Who is the ALL-TIMES best Cyclocross rider???
by CCB-VW on Dec 8, 2011 9:48 AM EST
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PrintI have been guilty of not spending enough time studying cyclocross racing. It is a fabulous section of our beloved sport. It is huge in Europe and rapidly growing in the USA and the rest of the world. To help resolve my relative ignorance in this area I have categorized what I believe are the best CX riders.
But I need the help of a few knowledgeable cycling historians. What is your opinion of the best CX rider:
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"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
It wasn't until I'd raced a season of cyclocross
That I realized just how bad his technique is.
My fruit bowl is full of sex wax--gavia
by Douglas Ansel on Dec 9, 2011 11:29 PM EST up reply actions
As much as I love Nys, he does not touch Erik de Vlaeminck
Nys is getting put on a pedestal because we see him race 50 times a year and we haven’t seen De Vlaeminck or Liboton in their prime.
If any of our resident CX experts
could use this thread to link tasty video footage of the past greats (past for me meaning anything before I started watching it last year) it would be greatly appreciated. I would have guessed Renato Longo was an opera singer, so not really feeling qualified to vote…
CCB-VW
in regards to World Championship Victories, you are counting u-23 and juniors? Because Sven has only won once in the Elites.
Well, Liboton certainly has an opinon on the matter ;)
I'm feverished, or the way you want to spell it
Whoever he is, he looks great for 50.
5 uur gefietst vandaag. Begin al een kleurtje te krijgen, ook belangrijk.--Thomas Dekker
On the 0.1% chance that Roger De V might see this,
could we add Niels Albert to the list, and rig it so that he always has one more vote than Erik De V?
by straw dog on Dec 8, 2011 7:07 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
That would be soooo good...
I would have a nervous tick every ’cross season for the rest of my life. Niels being rated better than EDV shudder
from my limited knowledge of this sport, Sven is the CURRENT Mr.Cyclocross, but
EDV has collected even more national/world jersey, and the success of today’s Belgian team is his making
If by saying Europe you actually mean Belgium
I guess cross is indeed huge.
I voted Liboton because I shook his hand once.
Me like bike, no?
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Hanka Kupfernagel is easily better than them.
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Dec 12, 2011 10:31 AM EST reply actions
Adri van der Poel
After an excellent road career, he took to cyclocross and promptly won a world championship. I know it isn’t much to go on, but I can only imagine what he would have done during his prime years had he put his full effort into it.
[Pigilito has a] lifetime stupid statement pass [on PdC] -- Yeehoo
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