The greatest cyclist ever - let us hear your views.

[Tumbleweed]

Female Marianne Vos will get my vote. Track, road cyclocross she does it all.

 

That makes me think of the potential that Carla Swart had. Taken way too soon.

[Gnarly]

Allan Van Heerden

[Jaco-fiets]

Take nothing away from the great names of the past but it is indeed worthy to wonder about the level of competition in those days. It was not mainstream at all. Did Merckx and some of the others only cycle. Allot of those competitors were actually amateurs riding in the big league but they had day jobs. I think guys like Merckx, Hinault were some of the few that only focussed on the sport

[JustinHayes]

The Colonel

[JustinHayes]

Seriously though. Greg LeMond. Has to be

[Jaco-fiets]

Seriously though. Greg LeMond. Has to be

 

Is that the guy who's bikes are not made by trek anymore

[Wyatt Earp]

Seriously though. Greg LeMond. Has to be

 

I was not going to comment in this topic as I feel to determine as to who the greatest cyclist ever was/is will be a massive undertaking.

But surely with the comment above you are just monkeying around ?

[Shebeen]

Good call, particularly as i got a jersey from Spartakus :-) (I just need to lose 20 kg and it will fit me)

 

But look at what EM did ouside the grand tours albeit in a different era :

 

3x World Professional Road Champion

 

1x World Hour Record

 

7x Milan–San Remo

 

5x Liège–Bastogne–Liège

 

3x Ghent–Wevelgem

 

3x Paris–Roubaix

 

3x Flèche Wallonne

 

3x Paris–Nice

 

2x Amstel Gold Race

 

2x Omloop Het Volk

 

2x Tour of Lombardy

 

2x Tour of Flanders

 

2x Tour of Belgium

 

1x Dauphiné Libéré

 

1x Midi Libre

 

1x Grand Prix Frankfurt

 

1x Paris–Brussels 1x Scheldeprijs

 

1x Tour de Suisse

 

1x Tour de Romandie

as a question, why no olympic results?

[Taps]

The one that enjoys the ride, helps fellow cyclists, does not litter, is respectful to other riders, marshals, bike shop owners and personnel, and never, ever, blames the bike.

 

That could be any one of us.

[Fracture]

Ertjies Bezuidenhout. Steak and eggs as fuel and a lead block attached to his bottom bracket to give the other riders a chance

[4u2nv]

Ertjies Bezuidenhout. Steak and eggs as fuel and a lead block attached to his bottom bracket to give the other riders a chance

+1

[eddy]

as a question, why no olympic results?

 

I don't know but suspect that at the time the Olympics still had their strictly amateur rules.

 

A good question, and one to follow up on.

[mr_stig]

Anyone who completed the TDF in it's earliest years. They rode double the distance, on unpaved roads, with no support (in fact support was not allowed - you had to carry your spares yourself), had to ride at night and had to arrange their own accommodation and food.

 

There were still cheats though - some took glass bottles of milk which they'd break on the road to shred competitors tyres.

[scotty]

Anyone who completed the TDF in it's earliest years. They rode double the distance, on unpaved roads, with no support (in fact support was not allowed - you had to carry your spares yourself), had to ride at night and had to arrange their own accommodation and food.

 

There were still cheats though - some took glass bottles of milk which they'd break on the road to shred competitors tyres.

And puffed cigarettes believing it helped open their lungs.

[patches]

He may not be THE greatest, and he still has a lot of time left to do some more great things... but even so far I think Chris Akrigg deserves a mention.

 

As an all rounder he's amazing. Trials, trails, track. He can hold his own wherever!

[RockCoach]

He may not be THE greatest, and he still has a lot of time left to do some more great things... but even so far I think Chris Akrigg deserves a mention.

 

As an all rounder he's amazing. Trials, trails, track. He can hold his own wherever!

 

Definitely in the running with Brian Lopes.