Agostini. Ago was equipped
with an MV Agusta, a motor-
cycle so good that sometimes
he lapped some of his "rivals"
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CN II IN THE PADDOCK
BY MICHAEL SCOTT
Is Marc Marquez the new GOAT?
puttering along on single- or
twin-cylinder machines.
You could say he was the
best rider on an MV Agusta.
Most of the time, anyway. Al-
though Mike Hailwood gave him
a pretty good run, beating him
to the 500cc title in 1965 when
they were teammates. And so
did Phil Read. Though that was
as much off the track as on it.
How about Mick Doohan?
W
ho is motorcycle racing's
Greatest Of All Time? No
such thing. It's a nonsen-
sical proposition. You can only
be the greatest of your own time.
You can only beat those who are
there to be beaten.
The level of competition is
one thing. The level of equip-
ment something else.
Just think of the most deco-
rated rider of all time. Giacomo
G R E AT E S T O F A L L T I M E ?
I M P O S S I B L E .
OR IS IT?
