40 Years of Cycling
Fabian Cancellara wins the 2014 Tour of Flanders
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Fabian Cancellara wins the 2016 Strade Bianche
Matthew Hayman wins the 2016 Paris-Roubaix
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Chris Froome approaches the summit of Mont Ventoux to win stage fifteen of the 2013 Tour de France
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The peloton is dwarfed by Alpine mountains on stage five of the 2014 Dauphiné-Libéré
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Edwig Van Hooydonck races away to victory in the 1989 Tour of Flanders
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Lucien Van Impe climbs the Col du Glandon during a stage of the 1983 Tour de France
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Andre Tchmil wins the 2000 Tour of Flanders
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Stephen Roche celebrates winning the 1987 Tour de France
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Stephen Roche makes an attack on stage 20 of the 1987 Tour de France
Miguel Indurain grimaces through a rain-storm in the 1991 Tour de France
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Greg Lemond attacks to Luz-Ardiden during stage sixteen of the 1990 Tour de France
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Graeme Obree races his home-made time trial bike in the 1996 G.P. des Nations at Lac de Madine
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Nicole Cooke beats Marianne Vos to win the 2008 World Road Championship in Varese, Italy
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Team GB chases across Box Hill in the Mens Olympic Road Race in 2012
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Claudio Chiappucci wins into Sestriere after a 200-kilometre lone escape during the 1992 Tour de France
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Miguel Indurain climbs the Col du Galibier on stage 14 of the 1992 Tour de France
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Eventual winner Andy Hampsten concentrates before the final stage of the 1988 Giro d"italia
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Laurent Fignon uses Perrier water to cool his feet after a hot stage of the 1984 Tour de France
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Oscar Pereiro has crashed on the Colle del Agnello descent during stage fifteen of the 2008 Tour de France - he escaped with just a broken shoulder
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Greg Lemond jokes with Lance Armstrong during a stage of the 1994 Paris-Nice
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Sean Kelly wins the final stage of the 1983 Paris-Nice atop the Col d'Eze to secure his overall win
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Fabian Cancellara climbs the Muur van Geraardsbergen on his way to winning the 2008 Tour of Flanders
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An official's motor-cycle has caused a crash on the Cipressa descent in the 1988 Milan-San Remo
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The peloton climbs into the Alto Adige region during the 1991 Giro d'Italia
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The 2007 Giro d'Italia passes Amalfi on stage four
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Bernard Hinault starts the 1986 Tour de France using clipless pedals, an aero helmet and aerodynamic 'bars
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Jan Raas on his way to winning the 1983 Tour of Flanders
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Hennie Kuiper wins the 1985 Milan-San Remo
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Laurent Fignon races to Alpe d'Huez in the 1984 Tour de France
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Bernard Hinault time trials to victory on stage twenty of the 1981 Tour de France
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Bernard Hinault on his way to winning the Prologue of the 1985 Tour de France in Plumelec
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Bernard Hinault leads Greg Lemond on an Alpine stage of the 1986 Tour de France
Laurent Fignon time trials to victory at Le Mans on stage seven of the 1984 Tour de France
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Laurent Fignon wins into La Spezia on his way to overall victory in the 1989 Giro d'Italia
Joop Zoetemelk becomes the 1985 World Champion in Bassano del Grappa - at almost 40 years of age!
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Joop Zoetemelk climbs to Alpe d'Huez on stage eighteen of the 1986 Tour de France
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World Champion Gerrie Knetteman races ahead of Paul Curran at an Eastway criterium in London in 1979
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Sean Kelly escapes with Franco Ballerini in the 1991 Giro di Lombardia
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A TV motorbike has crashed during a wet stage of the 1986 Nissan International Classic
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Wind and rain splits the Ghent-Wevelgem peloton in 1985
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Bernard Hinault time trialling to victory in Basle in the 1982 Tour de France
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Allan Peiper needed some mechanical help in the 1993 Paris-Roubaix
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Marc Madiot makes his winning attack on the Carrefour de l'Arbre in the 1991 Paris-Roubaix
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Connie Carpenter won the pursuit title at the 1983 World Championships in Zurich, Switzerland
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Stephen Roche time trials to victory on the Col d'Eze during the 1985 Paris-Nice
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Eric Vanderaerden led the 1983 Paris-Nice after winning the Prologue time trial
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Paul Sherwen grimaces after finishing the 1984 Paris-Roubaix despite serious back trouble
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