1st Jacques Anquetil
Jacques AnquetilFormer French cyclist Jacques Anquetil became the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, which he won four times in a row between 1961 and 1964 after winning the first in 1957. The cycling world was known for his ability to race alone against the clock in individual time trials. This achievement has also earned him the nickname "Monsieur Chrono". Plus, he's now second on our list of the top 10 best cyclists of all time.
Anquetil won the bronze medal when he competed with the French cycling team in the 100 km time trial at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He won the Grand Prix des Nations title nine times in a row undefeated. Anquetil was named "Champion of Champions of France" by L'Équipe in 1963 and made Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Mérite in 1965. He was also awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur on October 5, 1966 Former French cyclist Bernard Hinault is the only
rider to have won all three Grand Tours more than once and is included in our top 10 list All-time cyclist in third place.
2nd Bernard Hinault
He is one of only six cyclists to have won all three of professional cycling's Grand Tours. Hinault was the only cyclist to finish first or second in every Tour de France he competed in. The last French winner of the Tour de France. He won the Tour de France five times and was runner-up twice. In his active cycling career he won a total of 28 stages, 13 of which were individual time trials. .
Hinault has racked up more than 200 victories in his 12-year career. He won the Giro d'Italia three times and the Vuelta a España twice. The world still remembers him for finishing the race almost 10 minutes ahead of his nearest rival. at the Liège–Bastogne–Liège Classic 1980.
3rd Mario Cipollini
Popular media often called the retired Italian professional road cyclist Mario Cipollini just “Cipo”. The world still regards him for his sprinting ability. Besides, he now holds the fourth place in our list of the top 10 greatest cyclists of all time.
He has achieved a total of 191 championship victories in his career, spanning from 1989 to 2005. And for that, he has earned the nicknames ‘Il Re Leone’ and ‘Super Mario’. Cipollini, after retiring from the professional circuit, made his comeback in the 2008 Tour of California with Rock Racing and finished 3rd on stage 2.
He started manufacturing his own brand of bicycles in 2010. The Italian ISD-NERI team later used those cycles in several tournaments.
The media accused Cipollini of being a client of Doctor Eufemiano Fuentes for Performance-Enhancing drugs from 2001 to 2004. Italian newspaper Gazzetta Dello Sport first published that report in February 2013.
3rd Sean Kelly
Fans still consider former Irish professional road racer John James "Sean" Kelly to be one of the greatest classic cyclists in cycling history. He now ranks eighth on our list of the top 10 best cyclists of all time. The world saw him as the most dominant force in cycling in the 1980s. Kelly won a total of 193 professional races, including nine monumental classics, in his active cycling career, which spanned from 1977 until his retirement in 1994 and the UCI Road
World Cup in 1989.
He has also won the Paris-Nice event seven years in a row. Kelly has won awards for his victories in championship races including Milan - San Remo, Giro di Lombardia, Paris - Roubaix and Liege - Bastogne - Liege. Shortly after the introduction of the FICP rankings in March 1984, he became the first cyclist to hold this number 1 spot worldwide. And #1 in the world.
1 place for a record of six years.
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