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By Graham Jones
CyclingRevealed Historian

 

 

 

Also See:

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Race Snippets

Top 20 Classics

 

 

 

Reader Nominated Riders for Campionissimo

CyclingRevealed’s Nominated riders well worth your consideration:

Raymond Poulidor (the Eternal Second)
Rik Van Looy (won all the traditional Classics)

CyclingRevealed’s Nominates are rider well worth consideration: Some should be elevated to Campionissimo status and some should not, but if we apply the same principles as the entire rider list above you’ll begin to appreciate the grand accomplishments of cycling history.  You be the judge.

Louison Bobet

1951

x Milan - San Remo

1951

x Giro Di Lombardia

1951

x Desgranges-Colombo Trophy

1952

x Grand Prix des Nations

1952

x Paris - Nice

1953

x Tour de France

1954

x World Championship Road Race

1954

x Tour de France

1955

x Tour of Flanders

1955

x Tour de France

1956

x Paris - Roubaix

1959

x Bordeaux-Paris

Tom Simpson

1961

x Tour of Flandersx

1963

x Bordeaux - Parisx

1964

x Milan - San Remo

1965

x Giro di Lombardia

1965

x World Championship Road Race

1967

x Paris - Nice

Jacques Anquetil

1953

x Grand Prix des Nations

1955

x Grand Prix des Nations

1956

x Grand Prix des Nations

1957

x Tour de France

1957

x Grand Prix des Nations

1957

x Paris - Nice

1958

x Grand Prix des Nations

1960

x Giro d'Italia

1961

x Paris - Nice

1961

x Tour de France

1961

x Super Prestige Trophy

1961

x Grand Prix des Nations

1962

x Tour de France

1963

x Paris - Nice

1963

x Tour de France

1963

x Vuelta a Espana

1963

x Super Prestige Trophy

1964

x Gent - Wevelgem

1964

x Tour de France

1964

x Giro d'Italia

1965

x Grand Prix des Nations

1965

x Dauphine Libre & Bordeaux-Paris !!!

1965

x Super Prestige Trophy

1966

x Liège - Bastogne - Liège

1966

x Paris - Nice

1966

x Grand Prix des Nations

1966

x Super Prestige Trophy

1956

x Hour Record 46.159 km

 

Francesco Moser

1974

x Paris - Tours

1975

x Giro di Lombardia

1976

x Giro Points Jersey

1977

x Flèche Wallone

1977

x Giro Points Jersey

1977

x World Championship Road Race

1978

x Giro di Lombardia

1978

x Paris - Roubaix

1978

x Giro Points Jersey

1979

x Gent - Wevelgem

1979

x Paris - Roubaix

1980

x Paris - Roubaix

1982

x Giro Points Jersey

1984

x Milan - San Remo

1984

x Giro d'Italia

1984

x Hour Record 50.808 kmx

1984

x Hour Record 51.151 km

Raymond Poulidor (the Eternal Second)

1961

x Milan - San Remo

1961

x 2nd Place Super Prestige Pernod Trophy

1963

x Flèche Wallone

1963

x Grand Prix des Nations

1963

x 3rd Place Super Prestige Pernod Trophy

1964

x Vuelta d'Espana

1964

x Super Prestige Pernod Trophy

1965

x 4th Place Super Prestige Pernod Trophy

1972

x Paris - Nice

1973

x Paris - Nice

1962

x 3rd Tour de France

1964

x 2nd Tour de France

1965

x 2nd Tour de France

1965

x 2nd Vuelta a Espana

1966

x 3rd Tour de France

1969

x 3rd Tour de France

1972

x 3rd Tour de France

1974

x 2nd Tour de France

1976

x 3rd Tour de France

 

Jan Janssen

1964

x World Championship Road Race

1964

x Paris - Nice

1964

x Tour Points Jersey

1965

x Tour Points Jersey

1966

x Bordeaux - Paris

1967

x Paris - Roubaix

1967

x Vuelta a Espana

1967

x Super Prestige Trophy

1967

x Vuelta Points Jersey

1967

x Tour Points Jersey

1968

x Tour de France

1968

x Vuelta Points Jersey

Freddy Maertens

1975

x Gent - Wevelgem

1975

x Paris - Bruxelles

1975

x Paris - Tours

1976

x Gent - Wevelgem

1976

x Amstel Gold

1976

x Tour Points Jersey

1976

x World Championship Road Race

1977

x Paris - Nice

1977

x Vuelta a Espana

1977

x Super Prestige Pernod Trophy

1977

x Vuelta Points Jersey

1978

x Tour Points Jersey

1981

x World Championship Road Race

1981

x Tour Points Jersey

 

