Quote Originally Posted by Graham Breeze View Post
Possibly you enjoy watching paint dry...after all it achieves the result you desire.

But the reason some of us recall Hinault with awe and Coppi is immortal is because they had panache. Chiappucci, Bahamontes, Pantani, Fignon: they had élan. Even LeMond had character-spoilt child mostly-but Wiggins?
Of that list Hinault, Coppi, Fignon and Lemond all won the Tour and won, or tried to win, Paris-Roubaix. I do wish that there wasn't such an emphasis on the Tour these days.