Tour de France history: Merckx and Molteni conquer all
Advertisement In 1972 Molteni’s team time-trial win took their leader Eddy Merckx into yellow, setting the stage for his fourth straight Tour title Words: Giles Belbin Photography: L’Equipe When race officials at the 1972 Tour de France published the General Classification after Stage 3(b), Eddy Merckx was in yellow with an overall time of 15h 15min 21sec. Nothing strange about that, perhaps, other than the fact his time was now 20 seconds less than it had been at the end of the previous stage. Had Merckx suddenly added the power to reverse time to his arsenal? Sadly the real reason was ...
Source: cyclist.co.uk