But which god is greatest? In the minds of most cyclists there is only one greatest, and that is Eddy Merckx. You don’t need to be a pro ball player to cheer on your team, you don’t need to be a pro golfer to cheer on Tiger Woods, you don’t need to be a Formula 1 driver to cheer on Michael Schumacher. Fans have favourites, and that means taking a partisan view. I challenge you to find a single armchair footballer whose view of the game is entirely untainted by team bias :-)—Just