Your top ten riders of all time:

He’s greater than Nigel Mansell, better than Geoff Boycott, and knocks spots off Henry Cooper. Who is he? Carl Fogarty, of course. In a new survey he has been named as Britain’s 26th greatest sportsman of all time. But where would he figure in your top ten riders of all time?

Click on the link to tell us which riders, and in what order, you reckon deserve their places on a list of all time greats and to read the suggestions of other users.

When we spoke to Foggy he told us : ” Only 26th? I thought I’d have been higher than that – if Steve Redgrave is number one I deserve to be number two. ”

Here’s what some of you have posted to say make your top 10:

Richardbregazzi reckons it’s difficult, but goes for:1)Joey Dunlop 2)Mike Hailwood 3)Jock Taylor 4)Kevin Schwantz 5)Stanley Woods 6)Giacomo Agostini 7)John Surtees 8)Steve Hislop 9)Foggy 10)Phil Read

Bluesky goes for a list of the best of British: 1)Steve Spray 2)Trevor Nation 3)Ron Haslam 4)Ray Stringer 5)Robert Dunlop 6)Steve Hislop 7)Mark Farmer 8)Terry Rymer 9)Phil Borley 10)Jim Moodie (…and others)

A quick poll around the office puts, in no particular order, Kenny Roberts, Jay Springsteen, Valentino Rossi, Mick Doohan, Barry Sheene, Mike Hailwood, Phil Read, Wayne Rainey, Giacomo Agostini and Foggy in our Hall of Fame top ten.

There’s a strong case for Joey Dunlop, Stefan Everts, Dougie Lampkin, Stephane Peterhansel….click on the link on the right to give us yours.

Here’s how the survey for publisher Cassell Illustrated lists Britain’s 50 sporting greats:

1)Steve Redgrave 2)Bobby Charlton 3)David Beckham 4)Ian Botham 5)Bobby Moore 6)Daley Thompson 7)W.G. Grace 8)Roger Bannister 9)Lennox Lewis 10)Seb Coe 11)Stanley Matthews 12)Torvill and Dean 13)Linford Christie 14)Nick Faldo 15)Fred Perry 16)Lester Piggott 17)Denis Compton 18)Gary Lineker 19)Stirling Moss 20)Bryan Robson 21)Michael Owen 22)A.P. McCoy 23)Jackie Stewart 24)Gareth Edwards 25)Fred Trueman 26)Carl Foggerty (sic – can you believe they spelt his name wrong?) 27)Stephen Hendry 28)Len Hutton 29)Kevin Keegan 30)Geoff Boycott 31)Jonathan Edwards 32)Nigel Mansell 33)Paula Radcliffe 34)Steve Davis 35)Gordon Richards 36)Matthew Pinsent 37)Jonny Haynes 38)Kenny Dalglish 39)Will Carling 40)Brian Bevan 41)Francis Chichester 42)Tanni Grey_Thonpson 43)Paul Gascoigne 44)C.B. Fry 45)Rory Underwood 46)Jim Clark 47)Virgina Wade 48)Henry Cooper 49)Denis Law 50)J.P.R Williams