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10-07.-2004, 05:31 AM
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How many does it take?
Lance speaketh, "it took 5 for America to forget Greg, but
how many will it take for everyone here in Europe to forget Eddy?" |
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10-07.-2004, 10:47 AM
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Re: How many does it take?
Callistus Valerius wrote:
> Lance speaketh, "it took 5 for America to forget Greg, but > how many will it take for everyone here in Europe to > forget Eddy?" He can win as many tours as he wants, but until Lance can manage to win all *three* jerseys simultaneously in one tour (like Eddy did in 1969), it'll never happen. No one who was alive back then is ever going to "forget Eddy". Lance may dominate a single race every year, but no one can ever touch the way Eddy Merckx dominated the entire sport, not just one race. Much as I respect and appreciate Lance and his achievement, he's no Eddy Merckx. Never has been, and never will be. I doubt anyone will ever be as good as Eddy was. No one's really "forgotten" Greg, anyway. I firmly believe he could have won 5 or 6 himself if it wasn't for that bastard Hinault and the lead poisoning from the shotgun. Regards, H. |
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11-07.-2004, 12:30 AM
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Re: How many does it take?
On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 01:38:27 GMT, "HardwareLust" <noone@nowhere.com>
wrote: >Lance may dominate a single race every year, but no one can >ever touch the way Eddy Merckx dominated the entire sport, >not just one race. Somehow, I think that if Merckx were making as much as the modern leaders, he would gladly give up dominating the tracks in the off-season (actually, I think it was one of his lieutenants, but I'm too lazy to look up any names). Lance OTOH knows all he has to do is outlive anyone that was old enough to really remember King Eddie. Probably half the people on rbr were born after 1969, the top posting little shits... Oh, sorry, a bit of old-age bitterness creeping through. Curtis L. Russell Odenton, MD (USA) Just someone on two wheels... |
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