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By Peter Cossins | Images by Chris Auld

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By Jeremy Whittle | Images by Chris Auld

From issue 86 • Words by Paul Maunder with illustrations from Matthew Burton

Interview and Images by William Tracy

Interview by James Startt with Images by Serge Waldbillig

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PELOTON Recall • Strade is a true classic

Words/images by James Startt

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Petacchi didn’t have the flamboyance of a Cipollini or the consistency of an Erik Zabel, but he did have perseverance and ambition.

Born into a farming family in rural Ireland, Sean Kelly would have an unusual path into the European professional peloton, first fighting his way to the head of the Irish amateur ranks before heading to France and proving his potential with a prolific spate of wins. Kelly’s field-sprinting ability was enough to earn him the sprinter’s green jersey four times at the Tour and three times at the Vuelta—he never started the Giro d’Italia.

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