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Giro d’Italia 1968: Merckx’s greatest moment

Giro d’Italia 1968: Merckx’s greatest moment

One day in 1968 Eddy Merckx saw off all comers and conquered the mighty Tre Cime di Lavaredo. The victory marked the arrival of the...

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Yvette Horner: Dancing queen of the caravan

Yvette Horner: Dancing queen of the caravan

Yvette Horner, world accordion champion, with sales of over 30 million records, and friend to the peloton stars

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Pedro Horrillo: The crash

Pedro Horrillo: The crash

On May 16th 2009, during the 8th stage of the Giro d’Italia, Rabobank’s Pedro Horrillo slipped off the road on the descent of the Colle...

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Hugo Koblet: This Charming Man

Hugo Koblet: This Charming Man

Paul Maunder tells of the rise and fall of the original pédaleur de charme, Hugo Koblet. His story begins with an opportunistic victory at the...

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Riding in the Zone Rouge: The story of cycling’s toughest ever stage race

Riding in the Zone Rouge: The story of cycling’s toughest ever stage race

In his new book, Riding in the Zone Rouge, author Tom Isitt takes us back one hundred years to the Circuit des Champs de Bataille, the...

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Philippa York column: who’s the Patron?

Philippa York column: who’s the Patron?

If there’s more than one name bandied around as the Patron, that means there probably isn’t one. Back in the day of Bernard Hinault there...

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Philippa York: The Hammer Series and Dutch cheese

Philippa York: The Hammer Series and Dutch cheese

The Hammer Series felt like the biggest thing to hit cycling in 2017. Many of the pundits seemed to love it, but Philippa York has...

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Tour de France: final day time-trials and the legacy of Greg LeMond

Tour de France: final day time-trials and the legacy of Greg LeMond

The domestique who had his day: Roscioli remembers his remarkable 185-kilometre solo escape to victory on the longest stage of the 1993 Tour

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Tour de France: The Longest Day

Tour de France: The Longest Day

The Tour de France is the most brutal and unforgiving test of human endurance. But compared to the race’s earliest editions, today’s feats can look like child’s play.

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Got the minerals: Vittel, the peloton’s drink of choice

Got the minerals: Vittel, the peloton’s drink of choice

Vittel serves as the host of today’s Tour de France stage roll-out. But the little French spa town has a long history with the Tour...

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Chute! A brief history of crash photography

Chute! A brief history of crash photography

Heavy rain and anxious riders made for a nervy beginning to this year’s Tour de France, with several big-name contenders hitting the deck. Duncan Forbes gives us...

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