Cycling is a hobby of many individuals but at the same time it is a passion of many men and women. Both males and females are participating in the professional road racing competitions in order to show their skills in a better way. Whenever you are willing to become the best and professional cyclist in your region, first of all you should need to know about the top 5 professional road racing cyclists of all times and know their victory which inspires and encourages you.
Top 3 professional cyclists in the world:
- Eddy Merckax – He was born in the year 1945 in Belgium and he is the top road racing cyclist in the world whose records still can’t be broken by any cyclists. At the beginning of his biking career, he won the road cycling trophy of Tour de France for 5 times in the years 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 & 1974. It has been an extraordinary records in the history of road racing that couldn’t be reached by any other cycler.
- Bernard Hinault – Bernard Hinault was actually born in the year 1954 in France and he got the second place in the top 5 world class bike riders because he won all 3 big stage races and many other trophies. In all the Tour de France racing competition, he would got either a first place or second place and he also won this race for five times in the years 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982 & 1985.
- Jacques Anquetil – He was also from France country and born in 1934. Jacques also won a lot of races and having the best part in the Tour de France races. In the year 1957 and from 1961 to 1964, he continuously won Tour de France biking races as a leading and professional road racer.
Other 2 top professional racers:
- Sean Kelly – He got the 4th place in the world level top 5 professional road racer. He was born in the year 1956 and in Ireland. In the early 1980s, he was becoming the most successful and professional road racer and as well as the best classics rider of all the times in the world. He won a lot of trophies in the different races including 4 point class wins in both the Giro D’ltalia and Tour de France, Vuelta a Espana in 1988, 7 consecutive winning in Paris Nice from the year 1982 to 1988, Paris Roubaiz, 2 winning in Tour de Suisse and Liege Bastogne Liege.
- Gino Bartali – He was one of the oldest, classic and world’s top road racer born in the year 1914. Gino was from Italy and won the race of Tour de France two times in the year 1938 and after ten years in 1948. At the same time, he as well as won Giro D’ltalia for three times in the years 1936, 1937 and 1946.
All these top 5 professional road bike racers are greater inspirations for the beginner level racers.