Worlds and Tour Champion is that a big deal?

[El Pistolero]

Can we have some objectivity please? Given that the first mass produced mountain bike came out in 1981 I think it's unreasonable to hold lack of MTB palmares against the likes of Merckx, besides he has plenty of cyclo-cross wins, so your point is moot.

Fact is 24 cyclists in history have won more GTs than Evans, so it's a bit ridiculous to skip him above not only all the riders with 1 GT win, but also all but 5 or 6 of those with more GTs than him on the basis of a world championship win and some MTB?!?!? He hasn't even won a monument, not that that's anything to be ashamed of but he is clearly not in the top 10 cyclists of all time, top 10 in the current peloton I could give you

Merckx was also one of the best track cyclists of his time. He won a lot of sixday races with Patrick Sercu and was European champion in some disciplines of track cycling as well a few times. So that's cyclocross, track cycling and road cycling. Though he wasn't all that good in cyclocross I've been told. Roger de Vlaeminck was better I think. A lot of cyclists train a lot on a mountain bike by the way. I know Contador does it a lot for instance I wouldn't underestimate his skills if he were to focus on mountainbike(which he obviously won't).

Winning the World Cup two times is great by all means, but it has little to do with road cycling. And I don't think it's fair to say that no one in the peloton would be able to do good in mountainbiking. If Rasmussen can then I can see Contador doing it as well to be honest. But why would anyone go from road cycling to mountainbiking?

 

[Barracuda]

Besides, what cyclist on the road would ever want to go to mountainbiking lol? These guys aren't idiots you know.

5316 posts ........ no wonder you are ranting ... you must be tired !!!

 

[virandociclista]

the 2016's olimpic games will be in Rio de Janeiro-Brazil. Here, there is a lot of hard hills near one of another... I think that the circuit will be in the "Parque Nacional da Tijuca" and the climbers will have a go!

It will be great to see Alberto Contador winning here!!

 

[Spaniard]

the 2016's olimpic games will be in Rio de Janeiro-Brazil. Here, there is a lot of hard hills near one of another... I think that the circuit will be in the "Parque Nacional da Tijuca" and the climbers will have a go!

It will be great to see Alberto Contador winning here!!

Let's see how are his legs with 33 years old.