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Virenque at 65 is a disgrace. Bahamontes is 96 or something ffs, just behind TGH.

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Fuuuuck even Moser is behind virenque

Sagan.

Of course.

Happy to see José de Cauwer on the list, 443 though.

Clearly nonsense if Carlos Betancur isn't in the top 10.

Who in 2020 is naming Federico Bahamontes in their favourite cyclists tho? If you met someone who claimed that was the case, you'd call them a bullshitter because they'd never seen him race

I guess you're not into retro. The guy's a fucking legend.

That sounds a bit flat.

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need a dutch (? flemish?) speaker to translate what tom D is saying to his DS about pogacar, when in the car coming back from that time trial

“Minute thirty? Fuck off I’m Tommy fuckin Windmills mate, get to fuck with that fuckery”

"Is it 1998 already?"

rep

"I bet that young fucker didn't have a saddle sore the size of a fucking egg for most of the Tour!"

well I've never heard.of him

where is he even from? what has he won?!

also whotf is edward merckx

My favourite injustice from the list is Luca Paolini only being 381st.

I really hope you are joking, or have yet to discover the wonders of Google.

That's an honest reply. Let's say he is considered as (one of?) the greatest climber(s) of all time. In my memory, he one of the first with a nickname that gave the inspiration of today's nicknames: the Eagle of Toledo. There are great stories about his races and break aways in mountain stages, back then maybe not live on telly, epic stage reports in the papers of those days. Now I'm a bit of a romantic and I daydream about being a cyclist in those days. I ride retro rides like eroica and retro tour of flanders every now and then. I realise that is a bit of a niche fetish, but I also cannot understand a lack of recognition for these legends of the past. Next year I will vote for sure for my old man's contribution to this list. Just because Virenque is a cunt.

Controversial opinion: Bahamontes was the Virenque of his day, more focused on publicity than on actually winning major races.

About himself:
He was as good as when he won gold on the worlds in Bergen and hadn't got a clue where he could shave off 30 seconds to be at Pogacar's time.

About Pogacar: ample cursing and complaining that he looks like a mineworker sitting on his bike (implying that he hasn't even got the aerodynamics right?).

So basically a lot of disbelief at how strong pogacar was.

oh god guys i did not want 2021 to start like this

We’ve left the EU and I for one am not going to pretend to like those cheating foreign cyclists any more.