10 best Aussie cyclists

did someone forget Pat Jonker??
15th in the TDF is a pretty awesome effort in my book.

"hippy" wrote in message
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"g" wrote in message
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my top ten

This is a list of current riders.

Yes, that's why I didn't do a top10 in the first place! :P
This list is more of a personal favourites than a top 10.
Stuart O'Grady is higher because I like him more - simple.

OK, but McEwen has more stage wins in the Tour than O'Grady and a
bundle
of stages in the Giro. Also the first Aussie to win any category in
the
Tour, the Green jersey. He won a phenomenal 20+ races last year. Baden
Cooke's palmares are much smaller than O'Grady's, apart from the Green
jersey, he is still beginning.
Robbie is easily No. out of that lot.

He was going to be number 1, but O'Grady was, lets say, in my good books
after trying so hard in the tour and being so "aussie" about it in the
interviews.

Cadel Evans won 2 mtb worlds titles, but its a case of comparing mtb
worlds to a road worlds. Road gets 10 times the money, media coverage
and more hotly contested than mtb. So I'd count anything won on the
road
to be harder than off road, sorry. Cadel has only done only a handfull
of good things on the road so far.

Obtaining the Maglia Rosa? Have we had anyone else do that?
I'm sure you're right, but that's why I didn't make a top 10 to start
with,
my knowledge of other people's race results very limited

hip

you forgot me on that list.


"g" wrote in message
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Because there was a thread on rbr about the 10 best yank cyclist, I'm
wondering who makes the list of best Aussies of all time.

My relatively uninformed choices:

1. Phil Anderson
2. Danny Clark
3. Russell Mockridge
4. Hubert Opperman
5. Robbie McEwen
6. Stuart O'Grady
7. Brad McGee
8. Neil Stephens
9. Gary Neiwand
10. Sean Eadie

ciao
GK

you forgot me on that list.


"g" wrote in message
...
Because there was a thread on rbr about the 10 best yank cyclist, I'm
wondering who makes the list of best Aussies of all time.

My relatively uninformed choices:

1. Phil Anderson
2. Danny Clark
3. Russell Mockridge
4. Hubert Opperman
5. Robbie McEwen
6. Stuart O'Grady
7. Brad McGee
8. Neil Stephens
9. Gary Neiwand
10. Sean Eadie

ciao
GK

"McEwen is the first Aussie to win any category in the Tour, the
Green jersey."
Phil Anderson won the white jersey for best young rider.



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"McEwen is the first Aussie to win any category in the Tour, the
Green jersey."
Phil Anderson won the white jersey for best young rider.



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