How many does it take?

Callistus Valerius said:

Lance speaketh, "it took 5 for America to forget Greg, but how many
will it take for everyone here in Europe to forget Eddy?"

He can win as many tours as he wants, but until Lance can manage to win all
*three* jerseys simultaneously in one tour (like Eddy did in 1969), it'll
never happen. No one who was alive back then is ever going to "forget
Eddy".

Lance may dominate a single race every year, but no one can ever touch the
way Eddy Merckx dominated the entire sport, not just one race. Much as I
respect and appreciate Lance and his achievement, he's no Eddy Merckx.
Never has been, and never will be. I doubt anyone will ever be as good as
Eddy was.

No one's really "forgotten" Greg, anyway. I firmly believe he could have
won 5 or 6 himself if it wasn't for that [censored] Hinault and the lead
poisoning from the shotgun.

Regards,
H.

On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 01:38:27 GMT, "HardwareLust" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Lance may dominate a single race every year, but no one can ever touch the
way Eddy Merckx dominated the entire sport, not just one race.

Somehow, I think that if Merckx were making as much as the modern
leaders, he would gladly give up dominating the tracks in the
off-season (actually, I think it was one of his lieutenants, but I'm
too lazy to look up any names).

Lance OTOH knows all he has to do is outlive anyone that was old
enough to really remember King Eddie. Probably half the people on rbr
were born after 1969, the top posting little [censored]...

Oh, sorry, a bit of old-age bitterness creeping through.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...