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The Greatest Road Cyclists Of All Time

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The Greatest Road Cyclists Of All Time

The Tour de France and Giro d'Italia are two of the three Grand Tour races. The Supreme Court of U.S. overturned the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 in May 2018. DraftKings has Jonas Vingegaard as the early favorite to win the 2023 Tour of France at -120. Tadej Pogačar is the second favorite at +175, followed by Remco Evenepoel at (+600), and Primož Roglič at+600.

Eddy Merckx holds the record for the most Grand Tour victories with 11. He won both the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France five times each and Vuelta a España on one occasion in 1973. Merkx also won three UCI Road World Championships over an eight-year span.

Bernard Hinault won 10 Grand Tour titles during his professional career. He won the Tour de France five times between 1978 and 1985. Hineult is one of only eight cyclists to have won Giro d'Italia three times.

Miguel Induráin won the Tour de France five times. He also won Giro d'Italia twice in the 1990s. Indirain also had second-place finishes at UCI Road World Championships.

Gino Bartali won the 1938 and 1948 Tour de France and back-to-back Giro d'Italia events in 1936 and 1937. He retired at 40 due to injuries.

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