I appreciate that you're joking around, but there's quite a few good riders you have, in addition to Szmyd, Marycz and Sapa there's Marek Rutkiewicz, Przemysław Niemiec, Bartosz Huzarski, Michał Kwiatkowski for starters...

 

[Michele]

1. Coppi
2. Binda
3. Bartali
4. Moser
5. Pantani
6. Magni
7. Bugno
8. Cipollini
9. Adorni
10. Bartoli

 

[El Pistolero]

1. Eddy Merckx
2. Lucien van Impe
3. Rik van Looy
4. Philippe Thys
5. Roger de Vlaeminck
6. Sylvere Maes
7. Freddy Maertens
8. Rik van Steenbergen
9. Stan Ockers
10. Johan Museeuw

Honorable mentions: Tom Boonen

 

[Nick C.]

USA

1. Greg LeMond
2. Andy Hampsten
3. Alexi Grewal
4. Connie Carpenter
5. Rebecca Twigg
6. Connie Paraskevin
7. Jonathan Boyer
8. Davis Phinney
9. Ron Keifel
10.Inga Thompson

Could list 20 more before including EPOboy

nice list but if you are going to exclude he who shall not be named then Grewal doesn't belong since his claim to fame is the Olympic Gold that he won when allegedly blood doped. just sayin'

 

[the3verB]

Spain (i choose this country)


1. Alberto Contador: very powerful climber, dominates the era
2. Miguel Indurain : not enough panache to be no1
3. Luis Ocana : official tdF Merckx rival
4. Federico Bahamontes : legendary climber
5. Pedro Delgado : Indurain leader, TdF -Vuelta winner
6. Carlos Sastre : great Gt specialist
7. Oscar Freire : 3 time world champions, lot of classics won
8. Oscar Pereiro : TdF champion
9. Roberto Heras : Pantani
10. Alejandro Valverde : Jalabert

 

[Libertine Seguros]

no room for José Manuel Fuente? That makes me sad.

 

[El Pistolero]

Spain (i choose this country)


1. Alberto Contador: very powerful climber, dominates the era
2. Miguel Indurain : not enough panache to be no1
3. Luis Ocana : official tdF Merckx rival
4. Federico Bahamontes : legendary climber
5. Pedro Delgado : Indurain leader, TdF -Vuelta winner
6. Carlos Sastre : great Gt specialist
7. Oscar Freire : 3 time world champions, lot of classics won
8. Oscar Pereiro : TdF champion
9. Roberto Heras : Pantani
10. Alejandro Valverde : Jalabert

I'd put Indurain above Contador for sure.

Is Jalabert Spanish by the way? lol

 

[the3verB]

no room for José Manuel Fuente? That makes me sad

Yes, it s true. I hesitated between valverde and Fuente for the spot 10

 

[khardung la]

Miguel Induraín
Alberto Contador
Oscar Freire I doubted between him or Contador for the second place, one day he will be even more apreciated in Spain
Luis Ocaña
Federico Martin Bahamontes
Perico Delgado
Joan Llaneras Track is cycling also
Jose Manuel Fuentes
Alejandro Valverde
Abraham Olano

 

[The Hitch]

10 Dan Martin
9 Mark scalon
8 Me
7 Phillip Diegan
6 Paul kimmage
5 Nicolois Roche
4 Martin Early
3 S. Eliot
2 S. Kelly
1 S.Roche

.......mmmmmh seem if your name starts wit 'S' then thats an advantage.

I think Kelly is much better than Roche. They say he has the 4th best palmares of all time. All those classics surely beat Roce 1987, however good a season that was.

And surely atm Dan Martin is higher than niko?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

From what I saw, heard and read
my Top 10 are:

1. Erik Zabel
2. Rudi Altig
3. Jan Ullrich
4. Dietrich Thurau
5. Täve Schur
6. Olaf Ludwig
7. Kurt Stoepel
8. Andreas Klöden
9. Steffen Wesemann
10. Andre Greipel

Places of honor:
Wolfgang Lötzsch
Albert Richter

No room for Uwe Ampler even in the honorable mentions? Or does his '99 positive, years after his heyday, count against him?

 

[Nick C.]

No room for Uwe Ampler even in the honorable mentions? Or does his '99 positive, years after his heyday, count against him?

if we wanted to add another honorabble mention I believe the man's name was Joseph or Jozef Fischer or Fisher who won the first Paris Roubaix.