Anyone else ready for the classics season to start again?

[FlashUNC]

Originally Posted by unterhausen

the thing about the tour being boring raises a question with me. How did they let Merckx and that class of rider break away? It just doesn't make sense to me. I know there are a lot more riders at the top level of fitness, but still it seems hard to believe.

Secretariat had a heart twice the size of other horses. Some folks are just meant to do what they do.

Why we'll never see the likes of Merckx again. Doubt you'll have anyone win the yellow, polka dot, green, and most aggressive rider jerseys in the same Tour. And he would have won the white jersey too if they'd given it out that year in '69.

[Lewis Moon]

Originally Posted by FlashUNC

Secretariat had a heart twice the size of other horses. Some folks are just meant to do what they do.

Why we'll never see the likes of Merckx again. Doubt you'll have anyone win the yellow, polka dot, green, and most aggressive rider jerseys in the same Tour. And he would have won the white jersey too if they'd given it out that year in '69.

My question is how do we compel the top riders to be more combative? How do we compel them to actually want to win stages? Huge time bonuses for stage winners? Bigger intermediate time bonuses? Smaller teams? Fewer TTs?