plain simple without a doubt...
no question about it...

one of thee most talented riders to ever come to the line in the scene...

Mike Wissink
from a decent mountain biker
working his way through the B fields of the early Y2K days of cross
pulling the plug 400 meters into his first national championships...

 single handily taking on the The Blue Wave juggernaut 

to scoring UCI points

two state titles and possibly giving up one to chase the dream of

winning the  US GP title against guys like King Kong and non working class master racers

and finishing on the podium at Masters Nationals after starting 7 rows back..

the WIZ was the real deal

legends...