And you thought Greipel had big legs...

[thwart]

This dude had some giant pegs, too...

Henrik ('Rik') Van Looy.

AKA 'the wheelbreaker'.

[Fixed]

those damn heavy steel bikes look what it did to him
cheers :)

[jpw]

More like a track sprinter than a road racer.

[BumbleBeeDave]

. . . especially his left leg. Maybe it's just the angle.

Nelson Vails is another with huge legs. I remember him from the Olympics. Almost otherworldly--like from the waist up he was a different person than the waist down. Here he is recently . . . (He's the one on the left. :p )

BBD

[fiamme red]

Nelson Vails had really big quads. So does Gregory Bauge.

http://hello.news352.lu/images/edito_agence/gimg_1015180.jpg

[FlashUNC]

First man to win all the Monuments should have huge legs.

[tiretrax]

They got that big from crushing NYC buses and taxis.

[flickwet]

My son said that that Sir Chris Hoy can/could leg press 1000 lbs, true?

[firerescuefin]

Add to that, Nelson is as nice of a guy as you'll ever come across. I've ridden with him numerous times, and he is as unassuming as it gets. If you did not ask him a question directly about his cycling past, you would never know who he is...a class act.

[Hartlin]

Andre always takes the cake

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BGJPrQeC5m8/TMspOa3PCNI/AAAAAAAAFqo/ku8o2R8DtZo/s1600/Greipel.jpg

[fatallightning]

My son said that that Sir Chris Hoy can/could leg press 1000 lbs, true?
631 kg. which is just about 1400 lbs. at 5 reps, not a single rep max.
http://roadcyclinguk.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/chris-hoy1.jpg

[fiamme red]

Andre always takes the cakeThe angle of that shot helps to make his legs look huge.

[Jaq]

The angle of that shot helps to make his legs look huge.

That, and the fact that his legs are friggin' gi-normous. ;)

[wallymann]

...like 5'2", so his legs look bigger than they are.

gorilla greipel is 6'1", almost a foot taller...takes alot more meat to fill out those longer pistons!

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk74/a-la-proust/Pro%20cycling%20edits/9520_131727383484_683993484_2457962.jpg

[fiamme red]

That, and the fact that his legs are friggin' gi-normous. ;)Put him next to a track sprinter like Nothstein, and his legs won't look so big.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/news/2000/07/13/nothstein_bio/nothstein_lg_01.jpg

[fiamme red]

...like 5'2", so his legs look bigger than they are.Van Looy looks about 5'9" or so to me.

http://www.cyclinghalloffame.com/riders/pics/van%20steenbergen%20rik.jpg