Favourite Racers
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Smokin Joe
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
Alf Engers, Tom Simpson, Barry Hoban, Felice Gimondi, Roger De Vlaeminck, Eddy Merckx, Robert Millar, Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche, Nicole Cook, Cav, Wiggo.
roadrash
cycle chatterer
- Location
- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
Past riders would be sean kelly, and the proffessor laurent fignon, todays riders i would choose tommy voickler ( gurning champion) and gerraint thomas.
Sittingduck
Legendary Member
- Location
- Somewhere flat
Cancellara
Sagan
Cav
Sagan
Cav
Legs
usually riding on Zwift...
- Location
- Staffordshire
Present: Geraint Thomas, Fabian Cancellara, Adam Hansen, Alex Dowsett, Marianne Vos
Past: Emma Pooley, Jacky Durand, Jan Ullrich, Laurent Jalabert, Carlos Sastre
Past: Emma Pooley, Jacky Durand, Jan Ullrich, Laurent Jalabert, Carlos Sastre
KneesUp
Guru
The first Tour I watched was won by <----- that guy. ) so I've always admired him, although LeMond and Stephen Roche also made the first few Tours I watched exciting, so that would be my top 3.
I don't suppose I'll ever forget the "It looks like Roche! It is! It's Stephen Roche!" commentary
I don't suppose I'll ever forget the "It looks like Roche! It is! It's Stephen Roche!" commentary
GilesM
Legendary Member
- Location
- East Lothian
That's taking me back a bit, when I was a kid I loved watching him and Ian Hallam on the KP Crisp/Saba team, even had the water bottle.
GilesM
Legendary Member
- Location
- East Lothian
Hinault at the top of the list, the man was brilliant, GT and Classic winner, not many manage that, but what most people forget about him is the way he helped move cycling equipment forward, it was when he was riding for Look that a few new things appeared, most significantly, the clipless pedals, the hidden brake cables, and low profile bars, considering how stuck in tradittion most French cycling is, this progress was quite amazing.
Also the two super stars from the Ti Raleigh squad Gerrie Knetterman and Jan Raas.
In the modern era, Wiggins, his 2012 season up to the Olympic TT win was incredible, Paris-Nice, Romandie, Dauphine, and the Tour, it was an incredible season, no wonder he seemed to switch off a bit after that.
And to ignore Cav seems wrong, he is so special, so many times he was almost the guaranteed winner, and for the 2011 worlds he has to be classed as one of the best ever, when would you get a full national team working so hard for one rider, who then delivers like it was just the normal thing to do, amazing.
Also the two super stars from the Ti Raleigh squad Gerrie Knetterman and Jan Raas.
In the modern era, Wiggins, his 2012 season up to the Olympic TT win was incredible, Paris-Nice, Romandie, Dauphine, and the Tour, it was an incredible season, no wonder he seemed to switch off a bit after that.
And to ignore Cav seems wrong, he is so special, so many times he was almost the guaranteed winner, and for the 2011 worlds he has to be classed as one of the best ever, when would you get a full national team working so hard for one rider, who then delivers like it was just the normal thing to do, amazing.