Old 07-23-04, 10:56 AM
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I don't think it's possible anymore. Not unless there's some radical paradigm shift in training that suddenly produces an Eddy Merckx. Merckx won so often because he was in much better shape physically than his competitors, and because he didn't have much respect for tradition - he won as often as he could. It's why he was so hated in France ...

Todays riders are too fit, we know too much about training. So everyone's just too close to have someone capable of peaking three times in one season to a sufficient level to defeat another rider who has peaked specifically for the Tour.
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