Flying_Monkey
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dellzeqq said:I think, FM, that the list is balls. Much as I admire Louison Bobet he is so far from being in Lance's league that it's embarrassing.
Well, the unadjusted version is remarkably similar to other ratings that have been produced. Perhaps you'd like to look at the methodology and tell us what exactly is 'balls'. I am not saying it isn't but I'd be interested in your reasoning.
Bobet possesses some of the most impressive palmares of anyone - he's certainly the 3rd best ever French road cyclist... but take a look yourself, particularly at the years 1951-1956. I don't think Armstrong ever won so many races, and such a variety of different types of races for so many years and also took the TdF for many of them. Even so, his multiple wins in the TdF still put him above Bobet, even without any adjustment for Armstrong's missing years. So yes, Lance is rated a better cyclist but to suggest that it is 'embarrassing' to find Bobet in his company is rather silly.
I think, BTW, that a lot of people would argue that Kelly was a better all-round racing cyclist than Armstrong - who, let me repeat again, I believe to be (by some distance) the greatest rider currently active. What any individual cyclist would value in terms of wins and in which races is an entirely different and personal question.