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Question for those who know cycling history...
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| KurtinSC |
Posted on 29-04-2008 17:53
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What riders have won the all three grand tours in their careers? |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 29-04-2008 17:56
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* Jacques Anquetil (France): 5 Tours (1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964), 2 Giros (1960, 1964), 1 Vuelta (1963).
* Felice Gimondi (Italy): 1 Tour (1965), 3 Giros (1967, 1969, 1976), 1 Vuelta (1968)
* Eddy Merckx (Belgium): 5 Tours (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974), 5 Giros (1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974), 1 Vuelta (1973)
* Bernard Hinault (France): 5 Tours (1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985), 3 Giros (1980, 1982, 1985), 2 Vueltas (1978, 1983)
EDIT: as a friend of mine would say: JFGI!!! 
Edited by issoisso on 29-04-2008 17:58
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| Desmond |
Posted on 29-04-2008 17:57
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merckx, hinault, anguetil? |
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| KurtinSC |
Posted on 29-04-2008 18:06
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Okay... pretty rarified air with that list.
So... if Contador manages to win the Vuelta this year (which wouldn't be a huge suprise)... do you think he'll enter the Giro at some point over the next 5 years or so to try to get all three? |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 29-04-2008 18:09
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yup, select club.
Judging from previous history, most have no interest, but I have no idea if Contador would have an interest. it would probably conflict with his Tour preparations.
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| KurtinSC |
Posted on 29-04-2008 18:12
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It looks like Indurain came close... won the Giro and Tour and came in second in one Vuelta. |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 29-04-2008 18:15
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yeah, Mauri was dominant in the time trials, winning time on IndurĂ¡in, and holding on in the mountains. he ended up winning after the queen stage was cancelled due to snow.
The spanish wikipedia has a pretty decent "highlights" text of each Vuelta. Nothing comparable to Torelli's Tour de France history (Torelli wrote a pretty big text on each Tour since the very first one until 1999), but still nothing to sneeze at 
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| matt493 |
Posted on 29-04-2008 20:07
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Contador might not be allowed to ride in the Vuelta this year because ASO is thinking about buying the Vuelta.
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 29-04-2008 20:09
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If ASO ends up buying Unipublic, Astana won't be there at all. That said, what does that have as relation to this thread? |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 29-04-2008 20:11
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CrueTrue wrote:
If ASO ends up buying Unipublic, Astana won't be there at all. That said, what does that have as relation to this thread?
Kurt asked what everyone thought of Contador possibly doing the Giro since he's won the Tour and will probably win the Vuelta.
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| t-baum |
Posted on 29-04-2008 20:19
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issoisso wrote:
yup, select club.
Judging from previous history, most have no interest, but I have no idea if Contador would have an interest. it would probably conflict with his Tour preparations.
What tour preperations?
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"We all know that wasn't the real footage of the Worlds anyway. That was just the staged footage to perpetuate the coverup that it was actually Vinokourov that won the race." |
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| KurtinSC |
Posted on 29-04-2008 21:05
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"If ASO ends up buying Unipublic, Astana won't be there at all. That said, what does that have as relation to this thread?"
If an invitation has been offered and accepted... could ASO just "uninvite" Astana? I figured with them being invited it was a "done deal" so to speak. |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 29-04-2008 21:48
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It would probably end up in CAS, but I don't know. |
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| Crommy |
Posted on 29-04-2008 22:04
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With ASO, I'm fairly sure un-inviting them won't be a problem
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