The Scot, the Breton, and the American
1984 Tour de France Millar finished the '84 Tour in fourth place overall, with Greg taking third and winning the white jersey for best young rider. Here, they are followed up a climb by Pedro Delgado. The Spaniard would become an arch rival to both riders throughout the 1980s. "If there are two meals left and a gun and the three of us - Greg, me, and Hinault - who am I going to shoot? Well, I'd shoot Hinault, obviously, because otherwise he'd shoot me and Greg and eat both the meals." - ROBERT MILLAR Guy Andrews Greg LeMond: Yellow Jersey Racer Another English-speaking rider from outside the Eurocentric closed shop of 1980s cycling was the Scot Robert Millar . His fourth place at the 1984 Tour de France announced him as a young, gifted leader for French team Peugeot , and he was the first rider from an English-speaking nation to win the polka-dot 'King of the Mountains' jersey for best climber. Suffice it to say that if he'd been racing in t...