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@General_Lucifer
to be fair, he had eight victories in '66, which isn't bad in the rainbow jersey where you are traditionally well marked.
Let's face it though, the rainbow jersey is usually won through luck and a strong team rather than it being an indicator of supremacy in the peloton. In many ways it's outmoded, but I do still love it.
I actually take a perverse pleasure in a 'nobody' winning it, and seeing a smug chancer gliding through the pack with more privilege than he deserves just because he' wearing a jolly stripy jumper.