Taking the triple
http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/riders/2007/interviews/?id=stephen_roche07 An interview with Stephen Roche "If you had asked me before what I would do if those sort of conditions were in store, I would have said that I'd have gone home." - Stephen Roche reflects on spitting Tifosi and chasing team-mates Twenty years ago Stephen Roche did what only one man had done before; he took the three biggest races in cycling over the period of a few months. His Tour victory was the cornerstone of this achievement and, like the edition just completed, was an open, unpredictable and ultimately very close race. The Irishman talked to Cyclingnews' Shane Stokes about the season where everything went right. cyclingnews.com - August 8, 2007 There are many parallels between this year's Tour de France and the edition waged two decades ago . Both had an absence of a patron , both were very open events, both went down to the wire in the penultimate day's...