Who was the better cyclist, Eddy Merkx or Lance Armstrong?
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I'm sorry, but Lance Armstrong can't even hold a candle to Eddy Merckx and Lance has said that himself.  What did Eddy Merckx do in his illustrious career:\n\n11 Grand Tour wins (Lance has just 7)\n  - 5 tour de france wins (lance has 7)\n  - 5 giro de italia wins (lance has 0)\n  - 1 vuelta a espana win (lance has 0)\n\n*NOTE: THE ONLY PERSON TO EVER WIN ALL 3 GRAND TOURS IN 1 YEAR!\n\n4 world championship (lance has just 1)\n7 Milan San Remo wins (lance has 0)\n5 Liege Baston Liege wins (lance has 0)\n3 Paris Roubaix wins (lance has 0)\n3 Wallonia win (lance has 1)\n2 Tour of Belgium wins (lance has 0)\n2 Tour de Lombardy wins (lance has 0)\n1 Tour de Suisse (lance has 1)\n\n*NOTE: HAS ALSO WON ALL 5 OF THE ONE DAY CLASSICS\n\nHe also is the ONLY person to win all 3 jerseys at the Tour de France in 1 year.  \n\nAlso, despite Lance winning the Tour de France 7 consecutive times, he has not matched Merckx's 34 stage wins (22 for lance) and Merckx has 96 days in the yellow jersey, including his first win where he won it on day 1 and held it to the finish.\n\nAnother interesting note is that Merckx stopped riding the tour after his 7th start because Tour de France organizers asked him not too because they wanted to see somone else win.  \n\nAlso, Merckx who was competing for his 6th tour win was attacked by a French spectator while wearing the yellow jersey and then later was involved in an accident that broke his jaw.  Many people feel he would have won his 6th had that not been the case.\n\nWhile I do not mean do discredit Lance and the things he did, infact the fact that Lance returned from cancer to ride so well is miraculous.  But with that being said, just because someone came back to ride a bike after cancer doesn't make him the greatest cyclist in the world.  In fact, in Lance Armstrong's autobiography he says that if he had not contracted cancer there is no way he could have ever won the Tour de France because his body shape was not geared for the climbing demands of the tour.\n\nMerckx was by far the most dominant cyclist the world has ever seen.  He could win classics, sprint, and win the grand tours, a testiment to his astonishing 35% career win rate, and includes OVER 500 wins.  Long live le cannibal.
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Read "It's Not About The Bike" by Lance Armstrong who won Tour de France multiple times.  It is truly amazing what one can do with cycling.
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I vote for Tiger Woods based on the fact he is WAY ahead of Michelson in terms of career wins and majors won!
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Tough question! I would have to go with Fast Eddie as to me he was the ultimate hustler and he taught Vincent everything that Vincent knew. Certainly at his prime Fast Eddie would have beaten Vincent hands down.
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Eddy has:\n207 top 3 wins\n681 top 5 finishes\nand a total of 1636 finishes out of 1642 races entered (the last DNF on account of a broken bone)
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Your best bet would be to send the fan mail to his agent, Mark Higgins. You'll have to do some digging, but here's their contact information and website:\n\nCapital Sports & Entertainment\n98 San Jacincto Blvd, Suite 130\nAustin, TX 78701\n\ntel: 512.478.7211\nfax: 512.476.0611\n\nurl: http://www.planetcse.com/\n\nIt's quite sad that folks have to bash someone, when he hasn't been proven to have taken drugs (other than those he took during his cancer treatments). He was the most tested cyclist out there, and never failed a test. The L'equipe allegations are mere speculation, and they have yet to come forth with any proof. They've just embarked on a smear campaign, mainly because the French riders haven't proven that they can train as hard as their peers.\n\nThere's this thing called due process. If Armstrong is ever PROVEN to have taken drugs, then I'll believe it. Until then, he's innocent until proven guilty.
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these champions didn't compete at the same time and cycling has changed a lot since then. now there are faster and lighter bikes. lemond is retired so if they had a race now armstrong would probaly win. overall lemond is probally the better rider
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Billie joe armstrong one of the sexiest guys on the planet and an excellant voice.\n\ngreen day rock!
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micheal jordan, babe ruth, lance armstrong, mia hamm
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Eddy Merckx avec 34 étapes remportées.
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During his last season, 2005, Lance raced the flatter stages on a Trek Madone SL, while on the mountain stages he used a Madone SSLx. For the time trials, he used the Trek TTX.
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The tour de France in cycling. Of course!!!!!
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http://members.tripod.com/~Tony50/deddy-1.html\n\nCheck here, or:\n\nhttp://www.tsimon.com/eddy.htm\n\nhere.
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The legs (proper pedealing technique is important to getting a well-rounded workout) and heart benefit most from cycling.\n\nAny amount of exercise is better than none, I ride 60-100 miles each week.
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When ppl say athlete, I think of athletics, so I'll go here just for Maurice Green...\nUsed to run on 100m and I love that discipline and I find him great, even though he had his ups and downs!
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Lance Armstrong is an absolutely legend an inspiration to everyone who deserves to go down in history for his attitude, courage and achievements.\n\nHowever, as for sporting events themselves England winning the Ashes was sheer magic and I was lucky enough to be out of work at the time to watch every single, nail-biting second of it. Since our test win against South Africa we've improved no end n this was the peak of it. The way it was played and won was incredible, and the Auzzies (Shane Warne in particular) were a joy to watch. If we'd have lost it'd still been the best.\n\nJust a shame we got battered in India.
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Lance was a jerk.  \nDon't get me wrong, as an athlete I loved him.  \nHis bravado, determination, and need to demolish his opponents was breath-taking.  But those same qualities also made him many enemies.  Especially with those panty-wearing euro-weenies.