Paul Sherwen wins the 1987 British National road race championship
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Eric Vanderaerden (right) plays with Walter Planckaert during a quiet stage of the 1987 Tour de France
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Sarah Ulmer celebrates winning a Gold medal in the 2004 Olympic Games - alongside her is runner-up Katie Mactier and bronze medallist Leontien Van Moorsel
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The peloton heads to the south coast of France during the 2006 Paris-Nice
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The 1997 Tour de France crosses the Pont de Saint-Nazaire on its way to Le Puy-de-Fou
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The peloton passes summertime flowers on a stage to Valence in the 1996 Tour de France
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Ivan Quaranta won stage eleven into Cesenatico during the 1999 Giro d'Italia
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Bruno Risi became the World Points champion in 1992 and went on to win multiple World and Olympic medals during his long career
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Richie Porte briefly led the Giro d'Italia for in 2010 before taking seventh-place overall
Davide Rebbelin beats Jan Ullrich and Frank Vandenbroucke to win the 1997 Championship of Zurich on the famous Oerliken track
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Michael Rogers receives a winner's champagne shower after the 2002 Tour Down Under
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Robert Millar leads the peloton through Westerdale Ford during the 1990 Kellogg's Tour of Britain
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Robert Forest is one of many cyclists to crash in the 1987 Omloop Het Volk
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Thousands of fans pack St Patrick's Hill in Cork to see the 1985 Nissan International Classic climb up
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Johan Bruyneel is pulled from a ditch after crashing on the descent of the Cormet de Roseland in the 1995 Tour de France
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Stefano Giuliani steals a ride on Mario Scirea during the penultimate stage of the 1990 Vuelta a España
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Jesus Montoya almost won the 1992 Vuelta a España, only to lose his race-lead in the last few days
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Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle needed help to get up from a nasty crash in the 1991 Ghent-Wevelgem
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Ludo Peeters lies injured after a crash in the 1983 Amstel Gold Race
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Marcel Wust wins a sprint stage of the 2000 Tour de France - while wearing the best climber's jersey!
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Canadian Alex Stieda became the first-ever North American to win the Yellow Jersey after stage one of the 1986 Tour de France
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Two Belgian cyclists sit in the road during a riders' protest during the 1998 Tour de France
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Lance Armstrong duelled with Jan Ullrich throughout the 2001 Tour de France
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Erik Zabel hoists his son Rick onto his shoulders after the 2001 Tour de France - in 2014 Rick Zabel became a 'pro cyclist himself with BMC
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Connie Paraskevin-Young celebrates winning a World sprint title in Leicester, England, in 1982
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Jonathan Boyer climbs the Col du Glandon during stage seventeen of the 1983 Tour de France
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Miguel Indurain sets the pace for Pedro Delgado at Cerler in the 1990 Vuelta a España - yet they failed to shift race-leader Marco Giovanetti (in yellow)
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Steve Bauer poses in his yellow jersey during the 1990 Tour de France
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Stephen Roche shows off his new World Champion's colours during the 1987 Nissan International Classic
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Allan Peiper wins stage 14 of the 1990 Giro d'Italia
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Steven Rooks climbs the Col du Tourmalet on stage 16 of the 1990 Tour de France
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Marco Pantani sets a tough pace for Stefano Garzelli and Francesco Casagrande on the Col d'Izoard in the 2000 Giro d'Italia
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Marco Pantani is on his way to Merano and winning stage fourteen of the 1994 Giro d'Italia
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Cyclists grin and bear the wintry conditions on stage four of the 1985 Paris-Nice - but the stage was then cancelled
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Claudio Chiappucci makes Lance Armstrong suffer in the 1994 World Championships in Sicily