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Irish cyclist Sean Kelly crossing the finish line

14 March 1982 First stage victory for Sean Kelly at Paris-Nice

Sean Kelly’s stellar performance of seven consecutive overall victories (1982-1988) is still unmatched in the history of Paris-Nice. He also collected a total of 14 stage victories. (However, he won the race without winning a stage in 1985). Kelly’s first succesfull year at Paris-Nice was 1982. He managed to win 4 stages (3rd , 5th and 7th/a and 7/b). First of them was a triumph in a 182 km long stage between Vichy and Saint-Étienne on 14th March 1982. MORE “ON THIS DAY” POSTS ON PELOTONTALES [su_posts posts_per_page=”4″ tax_term=”6″ order=”desc” orderby=”rand”]

Iconic spring classic monuments moments Adrie van der Pole wins Tour of Faknders. Ronde van Vlaanderen 1986

Adrie van der Poel wins Ronde van Vlaanderen (1986)

The 70th Ronde van Vlaanderen was held on the 6th April 1986. After the Koppenberg, a 10-man breakaway group formed. With 30 km to go, Eddy Planckaert and Steve Bauer rode away from this group. On the Muur Kappelmuur (Muur van Geraardsbergen) Planckaert dropped, menawhile Sean Kelly, Jean-Philippe Vandenbranden and Adrie van der Poel joined Bauer at the front of the race. In the finale, Adrie van der Poel beat Sean Kelly and won the race.