Anybody see this schmuck's article at cnn/si

Originally Posted by zperrys

I'm thinking that most of the writers who get assigned articles are just that, writers. They write for a living, but aren't necessarily fans of the sport they are assigned to cover. It's probably just an honest mistake. Most likely the writer's research turned up Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Miguel Indurain and Lance Armstrong, and did not include Jacque Anquetil.

Maybe Sports Illustrated doesn't have a staff of writers dedicated to cycling ;-).

Until Lance started winning the Tour de France, it was hard to find coverage in the mass media about cycling at all, even given Greg LeMond's achievements.

Who knows?