Originally Posted by
Riv-Lantis
Agreed about VdP, but I wonder if we'll ever see another rider with the all-around ability to win GT and major one day races again. Cadel won the WC and the Tour, but I'm thinking those days might be over unless the 3 week races move back toward an all-rounder over the climbing specific events we've seen lately.
Valverde - the most under-appreciated rider of our era- won the Vuelta and podiumed on maybe half a dozen GT. He's won the WC. And hehas also won classics (Liege-Bastone-Liege, Fleche Wallone), multiple times.