40 Years of Cycling
Beat Breu is lost in a sea of mud at the 1988 World Cyclo-cross championships in Hagendorf, Switzerland - but he took the bronze medal
Bobby Julich looks to the skies as he celebrates his 3rd-overall in the 1998 Tour de France
Thomas Wegmuller and Dirk De Mol lead the winning escape in the 1988 Paris-Rouabix
Jonathan Vaughters races to victory on Mont Ventoux in the 2001 Dauphiné-Libéré
Stefano Garzelli time trials to Sestriere in the 2000 Giro d'Italia, beating race-leader Stefano Casagrande to win overall
The Paris-Nice peloton crosses a bloated reservoir during the 1998 Paris-Nice
Tyler Hamilton salutes a stage-win in the 2000 Dauphiné-Libéré with teamate Lance Armstrong right behind
Mari Holden celebrates her time trial win at the 2000 World Championships in Plouay, France
Dietrich Thurau concludes a time trial into Cremona during the 1986 Giro d'Italia
The 1987 Giro d'Italia climbs through the Dolomites on stage sixteen to Canazei
Johan Capiot wins the 1991 Paris-Tours
Erich Maechler drops Allan Peiper on the Poggio to win the 1987 Milan-San Remo at the end of a day-long escape
The 1993 Giro d'Italia climbs the Passo di Val Gardena on stage fifteen
Peter Van Petegem wins the 1998 Omloop Het Volk
Lucien Van Impe winning the time trial to Avoriaz on stage nineteen of the 1983 Tour de France
Thomas Voeckler descends a Col during his reign as Tour de France leader in 2004
A photographer's moto goes down in front of Tom Danielson and Sergio Paulinho during the 2006 Vuelta a España
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Greg Lemond time trials during stage ten of the 1990 Giro d'Italia
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World Champion Tom Boonen wins the 2006 Tour of Flanders
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Greg Lemond time trials to his overall victory in the 1989 Tour de France
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Greg Lemond raced as World Champion in the 1984 Ghent-Wevelgem
Gert Steegmans plays with Robbie McEwen before a stage of the 2009 Tour Down Under
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Koen de Kort has crashed in the 2008 Tour of Flanders
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Alberto Barrejo is about to crash on stage three of the 2009 Tour of California after missing a turn on a descent
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Cadel Evans struggles to save his race-lead on stage seventeen of the 2002 Giro d'Italia
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Simon Gerrans wins into Murcia on stage ten of the 2009 Vuelta a España
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Greg Henderson celebrates his win in the 2010 Cancer Council Classic
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Richie Porte took the race-lead after stage eleven of the 2010 Giro d'Italia
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The peloton descends the Nufenenpass on stage six of the 2008 Tour de Suisse
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Marc Wauters wins stage two of the 2001 Tour de France into Antwerp
The 7-Eleven team carry Steve Bauer as the race-leader on stage three of the 1989 Tour de France
David Zabriskie soloed to victory on stage eleven of the 2004 Vuelta a España after an escape lasting over 100-kilometres
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The Vuelta a España passes a familiar landmark in 2010 on a stage to Salamanca
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Mikel Zarrabeitia leads Tony Rominger at Lagos de Covadonga in the 1994 Vuelta a España
An American fan bearing a Lone Star flag pedals alongside the 2005 Tour de France peloton
Laurent Brochard was the reigning Word Champion during the second-half of the 1997 season
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Mark Cavendish wins his first-ever Tour de France stage into Toulouse in 2008
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Jeroen Blijlevens wins stage five of the 1995 Tour de France at Dunkirk
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Jose Ivan Gutierrez leads the Caisse d'Epargne team on stage five of the 2008 Giro d'Italia
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Linus Gerdemann wins stage seven of the 2007 Tour de France at Le Grand Bornand
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Michael Rasmussen won stage sixteen of the 2007 Tour de France on the Col d'Aubisque before being ejected from the race by his Rabobank team
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South Africa's Robbie Hunter wins into Montpellier on stage seventeen of the 2007 Tour de France
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Marty Nothstein on his way to winning the 1996 World Sprint title in Manchster, England
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The Great Britian team of Bradley Wiggins, Geraint Thomas, Paul Manning and Ed Clancy celebrate winning the Gold medal in the 2008 Olympic Games
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Former race-leader Alex Zulle lost control of his bike on stage sixteen of the 2000 Giro d'Italia
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Dario Frigo leads Tyler Hamilton on stage sixteen of the 2002 Giro d'Italia
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Silvio Martinello celebrates winning stage one of the 1996 Giro d'Italia in the centre of Athens, Greece
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David Etxebarria wins stage sixteen of the 1999 Tour de France into Pau