40 Years of Cycling

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40 Years of Cycling
Viatcheslav Ekimov led the Russian team to victory in the pursuit at the 1989 World Championships in Lyon, France
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Russia's Evgeni Berzin won the 1994 Giro d'Italia
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Evgeni Berzin successfully defend his race-lead in the 1996 Tour de France by winning the time trial to Val d'Isére on stage eight
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Giorgio Furlan wins the 1992 Fleche Wallonne at the summit of the Mur de Huy
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Giorgio Furlan soloed to victory in the 1994 Milan-San Remo
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Graeme Obree won the individual pursuit at the 1993 World Championships in Lillehammer, Norway
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Moreno Argentin beat Stephen Roche and Claude Criquelion to win the 1987 Liege-Bastogne-Liege
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Michael Hubner played to the media after winning the sprint title at the 1990 World Championships in Utsonomiya, Japan
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Colin Sturgess races to the gold medal in the individual pursuit at the 1989 World Championships in Lyon, France
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Pascal Richard battles with Adrie Van der Poel before winning the 1988 World cyclo-cross Championship in Hagendorf, Switzerland
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Jeannie Longo won the Gold medal in the individual pursuit at the 1989 World Championships in Lyon, France
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Graeme Obree won the Gold medal in the individual pursuit at the 1995 World Championships in Bogota, Colombia
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Jens Feidler got the better of Marty Nothstein to win Gold at the 1996 Olympic Games
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Connie Paraskevin-Young celebrates winning the sprint at the 1982 World Championships in Leiceser, England
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Connie Paraskevin-Young beat arch-rival Renée Duprel to win the sprint gold medal at the 1990 World Championships in Utsonomiya, Japan
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Leontien Van Moorsel beats Jeannie Longo to win the 1993 World Championship in Oslo, Norway
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Gert Frank and Hans-Alfred Oersted formed a highly successful partnership at six-day races in the 1980's
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Marty Nothstein won the Kierin gold medal at the 1994 World Championships in Palermo, Italy
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Moreno Argentin leads Evgeni Berzin and Giorgio Furlan in their in-famous escape during the 1994 Fleche Wallonne
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Lance Armstrong hugs his friend Viatcheslav Ekimov after the Russian won Gold at the 2000 Olymic Games time trial - Jan Ullrich took the silver medal
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Kathy Watt is all smiles after winning the 1992 Olympic Games road race in Barcelona, Spain
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Kathy Watt crosses the line as winner of the 1992 Olympic Games road race
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Steve McGlede raced to the Gold medal in the points race of the 1990 World Track Championships in Utsonomiya, Japan
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The last-ever East German track squad poses after the 1990 World Championships in Maebashi, Japan with Bill Huck and Michael Hubner their newest and last champions
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Jose Manuel Moreno celebrates winning the Gold medal in the 1-kilo event at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain
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Jens Fiedler celebrates his sprint God medal with runner-up Marty Nothstein and bronze-medallist Curt Harnett at the 1996 Olympic Games
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Gary Niewand kisses his Gold medal after winning the sprint title at the 1993 World Championships in Lillehammer, Norway
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American Nelson Vails was a highly-acclaimed track racer in the 1980's - here he is winning the gold medal in the tandem-sprint in Bassano del Grappa in 1985
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Gary Niewand beat Michael Hubner in the 1993 World sprint Championships in Lillehammer, Norway
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Felice Ballinger took two Gold medals, sprint and 500-metre, in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia
40 Years of Cycling
Leontien Van Moorsel won the time trial at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia
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Marty Nothstein celebrates winning the Kierin at the 1994 World Championships in Palermo, Italy
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Mike McCarthy won the individual pursuit ahead of Arturas Kasputis and Shane Wallace in the 1990 World Championships in Maebashi, Japan
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Soon-to-be professional, Viatcheslav Ekimov poses with the Soviet Union pursuit team in the 1990 World Championships
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Jeannie Longo won the time trial gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in San Sebastian, Spain
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Robert Millar leads Sean Kelly in an escape during the 1988 Vuelta a España, which Kelly went on to win overall
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Sean Kelly won the 1991 Giro di Lombardia ahead of Martial Gayant
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Eric Vanderaerden won the 1987 Paris-Roubaix that finished away from the famous velodrome
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Jan Ullrich was a fearsome winner of the 1999 Vuelta a España
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Jan Ullrich won stage ten to Andorra-Arcalis in the 1997 Tour de France
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Jan Ullrich is climbing into the race-lead on El Angliru on stage eleven of the 1999 Vuelta a España
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Stuart O'Grady wore yellow at Alpe d'Huez during stage ten of the 2001 Tour de France
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Stuart O'Grady is soloing to victory in the 2007 Paris-Roubaix
O'GRADY CSC CERVELO ROUBAIX COBBLES ESCAPE
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Australia's pursuit quartet of Bill Shearsby, Stuart O'Grady, Brett Aitken and Tim O'Shannessey celebrate their country's first-ever Gold medal in the discipline in Oslo, 1993
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Sean Kelly attacks the Madonna del Ghisallo during the 1985 Giro di Lombardia
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Sean Kelly, seen here in 1992, won seven editions of Paris-Nice during his career
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Miguel Indurain leads Claudio Chiappucci to Luz-Ardiden in the 1991 Tour de France
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Jan Ullrich works hard to protect his race-lead on stage thirteen of the 1997 Tour de France
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