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Peter Stevenson and Andrew Moore: 1987, Stephen Roche v. Pedro Delgado

Stephen Roche catching Pedro Delgado in the 1987 Tour de France mountain stage. Peter Stevenson

The stage when Stephen Roche chased down Pedro Delgado in a crucial mountain stage to almost certainly win Le Tour! Andrew Moore

During Stage 21 of the 1987 Tour Stephen Roche chased Pedro Delgado to keep the time difference between down to one he had calculated he would be able to make up later in the Tour; in doing so he expended so much effort that he needed oxygen at the Finish and could not move for ten minutes.

Memory added on July 3, 2015

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