Originally Posted by
San Rensho
By far the best bicycle racer ever. He would win multiple grand tours in one year (eg Tour and the Vuelta or Tour and Giro) Despite competing in many fewer TDF races than Armstrong, he has 93 yellow jerseys compared to LA's 83. He would repeatedly wear the yellow, green and king of the mountains jerseys in a single stage. But most impressive was the Hour Record that he held for 28 years until he was beaten by Boardman by a mere 10 meters.
And his pacing for it was horrible, if just the Hour as considered. He intended to set records for 10K, 20K and the hour. He did. Think of that, it is like setting records for the 440, half mile and mile in one run.
He had originally considered trying for the 5k also. realizing he was human he decided that was too much even for him.