The 25 most stylish cyclists of all time

You’ve either got it or you haven’t. Chris Sidwells reveals his 25 most stylish riders of all time

Eddy Merckx

Photos by Graham Watson, Yuzuru Sunada, Richard Baybutt, Daniel Gould, Cycling Weekly archive

Style is a word used a lot in cycling. On one level it’s very practical. It helps quantify form and efficiency. A good riding style is efficient because more power goes into the pedals per calorie of energy burned, but the style we are talking about here is so much more than that.

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