Vuelta a Espana Stage 1 *SPOILER*

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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    edited August 2018
    knedlicky wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Anquetil, Dennis, Dumoulin, Hinault, Marie, Merckx and Millar.
    Eight left
    What about Rominger, Boardman and Ullrich?
    Although I think Ullrich's TT-win in Italy may have been later nullified following the Fuentes scandal.
    Rominger is a yes, Boardman a no, and officially Ullrich is a no for the reasons you said
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Jean-François Bernard
    I didn't think anyone would get that one.
    DeadCalm wrote:
    Yikes. So not Cancellara or Tony Martin which would have been my next guesses. Rominger has already been suggested. How about Zulle? Also, how about Honchar, or is he post 2000?
    Yes to Zulle, no to the others.

    Anquetil, Bernard, Dennis, Dumoulin, Hinault, Marie, Merckx, Millar, Rominger, Zulle.



    The other five are two Italians, two Belgians and a German.
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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    Rolf Aldag?
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    Rolf Aldag?
    Eric Vanderaerden
    No and no.

    Four of the remaining five actually won at least one GT each (the German didn't - more a prologue specialist)
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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    Freddy Maertens
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    Freddy Maertens
    Yes.
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  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    Moser must be one of the Italians.

    And the German must be Thurau.
    (Although he was considerably more than a prologue-specialist, as you state - he managed GC top five final placings in all three GTs, had the yellow for 15 consecutive days at the TdF, won the points at the Vuelta, while he also won LBL and Zurich, and was twice TT World Champion.
    Bit of a scoundrel/hot-head too, both in cycling and his private life)
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    knedlicky wrote:
    Moser must be one of the Italians.

    And the German must be Thurau.
    (Although he was considerably more than a prologue-specialist, as you state - he managed GC top five final placings in all three GTs, had the yellow for 15 consecutive days at the TdF, won the points at the Vuelta, while he also won LBL and Zurich, and was twice TT World Champion.
    Bit of a scoundrel/hot-head too, both in cycling and his private life)
    Yes and yes

    The others are Italy's most successful rider since Coppi (probably) and a Belgian now most famous for a comedy drug test.
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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    RichN95 wrote:
    knedlicky wrote:
    Moser must be one of the Italians.

    And the German must be Thurau.
    (Although he was considerably more than a prologue-specialist, as you state - he managed GC top five final placings in all three GTs, had the yellow for 15 consecutive days at the TdF, won the points at the Vuelta, while he also won LBL and Zurich, and was twice TT World Champion.
    Bit of a scoundrel/hot-head too, both in cycling and his private life)
    Yes and yes

    The others are Italy's most successful rider since Coppi (probably) and a Belgian now most famous for a comedy drug test.
    Gimondi?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    DeadCalm wrote:
    Gimondi?
    Yes.
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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    RichN95 wrote:
    DeadCalm wrote:
    Gimondi?
    Yes.
    Doh! Well before my time but should have been obvious given he is one of so few riders to win all three GTs.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    Pollentier
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    Pollentier
    That’s the fella
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