Was l just listining to the PTI talking heads on ESPN saying were Armstrong ranks in the history of sports and they both say he is the greatest cyclest ever. I have to strongly disagree with this because he is obvisly not even close. Is he a great athlete? Yes he is even more so from coming back from cancer and winning the Tour de France 6 times and going for a 7th which is why he is not the greatest. As a cyclest I would have have to rank him 3rd all time behind Jacques Anquetil and Eddy Merckx ( Who in my oppinion is not only the greatest cyclest of all time but also one of the greatest athlets of all time if not the greatest)Will talk more on this latter.
The biggest reason that Armstong is not the greatest is that he ONLY races in the Tour de France. This is the only race that he focusis on. During his 6 year reign as Tour de France champ not once has he tried compete in the Giro d'Italia which is the 2nd most prosteadgous stage race in cycling. Even Migil Indurain won the Giro and The Tour twice in the same year if my memory is correct. He will probably not compete this year also which is a shame since this is his last year.
The biggest reason that Armstong is not the greatest is that he ONLY races in the Tour de France. This is the only race that he focusis on. During his 6 year reign as Tour de France champ not once has he tried compete in the Giro d'Italia which is the 2nd most prosteadgous stage race in cycling. Even Migil Indurain won the Giro and The Tour twice in the same year if my memory is correct. He will probably not compete this year also which is a shame since this is his last year.
