Here's a great little video profiling the top 10 Australian cyclists ever. It's an apt time to compile such a list with the Tour Down Under coming to a conclusion ahead of the final stage tomorrow.
Three of the riders in that race make the top 10; Cadel Evans, Simon Gerrans and Richie Porte. Here's the full list, have a look at the video and see what you think.
Top 10 Aussies of all time
- Cadel Evans
- Sir Hubert Opperman
- Phil Anderson
- Robbie McEwen
- Simon Gerrans
- Anna Meares
- Stuart O’Grady
- Bradley McGee
- Michael Rogers
- Richie Porte
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No. 1
Cadel Evans in action at the Tour Down Under this week, where he lost the overall lead to Simon Gerrans today, Saturday, by just one second. He's one of a very select group of riders to win both the Tour de France and World Road Race Championships. After an early career in mountain biking, he took 7th in the Sydney Olympics in that event and then switched to pro road racing. The success hasn't stopped since, with some highlights including the Tour of Austria, Tour of Romandie, World No. 1 in ProTour (2007), five podiums in Grand Tours, La Flèche Wallonne and Critérium International.
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No. 2
Go on, admit it; you'd never heard of Sir Hubert Opperman. Known as Oppy, he rewrote cycling's history books in the 1920s and 30s, and even just into the 40s; specialising in endurance events but setting world beating times from 5 to 1,000 mile distances (63 hr 37 min 30 secs for the latter). He went into politics after his career, holding a seat in parliament for the Liberal Party for 17 years, being appointed a cabinet minister twice and also being posted overseas as a diplomat. Oh, he also served in WWII and was national road race champion four times; what a life that was!
No. 3
Phil Anderson came in at number 3; the first non-European to wear the Tour de France yellow jersey. He was Commonwealth Games champion aged 19 years, won two stages in the Tour de France and held the yellow jersey for a total of 10 days in two stints. His best was 5th overall in the Tour, taking that placing in both 1982 and 1985. He won the Nissan Classic, Tour of Britain, Tour of the Mediterranean, Tour of Romandie, Tour of Switzerland and Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, to name but a few.
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