1) John Tomac - Needs no introduction, innovator and all round dominator
2) Tom Ritchey
3) Julien Absalon - Never has someone been so dominant in xc.
4) Thomas Frischknecht
5) Nico Vouilloz - Peat may have now won more but he will never match the skill of this guy.

I'd also give honorable mentions to Brian Lopes and the legend that is Shaun Palmer - this man is total domination of whatever he wishes to turn his hand to, and would easily be in my top 5 greatest sports stars of all time.

And finally Jason Mcroy who I'm pretty sure could have been up at the top of this list had he not been taken from the world so early in his life.