Eddie, no contest. In cycling, it doesn't matter who can go faster, like in an hour record. It matters who crosses the line first, and Eddie did more than anyone ever will.
But if you mean the greatest PERSON to race a bike, I'd vote for Gino Bartali. That right-wing pious Catholic who prayed on his knees every night and was beloved of the fascists - during World War II he used his training rides as cover to carry forged exit visas around Italy in order to save Jews.
But if you mean the greatest PERSON to race a bike, I'd vote for Gino Bartali. That right-wing pious Catholic who prayed on his knees every night and was beloved of the fascists - during World War II he used his training rides as cover to carry forged exit visas around Italy in order to save Jews.