My candidate for greatest road race cyclist. No prizes other than satisfaction on this one and I imagine many have their own candidates. His bona fides follow:
- Finished on the podium in seven Tours de France - every one he ever finished
- Only cyclist ever to have won all three Grand Tour events more than once
- Over 200 victories in 12 years
- Still active in the cycle racing world
- Born two months and two days after me
I guess that last rules out Eddy & Lance. Still haven't figured it out? More hints
- Ranked 2nd all-time by Daniel Marszalek - only Eddy ranks higher (Lance is #15 which seems a tad low in my book)
- Last Frenchman to win the Tour de France
- Team mate with Greg LeMond for his last TdF win, and for Greg's first
- Asked if he feared Eddy "Cannibal" Merckx, he replied "He has a head, two arms, two legs, just as I"
- And, for ChipSeal's benefit, a quote - "As long as I breathe, I attack."
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