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T-Mo
Enduro:
Wildhaber
On track for GOAT:
Rach Atherton
Honourable mention:
Jonnier
Five to Ten years from now, good chance Gwin could be there too, maybe alone.
Lots of considerations... Rachel atherton for sure... She's changed the game for the woman and retired a few primary competitors and come back from career ending injuries. Sam Hill very similiar changed the game in men's dh racing but not quite the domination or longevity.... yet! ( I'm still pulling for him ) Minnar pure racer, longevity, consistency and results and not done yet either. On the pioneering side and what they've done for the sport/lifestyle of DH.. Cedric for sure, Peaty for sure and Tomac.
Graves great all around rider but I'm weighting DH the most and he just isn't tgere and his focus was elsewhere with good reason.
So... Right now, Ultimately I'm a dead heat between alien and Anne Caro... But if you consider other disciplines, success there and Relative gap between them and competition... It's likely Anne Caro by a tire tread.
Raw talent: Hill
Overall: Anne Caro - still crushing it to this day... raw talent, consistency and just bad-ass...
Personal fav: Tomac - wins dh, xc, slalom and oh yeah some road races too for good measure. Not strictly DH, but to me the definition of a mountain biker, can hack it in all situations.
I think it says a lot that there are so many names that are getting legitametly considered here. So many good riders, and so many good personalities/ambassadors for the sport. Best. sport. ever.
PD
Give Nico an V10 and we'll see !!!!
I mention Peaty because he's more than podiums - his guidance to riders like Fairclough, Beaumont, "The Don" Neil Donoghue, and Bryceland was critical in helping them make it to the next level. His SPS (Steve Peat Syndicate) race program is an extension of this generosity toward the community and tutelage for developing riders. To all of the technological changes that came along since 1994, he successfully adapted and won races. On paper Minnaar, Nico and ACC have the most impressive resume', but I can't think of another rider that has the level of tenacity it takes to do what Peat did for a win at Worlds. Imagine not achieving a goal you desperately wanted 14 years in a row no matter how hard you tried. But he hammered on - never quit - never complained (although he joked about it) - never packed it in. That says a lot about Peat.
In F1 near nobody thinks Schumi is the GOAT, even if he has more titles than anyone else...Nor even Senna is considered the best (quite near).
(If you are interested a certain crazy little italian demon around 1930 is the Big GOAT...even for Enzo Ferrari himself).
Mtb is a pure sports discipline (ala Athletism) then if you show and do you can win again and again...then you earn your stripes
Nothing more and nothing else
PS
Well if you can beat everyone else chainless...then you'll have to be on top of the queue...at least !!!
Top 5 GROATs:
Hill - Val di Sole
Hart - Champery
Hill - Champery
Gwin - Leogang
Kovarik - Fort William
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