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Has there ever been a GC rider who could sprint?
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| cactus-jack |
Posted on 02-04-2011 19:38
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I'm a relativly big cycling fan, but unfortunately I don't know much about the history when it comes to riders. Of course I know about the big ones (Zoetemelk, Lemond, Coppi, etc), but I was wondering if there has ever been a GC rider who could also do sorta well in a sprint? I'm not talking about a lovechild between Cavendish and Contador (the horror!), but someone who could just hold his own.
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| sam1196 |
Posted on 02-04-2011 19:42
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well Merckx could. and Meartens getting 13 stages in la vuelta and doing a great GC.
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| zambeaux |
Posted on 02-04-2011 19:49
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| kumazan |
Posted on 02-04-2011 19:51
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There's no need to go as back as Merckx era (cycling has changed a lot), you have Valverde right there. And Gianni Bugno was very fast too. And both Sean Kelly and Jalabert won a Vuelta, but they are kinda the opposite of what you're asking for.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 02-04-2011 19:57
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Hinault once won the Champs Elysèes bunch sprint.
No, he wasn't a sprinter, he was just that badass.
EDIT: also, Merckx.
Edited by issoisso on 02-04-2011 19:59
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 02-04-2011 20:17
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Laurent Jalabert ? |
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| siwi |
Posted on 02-04-2011 20:23
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Valverde. |
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 02-04-2011 20:23
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siwi wrote:
Valverde.
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| anderspcm |
Posted on 02-04-2011 20:27
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Valverde isn't a good "mass sprinter" so I wouldn't say Valverde. |
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| ruben |
Posted on 02-04-2011 20:40
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lolol
Valverde won massa sprints... against the best sprinters.. (except Cavendish, but he wasn't even a pro in that time) |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 02-04-2011 20:41
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issoisso wrote:
Hinault once won the Champs Elysèes bunch sprint.
No, he wasn't a sprinter, he was just that badass.
EDIT: also, Merckx.
Is Vino also badass?
Edit: And I know Isso always talks about Rojas, who could climb well and sprint when he was a lot youunger until he focused on sprinting (which is always the wrong choice if your Spanish).
Edited by valverde321 on 02-04-2011 20:43
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 02-04-2011 21:02
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ruben wrote:
lolol
Valverde won massa sprints... against the best sprinters.. (except Cavendish, but he wasn't even a pro in that time)
I support that..that guy was possiblle sprinter. But decided to come a stage racer after being great classics material. |
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 02-04-2011 21:33
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valverde321 wrote:
issoisso wrote:
Hinault once won the Champs Elysèes bunch sprint.
No, he wasn't a sprinter, he was just that badass.
EDIT: also, Merckx.
Is Vino also badass?
Edit: And I know Isso always talks about Rojas, who could climb well and sprint when he was a lot youunger until he focused on sprinting (which is always the wrong choice if your Spanish). Vino attacked in the last km, Hinault won it fair and square.
Some guys like Cunego to name an active rider, are decently fast when it comes to small group sprints. Samuel Sanchez too.
Thing is, in road races, sprinting often has a lot to do with freshness, more than sheer explosivity, which gives some sort of an advantage to GC riders. |
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 02-04-2011 21:47
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cactus-jack wrote:
I'm a relativly big cycling fan, but unfortunately I don't know much about the history when it comes to riders. Of course I know about the big ones (Zoetemelk, Lemond, Coppi, etc), but I was wondering if there has ever been a GC rider who could also do sorta well in a sprint?
I hope you never bump into Eddy Merckx. He'll probably eat you.  |
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| sam1196 |
Posted on 02-04-2011 21:55
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fenian_1234 wrote:
cactus-jack wrote:
I'm a relativly big cycling fan, but unfortunately I don't know much about the history when it comes to riders. Of course I know about the big ones (Zoetemelk, Lemond, Coppi, etc), but I was wondering if there has ever been a GC rider who could also do sorta well in a sprint?
I hope you never bump into Eddy Merckx. He'll probably eat you.
LOL he's a cannibal. 
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| cactus-jack |
Posted on 02-04-2011 22:42
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fenian_1234 wrote:
cactus-jack wrote:
I'm a relativly big cycling fan, but unfortunately I don't know much about the history when it comes to riders. Of course I know about the big ones (Zoetemelk, Lemond, Coppi, etc), but I was wondering if there has ever been a GC rider who could also do sorta well in a sprint?
I hope you never bump into Eddy Merckx. He'll probably eat you.
Merckx? Who? Isn't that just a brand of bicycles? 
Jokes aside, I didn't mentioned Merckz because he's a given!  |
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