Cycling will never be the same

[email hidden] (Davide Tosi) wrote in
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Quoted message said:

Thanks Johan for the last 15 years of great performances.
So long. It will take centuries to have someone else at
your level, if ever.

Centuries is probably an exaggeration, though decades
could be right

from:www.cyclinghalloffame.com/riders/rankings/ranking_major_one-
day_ra ces.txt

AS OF 2004/01/01 RANKING IN THE MAJOR ONE-DAY RACES

ALL-TIME LIST CURRENT RIDERS

Name Points Name Points

1 Eddy Merckx, BEL 9140 1 Johan Museeuw, BEL 4010 2 Rik Van
Looy, BEL 5260 2 Michele Bartoli, ITA 2620 3 Roger De
Vlaeminck, BEL 4810 3 Erik Zabel, GER 2350 4 Johan Museeuw,
BEL 4010 4 Peter Van Petegem, BEL 1850 5 Francesco Moser,
ITA 3900 5 Paolo Bettini, ITA 1780 6 Sean Kelly, IRE 3650 6
Andrea Tafi, ITA 1340 7 Fausto Coppi, ITA 3600 7 Mario
Cipollini, ITA 1280 8 Jan Raas, HOL 3490 8 Pascal Richard,
SWI 1040 9 Rik Van Steenbergen, BEL 3470 9 Oscar Camenzind,
SWI 960 10 Alfredo Binda, ITA 3040 10 Oscar Freire, ESP 960

Quoted message said:

Centuries is probably an exaggeration, though decades
could be right

Three more years or so. Betini.

Quoted post said:

Originally posted by jim gravity
>Centuries is probably an exaggeration, though decades

Quoted message said:

could be right

Three more years or so. Betini.

Not a chance - he's not in the same league as Museeuw as a hardened one day bad weather rider !

IMO the closest is PvP who may not have quite the grittiness but certainly has the engine and legs.

In article <[email hidden]>,

(Davide Tosi) said:

Thanks Johan for the last 15 years of great performances.
So long. It will take centuries to have someone else at
your level, if ever.

Why are you thanking a guy in a place he will never look?

And there will be another rider sooner than you think to be
at Museeuw's level. It's not like the guy even approached
the level of Merckx.