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1 Jan Raas vs. 3 Sean Kelly

Jan Raas

Cobbled Credentials Again Please?

The most accomplished Dutch rider in terms of Cobbled results, with two Flanders wins, one Paris-Roubaix, three E3 victories, two K-B-Ks, one Paris-Brussels and a Het Volk. He was on the Flanders and Roubaix podiums a combined six times in his six best years.

Tournament Mojo

Garin and Bobet were easy takedowns, undead or no. Octave Lapize was a sterner test, and had a case to win, but Raas held him off.

Sean Kelly

Cobbled Credentials Again Please?

Two wins and a third at Paris-Roubaix for the great Irishman, along with three seconds at the Tour of Flanders. Which is positively bizarre given his skillset. But in his heyday in the mid-80s he achieved six podiums in eight starts at the two cobbled monuments, plus a Gent-Wevelgem win for good measure.

Tournament Mojo

First Tafi, then Magni, then Moser. At this rate he could beat Juventus by himself. [And I would be all for that.]