matthew71":21ob8uby said:roadking":21ob8uby said:matthew71":21ob8uby said:He,s just pissed of because us brits keep winning his home tour .while the french are lucky to win a stage let alone make the podium
Not the response I was hoping for with the post (a more considered one would have been more welcome), I guess two wins in a 100 TdFs is an achievement; but one that ignores the achievements of all those British riders of the classic era that never had a Knighthood -
Robert Millar
Paul Sherwen
Graham Jones
Malcolm Elliott
Sean Yates
Barry Hoban
Vin Denson.
Team Sky: Riders from the Death Star, the team where riders talk about objectives not victories, and the spreadsheet rather than the routecard rules.
This is Retrobike remember?
Rk.
perhaps if you had considered you response a bit more you would have put tom simpson and brian robinson on your list.you seem to have ignored them,but i guess being the first brits to win a tour stage and be world champion is not good enough for your so called golden age
Suggest you give more thought to your future comments, the thread was begun for a reason: that I consider Hinault's comments interesting. The riders I named are a few examples not a definitive list (doh!).
I could have started the list with Charlie Davey who in 1912, yes 1912, was selected to ride the 200 mile, yes 200 mile, Olympic road race in Stockholm.
That's 1912, 200 miles in Sweden.
I'll wager you've never heard of him.
Rk.
