Put the two side-by-side on paper and you'll have your answer WFO... If it comes from me, you'll just say I'm biased.

Armstrong could win 20 Tours and still not be the best ever. His name is not Eddy.

Seriously, look at Merckx's record. At one point he was winning 1 in 3 races he entered. He had 485 victories in a 17 year career. He was continually at the top of the Super Prestige Pernod trophy (the equivalent of the modern World Cup).

These are his major wins.

5 times Tour de France winner (1969-72, 1974) and 35 stage wins. Wore yellow jersey for a record 96 days.

5 times Giro d'Italia winner (1968, 1970, 1972-74) and 25 stage wins.

Vuelta a Espana winner (1973)

World Champion (1967,1971,1974)

Hour record (49.431 km, 1972-84)

3 times Paris-Nice winner (1969-71)

Tour of Switzerland (1974)

7 times Milan-San Remo winner (1966-67, 1969, 1971-72, 1975-76)

Tour of Flanders (1969,1975)

Paris-Roubaix (1968, 1970, 1973)

Liege-Bastogne-Liege (1969, 1971-73, 1975)

Amstel Gold Race (1973,1975)

Tour of Lombardy (1971-72)

Het Volk (1971,1973)

Ghent-Wevelgem (1967, 1969-70, 1973)

Fleche-Wallonne (1967, 1970, 1972, 1975)

Paris-Brussels (1973)

Henninger Turm (1971)

Grand Prix des Nations (1973)

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USPS doesn't have this record ;-)

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To be better that Merckx (Oh and Stephen Roche I suppose - but heh, I'm Irish!) I guess it would have to be TdF, Giro, and World Championship plus lets add in Olympic RR and TT, the vuelta and maybe the hour record - yep, that ought to do it. But maybe not, I think it's a palmares thing - you just need the Hell of the North and Leige-Bastonne-Leige on your CV - there really will never be anyone like Merckx - or anyone like Armstrong. It's just different.

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The top 5 teams combined probably are scraping to come up with this record!!!

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The first time I actually realized who this "Eddy Merckx" guy was, was when I saw an ad for Eddy Merckx Bicycles.

In the side it listed all of his victores (a shitload), then in the center it said something like 'His Legacy (or History I can't remember) your Future' or something along those lines.

Eddy was a monster. You just can't compare him with anyone.

I really do feel sorry for his son though, living in the shadow of his dad and knowing you'll never be that great. Oh well Axel is still a good rider (and he's really tall too - something like 1.90m).

You are such a little troll.

Eddy must have been on something. How else can you explain that he was so much better than everyone else? ;)

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"Hey Tibbs...could you point me to where I said he wasn't a good cyclist? "

What? I haven't even posted on this thread.

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I apologize.

Edited the post.

Actually Sherry, Brian is the tallest my... "alter egos" like you said... I like to call them friends :-)



And you are such in a bad mood today. You won't be getting clients here being so snappy...

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It's going to take more than an appology bucko.

Now declare to everyone here and now that Cervelos are the greatest tri bikes ever. EVER! MOOHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

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Oh I can't do that...You Cervelo owners are a cult...almost as bad as those Softride owners. I should know, I was a Softride owner for 6 years.

I now ride a Colnago for my tri bike, and a Specialized for my road bike...

SAY IT!! SAY IT!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!!!!

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