Joop Zoetemelk

1971

x Vuelta Mountain Jersey

1976

x Flèche Wallone

1977

x Paris - Tours

1979

x Paris-Nice

1979

x Vuelta a Espana

1979

x Paris - Tours

1980

x Tour de France

1985

x World Championship Road Race

1970

x 2nd Tour de France

1971

x 2nd Tour de France

1976

x 2nd Tour de France

1978

x 2nd Tour de France

1979

x 2nd Tour de France

1982

x 2nd Tour de France

Paolo Bettini

2000

x Liege - Bastogne - Liege

2002

x Liege - Bastogne - Liege

2002

x World Cup

2003

x Milan - San Remo

2003

x Clasica San Sebastian

2003

x World Cup

2004

x Olympic Road Race

2004

x World Cup

2005

x Giro di Lombardia

2005

x Giro Points Jersey

2006

x Giro di Lombardia

2006

x World Championship Road Race

2006

x Giro Points Jersey

2007

x World Championship Road Race

 

Jan Raas

1977

x Milan - San Remo

1978

x Paris - Tours

1978

x Paris - Bruxelles

1979

x Tour of Flanders

1979

x Amstel Gold

1979

x World Championship Road Race

1980

x Amstel Gold

1981

x Gent - Wevelgem

1981

x Paris - Tours

1982

x Paris - Roubaix

1982

x Amstel Gold

1983

x Tour of Flanders

Tony Rominger

1989

x Giro di Lombardia

1991

x Paris - Nice

1991

x Grand Prix des Nations

1992

x Giro di Lombardia

1992

x Vuelta a Espana

1993

x Tour Mountain Jersey

1993

x Vuelta Points Jersey

1993

x Vuelta Mountain Jersey

1993

x Vuelta a Espana

1994

x Paris - Nice

1994

x Vuelta a Espana

1994

x Grand Prix des Nations

1995

x Giro Points Jersey

1996

x Vuelta Mountain Jersey

1994

x Hour Record 53.832 km

1994

x Hour Record 55.291 km

 

Felice Gimondi (Some say he was the last Italian Campionissimo)

1965

x Tour de France

1966

x Paris - Roubaix

1966

x Paris - Bruxelles

1966

x Giro di Lombardia

1967

x Giro d'Italia

1967

x Grand Prix des Nations

1968

x Vuelta d'Espana

1968

x Grand Prix des Nations

1969

x Giro d’Italia

1973

x Giro di Lombardia

1973

x World Championship Road Race

1974

x Milan - San Remo

1976

x Giro d’Italia

1976

x Paris - Bruxelles

Moreno Argentin

1985

x Liège - Bastogne - Liège

1986

x Liège - Bastogne - Liège

1986

x World Championship Road Race

1987

x Giro di Lombardia

1987

x Liège - Bastogne - Liège

1990

x Flèche Wallone

1990

x Tour of Flanders

1991

x Liège - Bastogne - Liège

1991

x Flèche Wallone

1994

x Flèche Wallone

 

 

Roger De Vlaemnick
1970 to 1979 (1 win in a traditional classic for 10 consecutive years)

1970

x Liège - Bastogne - Liège

1971

x Flèche Wallone

1972

x Paris - Roubaix

1972

x Giro Points Jersey

1973

x Milan - San Remo

1974

x Giro di Lombardia

1974

x Paris - Roubaix

1974

x Giro Points Jersey

1975

x World Championship Cyclocross

1975

x Paris - Roubaix

1975

x Giro Points Jersey

1976

x Giro di Lombardia

1977

x Tour of Flanders

1977

x Paris - Roubaix

1978

x Milan - San Remo

1979

x Milan - San Remo

1981

x Paris - Bruxelles

Rik Van Looy
1956 to 1968 (won all the traditional Classics)

1956

x Paris - Bruxelles

1956

x Gent - Wevelgem

1957

x Gent - Wevelgem

1958

x Paris - Bruxelles

1958

x Milan - San Remo

1959

x Giro di Lombardia

1959

x Paris - Tours

1959

x Tour of Flanders

1959

x Vuelta Points Jersey

1960

x Giro Mountain Jersey

1960

x World Championship Road Race

1961

x Paris - Roubaix

1961

x Liège - Bastogne - Liège

1961

x World Championship Road Race

1962

x Gent - Wevelgem

1962

x Paris - Roubaix

1962

x Tour of Flanders

1963

x Tour Points Jersey

1965

x Paris - Roubaix

1965

x Vuelta Points Jersey

1967

x Paris - Tours

1968

x Flèche Wallone

 

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