I know you guys are some what removed form the real world and like to stray from off topic but history goes back a long way from the last two decades. How about Alcyon (Kingfishers) ,Peugeot's and La Sportives. Oh and I forgot Automoto. I know you are going to call me anti American but wake up over there. America you have a proud and distinguished cycling heritage second to none in the track field but you seem to ignore this. Be proud of what you were really good at and rejoice. Lance how many classics and other tours?
Michael Butler Huntingdon UK.
>From: marc garcia <marcgarcia80@ameritech.net>
>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: [CR]RE: USPS best team ever?
>Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 13:38:35 -0700 (PDT)
>
>I agree that the USPS/Discovery team is not the best
>ever but I think that they can be called the best tour
>team of all time. It is one thing to have 7 tour wins,
>in my mind it is another to have 7 tour wins in a row.
>Let's be honest, at least in this country to the
>general population the tour de france is the only bike
>race in existence and this team reflects that, this
>team was put together to win this one race. You have
>to give them extra points for dominating year in and
>year out. It is comparable to Michael Jordan's bulls,
>once they finally made it to the finals the first
>year, every year after that you knew who was going to
>win and the only way anyone else could win was if MJ
>wasn't there on his own accord.
>
>I know the argument has been made that the field
>during Lance's period has not been as strong as
>previous eras but did Merckx have to deal with
>competitors blood doping? If Lance is clean, and has
>been clean during his run, his ability to defeat
>chemically enhanced riders is even more impressive.
>
>Is this the CR list or sports radio? actually it has
>to be the CR list, most sports radio hosts don't even
>consider cycling a sport. To hell with them.
>
>marc garcia
>chicago IL