King Kelly’s supreme seven-year reign at Paris-Nice

Re-Cycle: The cycling history podcast by Eurosport

Mar 11, 202132:33Sports & Recreation

No one has shone brighter in the Race to the Sun than Sean Kelly, who won seven straight editions after Stephen Roche’s GC victory got the wheels turning for Ireland in 1981. Felix Lowe recalls Kelly’s formidable streak,...

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