When Rini Wagtmans denied Eddy Merckx to become the accidental yellow jersey

Re-Cycle: The cycling history podcast by Eurosport

Jun 26, 202138:16Sports & Recreation

In the first of our 4-stage Tour run of Re-Cycle, Felix Lowe tells the story of the accidental yellow jersey. Eddy Merckx’s bid to wear the Yellow Jersey from start to finish at the 1971 Tour de France was scuppered when...

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