Eddy Merckx
'The Cannibal', GOAT
Won 11 Grand Tours (5 Tour, 5 Giro, 1 Vuelta) and a record 19 Monuments, plus 3 world titles.
Cyclists, Ranked
Road cycling's immortals, judged by Grand Tours, Monuments and sheer dominance.
Ranked on Grand Tour victories, one-day Monument classics wins, world titles, and overall dominance.
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Bernard Hinault
'The Badger', ten GTs
Won 10 Grand Tours including 5 Tours de France, the last Frenchman to win the Tour (1985).
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Tadej Pogačar
Modern all-conquering star
A multiple Tour de France winner who took the 2024 Giro-Tour-Worlds triple crown, dominating stage races and Monuments alike.
Miguel Induráin
Five straight Tours
Won five consecutive Tours de France (1991-1995), a feat no other rider has matched.
Jacques Anquetil
First five-time Tour winner
Won 8 Grand Tours and was the first rider to claim all three (Tour, Giro, Vuelta).
Fausto Coppi
'Il Campionissimo'
The first to win the Giro-Tour double in the same year (1949, repeated 1952), with 5 Giri and 5 Monuments.
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Alberto Contador
All-three GT winner
Won all three Grand Tours (Tour, Giro, Vuelta), a fearless attacking climber of the 2000s and 2010s.
Chris Froome
Sky-era stage-race master
Won 7 Grand Tours including 4 Tours de France, dominating the mountain time trials of the 2010s.
Vincenzo Nibali
'The Shark', all-terrain
One of only seven riders to win all three Grand Tours, and a three-time Monument winner.
Gino Bartali
Pre- and post-war champion
Won the Tour de France ten years apart (1938, 1948) plus 3 Giri, bridging the WWII gap.
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Greg LeMond
First American Tour winner
Won 3 Tours de France and 2 world titles, famously taking the 1989 Tour by 8 seconds.
Sean Kelly
Classics hardman
Won 9 Monuments and a Vuelta, one of the greatest one-day and stage-race all-rounders of the 1980s.
Roger De Vlaeminck
'Mr. Paris-Roubaix'
Won 11 Monuments including a record-tying four Paris-Roubaix, the ultimate cobbled-classics specialist.
Marianne Vos
Women's cycling GOAT
A multiple road and cyclo-cross world champion and Olympic gold medalist, the most versatile rider in women's cycling.
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Mark Cavendish
Fastest sprinter ever
Holds the record for most Tour de France stage wins (35), a specialist rather than a GC contender.
Peter Sagan
Green-jersey collector
Won a record 7 Tour de France points classifications and 3 world road titles, but no Grand Tour GC.
Egan Bernal
Youngest modern Tour winner
The first Colombian and youngest postwar Tour winner (2019), who also took the 2021 Giro before injury.
Lance Armstrong
Seven Tours, all stripped
Won seven straight Tours de France (1999-2005) but was stripped of all of them for systematic doping.
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