Originally Posted by daneil

Seriously putting Taylor, Phinney, Lemond and Hampsten with Hamilton and Armstrong is a bit silly. Those four had to fight against nearly impossible odds for their wins. Lemond had a team that was not exactly 100% behind him. And Hampsten and Phinney were Americans in a European game. They didn't fit in at all, and were often attacked just so an American wouldn't win. Andy's Giro and Phinney's TdF wins were simply beyond compare. Think taking any D1 US road team out of the US, dropping them down in Italy and telling them to win the Giro or take multiple TdF stage wins.