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An xmas gift from my brother, I know little of past and present cycling stars, and figured the members could enjoy this poster too. Here's my list, copy, paste and fireaway!

 

 

 

 

The tashkent terror:

Monsieur chrono:

Mellow johnny:

The eagle of toledo:

The cricket:

Spartacus:

The manx missile: mark cavendish

The devil:

The lion king:

El pistolero:

Il campionissimo:

The gypsy:

The killer:

Cuddles:

The professor:

The angel of the mountains:

The little gardener:

The badger:

Big mig:

King:

The cannibal: eddy mercx

The pirate: marco pantini

Mister tom:

The kaiser:

 

So my efforts were a little below par, but can we get them all named? No googling now!!

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Guest GEORGE DONNELLY

Without cheating:

 

The tashkent terror: abdujaparov (wrong spelling)

Monsieur chrono: Anquetil?

Mellow johnny: Armstrong

The eagle of toledo: Bahamontes

The cricket: ?

Spartacus: Cancellara

The manx missile: mark cavendish

The devil: Chiappuci

The lion king: Cippolini

El pistolero: Contador

Il campionissimo: Coppi

The gypsy: Walter Planckaert?

The killer: Boasen Hagen?

Cuddles: Billy MacDonald

The professor: Fignon

The angel of the mountains: Charly Gaul?

The little gardener: ?

The badger: Hinault

Big mig: Indurain

King: Kelly

The cannibal: eddy mercx

The pirate: marco pantini

Mister tom: Simpson

The kaiser: Ulrich

 

how on earth does a cyclist get called the little gardener? would be right hacked off if that's what I got labelled with :-?

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I love the tour and have watched for years.

 

The tashkent terror:

Monsieur chrono:

Mellow johnny:

The eagle of toledo:

The cricket:

Spartacus: cancellara

The manx missile: mark cavendish

The devil:

The lion king:

El pistolero:

Il campionissimo:

The gypsy:

The killer:

Cuddles: cadel evans

 

The professor: laurent fignon

The angel of the mountains:

The little gardener:

The badger: bernard hinault

Big mig: miguel indurain

King:

The cannibal: eddy mercx

The pirate: marco pantini

Mister tom: tom simpson

The kaiser:

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I love all the 70s & 80s nostalgia stuff.

 

My 2 favourite jerseys of all time are Kelly's Skil Reydel & Roche's La Redoute.

 

& Fignon's Renault Elf comes 3rd.

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The tashkent terror:abdoujaparov

Monsieur chrono: Jacuqes Anquetil

Mellow johnny: Lance Armstrong

The eagle of toledo: Frederico Bahamontes

The cricket: Paulo Bettini

Spartacus: Fabian Cancellara

The manx missile: mark cavendish

The devil: Claudio Ciapucci

The lion king: Mario Cipolini

El pistolero: Alberto Contador

Il campionissimo: Fausto Coppi

The gypsy: Roger De Vlaeminck

The killer: Danilo Di Luca

Cuddles: Cadel Evans

The professor: Laurent Fignon

The angel of the mountains: Charley Gaul

The little gardener: Lucho Herrera

The badger: Bernard Hinault

Big mig: Miguel Indurain

King: Sean Kelly

The cannibal: eddy mercx

The pirate: marco pantini

Mister tom: Tom SImpson

The kaiser: Jan Ullrich

 

And that's with no google or any cheating.

 

Do I win a prize?

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