robbie blake the createst that arena? robbie blake the greatest sprinter _ that arena?r that - that arena? robbie blake the greatest sprinter that men'sl that arena? robbie blake the - greatest sprinter that men's road cycling has ever seen. the sheer number of wins and speed and he was described as fast as man of the planet and that was and he came through on the track set up with bradley wiggins and others and he didn't win a medal at the track too much leisure but his first real big impact when he won stages of the tour de france and the world championship on the road in 2011 and tom simpson was the only other man to do that in 1967 stop that is kind of where he is and in terms of the tour de france stages, if there is a flat finish, a sprint, for so many years he was your man and the other thing with mark cavendish is two parts of the act because between 2016 and 2021 he didn't win a single stage of the tour and then he was called up as a last—minute replacement and he won four stages and that drew him level with any marks so it was a comeback story that inspired so