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Old 09-18-13 | 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by ooga-booga
arguably the greatest american roadie ever given his absolute domestic dominance and later european success-riding much of it as a super-domestique.

people will argue armstrong (maybe not anymore) or lemond but greg's pro career was shorter. granted, he does have 3 tdf's and a few wc's.
WTF?

Not even close. Lemond's an order of magnitude above Horner. Hampsten's above Horner.

If we're talking domestic success, Horner didn't win as much as Davis Phinney, who also has 2 TDF stage wins, to Horner's zero.

And if you don't consider doping, you've got to put Armstrong, Hamilton, and Landis above Horner.

And what is this European success? Other than the Veulta win, what do you have 9th place in the TDF? 5th in the Tour de Suisse?

In fact the pattern appears rather smelly: Giro; One start, One DNF; Tour de France; 33rd, 61st,14th, DNF, 9th, DNF, 13th; Veulta; 20th, 36th, DNF, then 1st at age 41?
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