Jacques Anquetil "The Double"
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There is a whole wave of road riders (some who have been around a long time and have no excuse) leisure riders ( the ones especially who have triple chainsets and do rides like the manchester to blackpool in England) and newbies who think cycling began with Lance fucking Armstrong. Maitre Jacques was the joint biggest legend of them all in tandem with eddy and the badger. These puffs today going on about carbon this and shaving 5 grams off that are a joke. Anquetil had the heart of ten men
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Anquetil was so off the Richter Scale, simply incomparable. Many supposed "in the know" cyclists, especially the compact frame - Shimano poseurs of today have no idea as to the ungodly event that was the Grand Prix des Nations.
While there have been many exceptional cyclists throughout time and I could mention a number, but space would not allow, Anquetil was simply beyond words, unparalleled.
Whenever I hear certain current names being bandied, I laugh.
Always a delight to see Geminiani.
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je suis de sa famille vraiment mon nom c juliette anquetil
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A little known 'Great Moment' in sports. Anquetil rode with more ease and had more panache than any other cycling champion. Jacques was one of my three childhood heros - Anquetil in cycling, Gene Krupa in drumming and Aron Nimzovitch in chess.
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What a stud!!!!
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this rates right up there with Bradman's 334 in a day,Secretariat 1973 Belmont stakes,Ali's thriller in Manila victory,don larsen's shut out in 1956 world series,reggie jacksons 4 homer's in a world series game 1977,Michael jordan's 50 point game,bob beamon's 1968 long jump for the greatest athletic performance of the 20th century.
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Thanks for this great video.
Great champion, fantastic and epic performance. His position and style on the bike were unique. But as he said you must be crazy to believe that certain results and extraordinary performances can be maid without some aid. And this is true
for many champions before and after his times.
Giorgio
why are they allowed to draft motorbike things?!
ithinksasukeiscool 6 months ago
@ithinksasukeiscool its part of the race, it allows them to hold a faster pace
mplayer98 6 months ago
Geminiani puts amphetamines in his jersey at 5:30
mplayer98 1 year ago