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...