Seems a strange way of calcuating the points. Maertens 1977 season is surely worth a mention (overall and 13 stages of the Vuelta to name but one race) and he won paris Nice and took 5 stages in the 1976 season that also seems to be not worth points.
Seems a strange way of calcuating the points. Maertens 1977 season is surely worth a mention (overall and 13 stages of the Vuelta to name but one race) and he won paris Nice and took 5 stages in the 1976 season that also seems to be not worth points.
There's a suspiciously high number of seasons from the last 3 years there, especially if you take out Merckx an Hinault. I suspect the race results for the last few years are a lot more complete?
There's a suspiciously high number of seasons from the last 3 years there, especially if you take out Merckx an Hinault. I suspect the race results for the last few years are a lot more complete?
I also expect the distribution of points is a reflection of the current races and their present status rather than what they were at the time with some defunct races overlooked (eg Midi Libre)
Cavendish @ 13 ?? Come on, surely not. I mean I'm a fan of Cav but winning sprinter's stages isn't quite the same thing as GC stuff surely
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Depends on the criteria being used to compile the list I suppose. As for winning stages, whatever the profile a rider has to get over the line first, unless we are going to say it is only laudable to win a mountain top finish. What about winning on GC but, not winning any stages?
Surprised by average length of careers: only 13.8yrs
Hinault only 11yrs, whilst Coppi and Bartali almost twice as long (although obvs war years involved)
Modern diets and nutrition, greater understanding about stuff like benefits of rest, improvements in equipment etc, even cross training stuff like yoga to increase flexibility - all help to prolong riders careers
Surprised by average length of careers: only 13.8yrs
Hinault only 11yrs, whilst Coppi and Bartali almost twice as long (although obvs war years involved)
Modern diets and nutrition, greater understanding about stuff like benefits of rest, improvements in equipment etc, even cross training stuff like yoga to increase flexibility - all help to prolong riders careers
Number of races and total racing miles probably makes the biggest difference to longevity. The belief seems to be that If Merckx had raced a bit less his career at the very top could have been considerably longer.
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Retitle: not making any more like him are they?
I thought it not very robust either.
I prefer this:
http://thevirtualmusette.com/
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Doh, double post.
Depends on the criteria being used to compile the list I suppose. As for winning stages, whatever the profile a rider has to get over the line first, unless we are going to say it is only laudable to win a mountain top finish. What about winning on GC but, not winning any stages?
Surprised by average length of careers: only 13.8yrs
Hinault only 11yrs, whilst Coppi and Bartali almost twice as long (although obvs war years involved)
Modern diets and nutrition, greater understanding about stuff like benefits of rest, improvements in equipment etc, even cross training stuff like yoga to increase flexibility - all help to prolong riders careers
Number of races and total racing miles probably makes the biggest difference to longevity. The belief seems to be that If Merckx had raced a bit less his career at the very top could have been considerably longer.
With Low Life Armstrong & Zabel still showing as the biggest outrage.
I think he should be there. Removing him is just silly. This is not the UCI.
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