Top 30 cyclists of all time (part 2: From #20 to 11)

[ripedecomp]

........ I , uh we , have been wondering about the last segment [ pt. 3 ] -

WHERE THE FUK IS IT !!! I get the feeling it was once posted , but removed

because some comments made about the position of finishers !?! DiD you remove it

lance ?

[arielec]

great stuff!!!

[deezynar]

Joop Zoetemelk for president!

[nougat98]

this series is one of the best youtube videos I have ever seen

[Climaxo]

Alfredo Binda es un claro top10.

[federicorabbia]

Personalmente avrei messo Alfredo Binda nei primi cinque di sempre. Molti storici lo considerano più grande dello stesso Coppi e del Cannibale Merckx. Se non ci fosse stata la caduta, che ne compromise la classifica (fatto che successivamente, dopo due splendidi tapponi vinti, lo portò al ritiro dalla corsa) avrebbe vinto sicuramente il Tour (l'unico che corse). Tre Mondiali e 5 Giri d'Italia (più uno in cui venne pagato per non correre) dimostrano la grandezza assoluta di questo campione

[constantinpo1]

MERCKX is nr. one. But where are OCANA, BAHAMONTES, PINGEON, POULIDOR, ?

[ripedecomp]

 you .. yes you the MEISTRO , your choice of music- fabulous , clever really. I don't

care who came in where , it' is just a great show . GREAT WORK MON !

[pcanh1]

SOME EXCELLENT FOOTAGE OF THE OLD MASTERS.

[arklat]

@icystagg. Too funny! My Best Man at my wedding, Glen Abraham, was also a dead ringer for L. Fignon. And we were racing bikes during the 80's. He even rode the same size frame. same nerdy glasses. Same headbands. He even bought a Renault jersey. My wife, not a cycling fan, even bought my story that he was the same person. She didn't question it enough to look at LF's name on the poster I had in the garage. When I told her the truth, she was really suprised! That's how much alike they looked!

[icystagg]

my girlfriend was a dead ringer for Lauren F

and i was they only one

who understood

the attraction

[arklat]

Never a single day in yellow for the hapless Poo Poo. Conversly, Ocana took 9+ minutes out of Merckx in a mountain stage, when Merckx was at his prime. I'm a huge Merckx fan, but that was pretty awesome of Luis! And I raced with LeMond, so of course, I relish his being included on this list. and why does his first World Championship get forgotten? He was Junior World Champion. It is a UCI event. Doesn't tit count, or what?

[finnrambo1]

@nonfictionone I'm a fan of lemond also and I hope he busts Armstrong one day, but the one thing lemond lacked was tactics, like when zoetemelk won the world championship against lemond

[nonfictionone]

just a thought on lemond. Lemond on form, who could beat him. I REALLY admire many manyu other cyclists but I always feel one against the other lemond would beat them if both targeted the race. Merckx probably the only exception as always. I suspect only those wo rode against him know how strong merckx truly was.

[goodm369]

Nice job selecting the footage, I think anyone who does not agree with your selection should edit and upload their own video or stop whining and stare at the Lance poster on their ceilings.

[perico700]

RIP laurent fignon

great rider

thanks for this video post, altough iam ,ot a great fan of francesco moser, didin't like the way he did win the 84 giro

[bobmoorane]

RIP Laurent =( 

[gioxyza]

Very nice video. I did enjoy it !!

Personally I would have placed Alfredo Binda in a better position,,,

Giorgio

[perico700]

thanks for all the wonderful archives

[SuiKaKinG]

once again amazing video,

although i must say that I think Ocana is very harsly ranked,

he had to face the golden years of Eddy Merckx therefore he did not have much chances to shine. besides he was very unlucky, he suffered many accidents during his career, thou he had a great sportsman spirit and never gave up, as shown by the footage he raced even after bleeding like a fountain does water, had bronchitis too.

so, I think Luis Ocana shows the real sportsman spirit and that should be counted.

[mookie2637]

Your Poulidor music is really unfair ;-)

This is great stuff - I learned a lot from watching all three of these. Thanks for putting them together.

