Greatest sporting rivalries in cycling

"D.M. Procida" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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What were (or still are) the greatest rivalries in cycling sport?

Fignon v Lemond?
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Quoted message said:

What were (or still are) the greatest rivalries in cycling sport?

Simon Brooke and Alison Crooks?

7: Alison Crooks [ 10 miles ] 29 mins 42 secs
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9: Simon Brooke [ 10 miles ] 30 mins 32 secs

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I think as usual bonus points must be available for rivalries between
naturally talented, urbane, aristocratic, charming playboys and
introverted, intense, obsessional working class riders who overcome
economic hardship and physical weaknesses with ferocious determination.

Er, perhaps we shouldn't speculate which one is talented and charming, and
which is the weak obsessive..

D.M. Procida said:

What were (or still are) the greatest rivalries in cycling sport?

I think as usual bonus points must be available for rivalries between
naturally talented, urbane, aristocratic, charming playboys and
introverted, intense, obsessional working class riders who overcome
economic hardship and physical weaknesses with ferocious determination.

Daniele

Armstrong v the French press?

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D.M. Procida said:

What were (or still are) the greatest rivalries in cycling sport?

Might include Faure and Richard, Faure taking the honours thanks to a
recumbent bike even though Richard was reckoned the better athlete. So,
do the UCI put Richard in a velocar like Faure's? No, they ban recumbents!

Pete.
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Quoted message said:

What were (or still are) the greatest rivalries in cycling sport?

Simon Brooke and Alison Crooks?

7: Alison Crooks [ 10 miles ] 29 mins 42 secs
...
9: Simon Brooke [ 10 miles ] 30 mins 32 secs

Quoted message said:

I think as usual bonus points must be available for rivalries between
naturally talented, urbane, aristocratic, charming playboys and
introverted, intense, obsessional working class riders who overcome
economic hardship and physical weaknesses with ferocious
determination.

Er, perhaps we shouldn't speculate which one is talented and charming,
and which is the weak obsessive..

That's easy. I'm weak and obsessive. Can't you tell?

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Simon Brooke said:

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Er, perhaps we shouldn't speculate which one is talented and charming,
and which is the weak obsessive..

That's easy. I'm weak and obsessive. Can't you tell?

Simon vs teh clock is probably one of the best..

Looking forward to tommorrow PM to hear the sub-30 time.

...d

David Martin said:

Simon Brooke said:

Quoted message said:

Er, perhaps we shouldn't speculate which one is talented and
charming, and which is the weak obsessive..

That's easy. I'm weak and obsessive. Can't you tell?

Simon vs teh clock is probably one of the best..

Looking forward to tommorrow PM to hear the sub-30 time.

Christ. At this rate, Simon's not going to get any sleep at all what with
worrying about this TT.

Go, Simon, go! Don't let us down.

Anquetil v Poulidor

trealaw_boy said:

Anquetil v Poulidor

That's the archetype the OP was referring to, non?

Simonb said:

trealaw_boy said:

Anquetil v Poulidor

That's the archetype the OP was referring to, non?

Coppi vs Bartali ?

Tony

trealaw_boy said:

Anquetil v Poulidor

I've been reading the wonderful _Tour de France Centennial_, which has
lots of contemporary articles and interviews, and quotes an editorial
from 1961 by Jacques Goddent (Patron of the Tour), denouncing the riders
who didn't attack Anqueteil in the yellow jersey:

replusive dwarves... impotent, submissive, satisfied in
their mediocrity.

Which is the kind of thing I like to read.

Daniele
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D.M. Procida said:

What were (or still are) the greatest rivalries in cycling sport?

Merckx versus... everybody, really.

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Tony said:

Simonb said:

trealaw_boy said:

Anquetil v Poulidor

That's the archetype the OP was referring to, non?

Coppi vs Bartali ?

Tony

And him...

David Martin said:

Simon vs teh clock is probably one of the best..

Looking forward to tommorrow PM to hear the sub-30 time.

It's got to happen sooner or later. Dare I say it's only a matter of
time? :-)

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Tony Raven said:

Armstrong v the French press?

Jobst Brandt vs. Simon Brooke?

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Tony Raven said:

Armstrong v the French press?

Jobst Brandt vs. Simon Brooke?

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Coke vs. Pepsi

Cheers, helen s

Agree - Anquetil v. Poulidor.

It must be so frustrating to know that in any other time you would
have won the TdF but because a 'great' was born at the same time as
you were you are destined to be second all the time.

It of course happens in other sports also, rugby my other love, who on
earth was going to have a chance to get a cap when Gareth Edwards was
playing for Wales? Chico Hopkins did but only because of illness.