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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 ...

Yates wins 'fantastic' Tour of Alps before Giro Issued on: 23/04/2021 - 16:52 Simon Yates finished ninth and tenth in his two multi-stage races before the Tour of the Alps win Josep LAGO AFP/File 2 min Rome (AFP) Briton Simon Yates said it was "fantastic" to win the Tour of Alps on Friday to claim his first victory of the season, ahead of next month's Giro d'Italia Former Vuelta a Espana champion Yates, 28, finished 58 seconds ahead of Spaniard Pello Bilbao and Russian Aleksandr Vlasov in third. "It feels really fantastic. The team did a great job ...

LISA BLACKLER/Stuff Tasman Wheelers Junior Tour under-17 boys winner Noah Hollamby is flanked by Cycling South Canterbury clubmate Cameron Anderson, left, and Joshua Mulcahy after receiving the General Classification jersey. Timaru teenager Noah Hollamby produced a dominant performance to win the under-17 boys' section of the inaugural Tasman Wheelers Junior Tour in Nelson at the weekend. Hollamby’s dominance saw him claim all three jerseys (King of Mountains, sprint and General Classification) with strong wins in all three stages in the event which is part of Cycling New Zealand's Nationa...

Finn Fisher-Black took the stage win at the New Zealand Cycle Classic on Saturday. Junior pursuit world record-holder Finn Fisher-Black captured the yellow jersey - after some confusion – on the penultimate day of the New Zealand Cycle Classic. The New Zealand National team member won Saturday’s “Queen Stage” in 3hr 08min 09 secs to take the Classic lead off Black Spoke’s Luke Mudgway and will head into Sunday's fifth and final stage on general classification with a four-second lead over teammate Corbin Strong. Black Spoke’s Aaron Gate is third place on General Classification af...