Not making them like they used to?
'Do not compare your bike to others, for always there will be greater and lesser bikes'
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Sorry bored at work
Retitle: not making any more like him are they?'Do not compare your bike to others, for always there will be greater and lesser bikes'0 -
I think RichN95 did a good piece on this in one of the other threads recently.Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.0
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Goes to show just how amazing Gilbert was in 2011.Contador is the Greatest0
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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.0
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inseine wrote: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.
I thought it not very robust either.
I prefer this:
http://thevirtualmusette.com/Contador is the Greatest0 -
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?0
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FJS wrote: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?Twitter: @RichN950
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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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dsoutar wrote: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?0 -
I would have thought all Giro-Tour doubles (Pantani, Indurain etc.) would beat some of the entries.0
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frenchfighter wrote:
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)'Do not compare your bike to others, for always there will be greater and lesser bikes'0 -
josame wrote:frenchfighter wrote:
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 careers0 -
Richmond Racer wrote:josame wrote:frenchfighter wrote:
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.0 -
frenchfighter wrote:I prefer this:
http://thevirtualmusette.com/
With Low Life Armstrong & Zabel still showing as the biggest outrage.Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 19720 -
deejay wrote:frenchfighter wrote:I prefer this:
http://thevirtualmusette.com/
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.Contador is the Greatest0 -
Not robust at all.... Roche in a triple crown year down in 15th? He also won Romandie and Valencia that year.**************************************************
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