did someone forget Pat Jonker?? 15th in the TDF is a pretty awesome effort in my book.
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> "g" <
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> > This is a list of current riders.
>
> Yes, that's why I didn't do a top10 in the first place!
This list is more of a personal
> favourites than a top 10. Stuart O'Grady is higher because I like him more - simple.
>
> > OK, but McEwen has more stage wins in the Tour than O'Grady and a
> bundle
> > of stages in the Giro. Also the first Aussie to win any category in
> the
> > Tour, the Green jersey. He won a phenomenal 20+ races last year. Baden Cooke's palmares are much
> > smaller than O'Grady's, apart from the Green jersey, he is still beginning. Robbie is easily No.
> > out of that lot.
>
> He was going to be number 1, but O'Grady was, lets say, in my good books after trying so hard in
> the tour and being so "aussie" about it in the interviews.
>
> > Cadel Evans won 2 mtb worlds titles, but its a case of comparing mtb worlds to a road worlds.
> > Road gets 10 times the money, media coverage and more hotly contested than mtb. So I'd count
> > anything won on the
> road
> > to be harder than off road, sorry. Cadel has only done only a handfull of good things on the
> > road so far.
>
> Obtaining the Maglia Rosa? Have we had anyone else do that? I'm sure you're right, but that's why
> I didn't make a top 10 to start with, my knowledge of other people's race results very limited
>
> hip