[micallefrobert]

nice

[bandagefreak]

fignon was superb!! loved his system u moutain top tour de france win over fuerte when he was still in the wilderness years - priceless joyous expression on his face!

surely lemond had to be the ultimate wheelhanger, not zoetemelk?! lemond was SO stylish tho! looked amazing on a bike!

ps whats the track you've used over the alfredo binda section? i've been dying to find out what it's called since seeing the movie bright young things!

[Requiredfields2]

First of all, the period music to match each rider is very classy. Second, the music choice itself, ROCKS! These are great songs. Third, the footage of all the riders is top-notch and funny. Great job!

[wenck]

@Requiredfields2 Thanks!

[perico700]

@Requiredfields2

Yes it is great, Luis Ocana what a wold class rider

[dirtyfrenchie]

brilliant! just one (little) thing: Poulidor won Paris Nice twice and not only one

[taalprofeet]

Luis Ocaña... probably the only man who could really hurt Merckx in his prime during the Tour de France.

RIP.

[mplayer98]

Phenominale

[Tonnerredebrest1997]

LOL "Born to loose" as a soundtrack for Poulidor, that's great !!!

Congratulation !!!

[twowheelsgood28]

very nice footage...

[arnchap0007]

I think Thevenet should be 27th in place of Van Impe who didn't win much... Thevenet was the first to beat Merckx in tour de france 1975, what else to say?

[sjl62]

You know, "I Fought the Law (and the Law Won)" would have been a much better choice for Poulidor than for Rominger. (And it would have been a bit kinder to poor old Poupou!)

[maxocchi16]

First of all : A BIG THANK YOU, Wenck!

Then, I do not want to comment your classification - just wish to say Francesco Moser nickname is The Sheriff!!!

And I would like to find a new one for Joop Zoetemelck :-)

[xpunisherx]

MUy buen video...creo que esta bastante acertado....esperemos el top 10...mi favorito para el 1: El Canibal...

[tuxtucis]

Hugo Koblet was strong at least as Ocana...

Van Steenbergen was not so distantfrom De Vlaeminck and Van Looy...

Moser is grossly overrated...

[maxocchi16]

Moser won a lot and for so long you cannot call him overrated!

If he had run in a more conservative and provident way like some other of his generation of cyclists/calculator like Saronni or Hinault, he could had won much more races.

He had only a fault: he tried to command races like Eddy Merckx not being an Eddy Merckx.

If he would had race only 2 races a year like Lemond or Armstrong he would had won both.

But that it wasn't his way of cycling.

[tuxtucis]

Binda only 13 is a shame...

He deserve a spot in top 5

In Giro 1927 won 12 on 15 stages, in 1930 he was paid to race not cause he was too strong...

Won 3 world championships...

[devlaeminck]

Binda's overrated. Great champion but the Italian races from between the two wars were ridden only among Italians and he rarely got out of Italy. Moreover he had a very strong team.

[babgp]

I think that the author of these videos has brought up during the 1980's to put Lemond or Fignon befor Ullrich or Pantani ^^

Is Armstorng in the top ten?

[ibntulun]

Estupendo vídeo, estoy esperando ansiaso ya la tercera parte! Para haber seguido un criterio subjetivo, coincido plenamente con los ciclistas que has escogido. Demuestras que sabes de qué va la cosa. Otros seguro que hubiésen puesto los 10 últimos de pasado tour, jajaj. Un saludo!

[wenck]

Gracias! Lo que pasa con Ocaña es que creo que le faltaba ganar algo más. Un Tour o un par de Vueltas más y no hubiera tenido pega en meterle a la altura de Lemond. Como corredor le daba sopas con ondas a Zoetemelk o incluso a Gimondi, pero es que el amigo tuvo la negra y un poquito de mala cabeza también. En su haber, el ser el único corredor que humilló -ya no ganar, sino humillar- a Merckx. Y la sensación de que el caníbal hubiera naufragado en el Tour del 73.

[torcon13]

@wenck Merckx no participo en el tour de 1973

[Leyton84]

Gran vídeo, enhorabuena por el trabajo que te has marcado! Respecto a Luis Ocaña, ya sólo por el hecho que fue de los pocos que ha puesto en serios apuros al Caníbal merece estar en un puesto más alto, pero la lista es subjetiva y a mí me parece bastante acertada, ahora a esperar a que subas la creme de la creme. Un saludo