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Brian Robinson (centre) about his breakaway exploits 60 years ago, where he won a Tour stage by 20 minutes at Chalon-sur-Saône. The #TDF2019 returns there this Friday...

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Photo: Gaëtan Flamme / ASO

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Newspaper ready

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Jonas Vingegaard & Tadej Pogačar ‹ Tour de France 2022 - Stage 18 ›

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March 19, 1969. The "kid" Eddy Merckx wins Milan-Samremo, 3 days after winning his 1st Paris-Nice

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Wind blows.

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Hell hath no fury like a wet Paris-Roubaix. This is from the 1965 race, and belies a misconception that the race lost its worst cobbled sections during that decade. True, tarmac did replace pavé in many town centres, as well as on some of the main roads, but stretches like this existed in the countryside and were never ripped up.

In fact the man responsible for the Tranche d’Arenberg being in the race, 1962 world champion Jean Stablinski, told me that there were many stretches of pavé worse than Arenberg in the same area. Only he didn’t dare tell the organisers because of his consideration for the riders.