Going through some old magazines and came across a Cycle Sport edition from late 1997 in which they did a list(male only) of who they considered the Top 50 cyclists of all time. The top 20 was:
But, who should be added to the list based on a purely sporting achievement list. I am well aware 1998 was Festina with everything that came after that. Hard to ignore, but this is not the Clinic.
My contenders.
As much as I detest him and ignoring the obvious, Armstrong would probably be Top 5/10. Other possibilities imo, Contador, Froome, Boonen, Cancellara, Gilbert, Nibali, Museeuw, Sagan, Jalabert, Valverde
Maybe Pantani, Ullrich, Evans.
It is difficult as cycling is so much more specific nowadays, and a lot of the older riders won across all types of races. Who would people have in their Top 20 of all time?
- Merckx
- Hinault
- Indurain
- Coppi
- Anquteil
- Van Steenbergen
- Van Looy
- LeMond
- Rominger
- Poulidor
- Bobet
- Simpson
- Gimondi
- Zootomelk
- Maertens
- Thevenet
- De Vlaeminck
- Kuiper
- Moser
- Kelly
But, who should be added to the list based on a purely sporting achievement list. I am well aware 1998 was Festina with everything that came after that. Hard to ignore, but this is not the Clinic.
My contenders.
As much as I detest him and ignoring the obvious, Armstrong would probably be Top 5/10. Other possibilities imo, Contador, Froome, Boonen, Cancellara, Gilbert, Nibali, Museeuw, Sagan, Jalabert, Valverde
Maybe Pantani, Ullrich, Evans.
It is difficult as cycling is so much more specific nowadays, and a lot of the older riders won across all types of races. Who would people have in their Top 20 of all time?
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