Legends Quartet

What happens when cycling's top riders meet - Alejandro Valverde is in top form and can't be beaten? Well, he first has to compete with "Le Professeur" Laurent Fignon. And the latter may have worn the leader's jersey more often, but "L'Uomo di Ferro" Gino Bartali is chasing him in the mountain classifications. Tour victory for the (quartet) players who know the numbers. The cycling legend quartet lists how many victories the rider has won in the Classiques (classic and semi-classic one-day races) and how often he has won the world championship title in road races. Of course, the Grands Tours are also included: The decisive factors here are the number of overall and stage victories in the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España, as well as the number of leader's jerseys in each case and, last but not least, the number of mountain classifications won. And just like in real life, every new clash between the legends in this cycling quartet creates excitement.

40 cards, 40 top international athletes in each discipline - and no two duels are the same. Who will triumph? In keeping with the well-known peculiarity of sport - anything is possible - clashes with extremely unusual outcomes develop when Boom Boom Boris competes against "Mother Freedom" Billie Jean King or Miguel "The Extraterrestrial" Indurain is pitted against Louison "Zonzon" Bobet. The rules of the Super Trump Quartet game are not difficult to figure out: The card with the higher-value code wins. Unexpectedly, even the greatest representatives of their sport are not necessarily as unbeatable as one initially assumed. It quickly becomes clear once again: after the game is before the game.

As outstanding as the achievements of the respective sports legends are, as unusual are their likenesses. Renowned artists from Switzerland and Germany are responsible for the illustrations of the quartet of legends. Grouped into ten teams of four team members each, the cards not only highlight the athletes' characteristics. Rather, they illustrate in a special way the diverse approaches that modern art has to offer. In other words, you can't just play with the cards. You can also simply enjoy looking at them.