This guy always fascinated me after watching “Stars and Watercarriers”. Thanks for posting

legend

Not comparable yet.

Fignon has written something like that " When Hinault had decided to rise his arms, he did it"

Valverde

Ya pas à discuter le plus grand champion de tout les temps est Eddy Merckx le roi des rois sans égale pour l éternité 525 victoires sans les victoires sur pistes le roi Eddy ne s'en souvient plus. Vous pouvez baraguiner Ocana hinault et des gars personne ne sera jamai je dit bien jamai sont égale. Eddy Merckx éternel et intemporels pour des siecles.

Ya pas à discuter le plus grand champion de tout les temps est Eddy Merckx le roi des rois sans égale pour l éternité 525 victoires sans les victoires sur pistes le roi Eddy ne s'en souvient plus. Vous pouvez baraguiner Ocana hinault et des gars personne ne sera jamai je dit bien jamai sont égale. Eddy Merckx éternel et intemporels pour des siecles.

Enfoirés de spectateurs jaloux français ! Comment cela peut -il arriver ? Ils ne supporteraient pas qu'un belge (pays 17 fois plus petit que la France) soit un "super champion" ! Depuis ce jour -la je "déteste" et espère une défaite des français imbus d'eux-mêmes dans "tous" les sports ! Ils sont moqueurs concernant les autres pays européens mais ils ont une langue tellement difficile, que 99 % n'arrivent pas à l'écrire sans faire des nombreuses fautes d'orthographe. Après ça, ils peuvent se vanter ! Pays d'hommes de Néandertal !

The thing about Merckx was ability and willingness to do his own work. And oh yeah, he could do it all. I’ve really liked some riders since that era, most notably Indurain and Contador, but haven’t seen another capable of so much. Pogi has many of the same abilities but times have changed and it now requires so much focus and preparation for TDF. Sadly doping means that nothing may be as it seems.

Beating Hinault by 10 minutes and losing to Lemond by a mere 8 aerodynamically-doped (unfair, really) seconds...Fignon is arguably the greatest cyclist that almost was.

Moser and LeMond would be rivals of some of the ones in this ten. Good list though.

Never clean. Before Ferrari, that's the difference.

The Badger...an absolute beast on the bike... Legend

A cyclist on juice to the bones..

I'm sorry, but the music you put in the first couple minutes completely ruined your video for me. Not only is it pretty stereotypical and racist-ish, but it's also completely out of context: that was your typical southern Italian popular music you'd hear when the patron saint is celebrated, there's zero sense in putting it on a video about sports, or would you use some Western Movie music whenever you make about Lance Armstrong, just because he's Texan? And that's not even taking into account the fact Bartali was from Tuscany, not Southern Italy, so the music you put in your video sounded more like a Western music played in a movie scene set in New York City. Would you find that appropriate?

The Badger...an absolute beast on a bike...they won't make any more like him...not even come close... awesome!!!

You argue that Merckx's mistake was to trust Freddy Maertens too much. Freddy Maertens argues that Merckx's mistake was to not trust him enough. ^^

Of the riders mentioned in this video, Heras was clearly the best climber. Although Bassos level in 2006 was almost the highest peak of any of the riders mentioned in the video.

Eddy merckx was great raider

I think merckx winning would change cycling

This is my favourite stage ever. I must say I'm biased, because I've been a fan of the team since the early Rabobank years in the '90's, but this stage was epic. Even this long summary (nice video!) misses so many great moments, like the Van Aert taxi service. This is the only stage I'm rewatching in it's full like once a year.

It was a clenched fist but it did not affect the outcome...Merckx was tired anyway....The pronunciation is also poor....Yellow Garment 😂

My Favourite all time ⏲️ climber 😅

If DV ride all big 3 this year. She might win all 3 tour plus Olympic and World later before she move to UAE.

hahaha what are you talking about merckx the enemy, first off all he speaks Flemisch like a native there are many dialects in Belgium, secondo they loved them for Maertens and De Vlaeminck he is the greatest. And that he grow up in Brussels but was born in Kiezel meenegem was never a issue, you don't now anything about koers.

Mind you: what this man says at the start of this video is absolutely not how it's been translated in the subs. What he actually shouts out towards Roger De Vlaeminck are these words freely translated in English (and don't bother to argue: I'm from Belgium (West-Flanders) myself so I do kinda know the lingo 😛): "Roger De Vlaeminck gets the Tour de Flandres on a plate,! You coward! You insolent!" Other than that: you're talking complete "bull" about everybody in Flanders automatically being 'against Merckx'. I live in Flanders and lots of folks that I know (amongst my own late dad) were huge fans of Merckx. Eddy was just at the end of his career but wanted to show himself one more time. Deep inside he knew he wouldn't stand a chance against De Vlaeminck or Maertens. Certainly Maertens was at his peak in 76 and 77. Roger De Vlaeminck afterwards refused to pay the dues for the deal he had set op with Freddy to get him to win the race. There's a museum in Oudenaarde fully dedicated to the Tour De Flandres where there's a line of bricks at the window, each of them has the winner of each year carved in it. On the brick of 1977 it says: "Freddy Maertens, moral winner".

The commentary is smooth, but all wrong. You got most of the facts wrong. You describe Freddy Maertens as a tall flemish rider. He is not tall, he is actually quite short, and many other things you quote are wrong.

Do better than putting a race report in a language you don’t speak into Google translate and reading out the “English” as if you were doing a proper voice over.

Hey, how do you find stage profiles for old races I see you have it for some of your videos

How is there no lance armstring

dope video

You forgot to mention that he identified the guy that punched him and he was arrested.

LeMond the greatest.

That course is insane lol

15 juillet 1975, 17ème étape du Tour de France ( Valloire/ Morzine Avoriaz), je me souviens avoir été avec mes parents au bord de la route dans la montagne, victoire de Lopez-Carril, et passage de mon idole Eddy Merckx! Nous sommes ensuite allés à son hôtel lui offrir des fleurs! Quels souvenirs!!

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I heard somebody say that in 2022 she won more races than she lost

In a time of no doping. Great example.

No doped climber must be in the list.

Great video!

Charly Gaul "The Angel Of The Mountains" he was the boss.

Lance was doing testosterone before he was interested in cycling. He was a triathalete and triathalon didn't test. He used to put testosterone patches on his balls. That's why he got testicular cancer. He has always drugged

lets beeeee freinds ..?

Wish they had caught that guy!

Gino? a great racing cyclist and a war hero.

Michael Woods Canada!!!

Australian, Wood???

Julian Alaphilippe was yet WC!!!

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GRRR - that title makes me want to fight someone!!!😡