Did the careers of Jacques Anquetil and Eddy Merckx overlap? For how many years were rivals Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi? When anyone talk me about Alfredo Binda, which period are they referring to?
It could be basic questions that someone asks himself when they start, as a fan, in the world of cycling, but perhaps there were also some that even the most involved have failed to answer. The chart presented below has the simple objective of placing the historical legends of cycling on a timeline of more than a century.
An objective methodology has been followed based on the historical ranking published by ProCyclingStats.com, selecting the first 100 riders with cut-off date of September 9th, 2019.
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