Viatcheslav Ekimov currently sitting on fourteen. Zoetemelk's record is sixteen.

Dammit!!!! Beat me!

And I'm Yeki's #1 fan!!!

He's been a pro longer than some people on this forum have been alive.

post a question.....I'm gonna pounce on it!

Michael Boogerd is a perennial favorite at the Amstel Gold Race.

What year did he last finish off of the podium, and who were the top 3 finishers that year?

2001
1. Dekker
2. Armstrong
3. Baguetje!

ed073, #1 Yeki fan, is correct.

Alrighty.....

Q: Who was the first rider down the prologue ramp to kick off the 1990 Tour de France?

He's pretty famous.....

An overweight Lemond?

as previous years' winner, the Gregster rides of last.....

Have another crack.

Sorry, I thought they took pity on him and gave him a headstart! Blasphemy is such evil fun

Indurian?

nup.

Phil? (only 195 to go...)

negator

if no one's got it by after lunch, I'll start with the clues.

It's usually a celebrity (eg. Herman Meyer, a skier in 2003), or was that just a special event?

I'll throw in Merckx for the hell of it

nup. This guy was a real racer. He was VERY high profile by the mid-90s.

Ekimov in his first year as a pro (damn you, I'm supposed to be getting some werk done!)

No....but he did win his only Tour stage the next year into Macon.

Eki that is.

Is this the part where the Aussies take over the thread for a while?

must be night time for our northern friends....

So many to choose from. delgado, ovanov, millar, siboni, it's a cast of thousands (well 198, if you wanna be exact). Can't be Kelly, Fignon or Bauer coz their limelight was the 80's.

Ed this is hard for a fella who only got snippets of info from the ABC radio news every now and again!

Moreau