40 Years of Cycling
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40 Years of Cycling
Paul Sherwen wins the 1987 British National road race championship
40 Years of Cycling
Eric Vanderaerden (right) plays with Walter Planckaert during a quiet stage of the 1987 Tour de France
40 Years of Cycling
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
40 Years of Cycling
The peloton heads to the south coast of France during the 2006 Paris-Nice
40 Years of Cycling
The 1997 Tour de France crosses the Pont de Saint-Nazaire on its way to Le Puy-de-Fou
40 Years of Cycling
The peloton passes summertime flowers on a stage to Valence in the 1996 Tour de France
40 Years of Cycling
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
40 Years of Cycling
Paolo Savoldelli sealed his 2005 Giro d'Italia victory with a time trial into Turin on stage eighteen
40 Years of Cycling
Gilberto Simoni celebrates winning the 2003 Giro d'Italia with Stefano Garzelli and Yaroslav Popovych
40 Years of Cycling
Michael Barry has fallen badly on stage eight of the 2002 Vuelta a España
40 Years of Cycling
Joseba Beloki attacks race-leader Juan-Miguel Mercado in the 2001 Vuelta a España
40 Years of Cycling
Igor Gonzales de Galdeano wins into Zaragoza in the 2001 Vuelta a España at a record speed of 55.17 kilometres-per-hour
40 Years of Cycling
Julian Dean leads as the U.S Postal team launches an attack into the wind on stage eight of the 2001 Vuelta a España
40 Years of Cycling
The 2005 Giro d'Italia climbs the Stelvio Pass on stage thirteen to Ortisei
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Jan Svorada wins stage two of the 1998 Tour de France in Cork, Ireland
40 Years of Cycling
Tim Harris wins the 1989 British National Road Championship
40 Years of Cycling
Matteo Tosatto wears the Maglia Rosa in the 2000 Giro d'Italia - he retired in 2016 after a remarkable 19-year career!
40 Years of Cycling
The Saeco team of Mario Cipollini leads the peloton during the 2000 Tour de Romandie
40 Years of Cycling
Christophe Moreau defends his lead during an Alpine stage of the 2001 Dauphiné-Libéré
40 Years of Cycling
Davide Rebbelin beats Jan Ullrich and Frank Vandenbroucke to win the 1997 Championship of Zurich on the famous Oerliken track
40 Years of Cycling
Michael Rogers receives a winner's champagne shower after the 2002 Tour Down Under
40 Years of Cycling
Robert Millar leads the peloton through Westerdale Ford during the 1990 Kellogg's Tour of Britain
40 Years of Cycling
Robert Forest is one of many cyclists to crash in the 1987 Omloop Het Volk
40 Years of Cycling
Thousands of fans pack St Patrick's Hill in Cork to see the 1985 Nissan International Classic climb up
40 Years of Cycling
Johan Bruyneel is pulled from a ditch after crashing on the descent of the Cormet de Roseland in the 1995 Tour de France
40 Years of Cycling
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
40 Years of Cycling
Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle needed help to get up from a nasty crash in the 1991 Ghent-Wevelgem
40 Years of Cycling
Ludo Peeters lies injured after a crash in the 1983 Amstel Gold Race
40 Years of Cycling
Marcel Wust wins a sprint stage of the 2000 Tour de France - while wearing the best climber's jersey!
40 Years of Cycling
Canadian Alex Stieda became the first-ever North American to win the Yellow Jersey after stage one of the 1986 Tour de France
40 Years of Cycling
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
40 Years of Cycling
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
40 Years of Cycling
Connie Paraskevin-Young celebrates winning a World sprint title in Leicester, England, in 1982
40 Years of Cycling
Jonathan Boyer climbs the Col du Glandon during stage seventeen of the 1983 Tour de France
40 Years of Cycling
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
40 Years of Cycling
Stephen Roche shows off his new World Champion's colours during the 1987 Nissan International Classic
40 Years of Cycling
Allan Peiper wins stage 14 of the 1990 Giro d'Italia
40 Years of Cycling
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
40 Years of Cycling
Claudio Chiappucci makes Lance Armstrong suffer in the 1994 World Championships in Sicily
