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@Buffalo_Bill
Bollox.
Coppi was the man. Palmares surpassed only by Merckx and Hinault (Giro Tour Worlds Classics inc Roubaix), but not nearly as demented as those two. Merckx was deeply introverted, Hinault simply nasty. Charismatic, courteous, stylish, the only great (apart from the Pelissier brothers) that I would like to have ridden with.
Anquetil? Give me Geminiani or Bobet any day. Anquetil style was like Indurain. Crush the opposition in TT, then follow in the mountains. Very effective, but not nearly as stirring.
Coppi makes Lance look like what he is - two-dimensional.
And you wouldn't have caught Fausto wearing those abominable black tennis socks, either...