'I wanted to leave my mark': Stephen Roche recalls Tour de France win 25 years on
Stephen Roche after winning the Tour de France in 1987. Image: ©INPHO/Billy Stickland https://www.the42.ie/i-wanted-to-leave-my-mark-stephen-roche-recalls-tour-de-france-win-25-years-on-458968-May2012/ The cycling legend from Dundrum captured three of the sports top prizes in a golden 1987 year. May 21st 2012, IRISH CYCLING LEGEND Stephen Roche today recalled the finest year of his sporting career. The Dundrum sportsman spoke to Newstalk’s Chris Donoghue about his rise to the top of the cycling world in 1987 and how his achievement briefly gave the Irish public a chance to reflect on something other than violence in Northern Ireland and economic woe. Roche went from working as an apprentice in a dairy factory to Tour de France winner in eight years and captured the public’s imagination with a stunning series of cycling results. Now living in France, Roche recalled that he had to order in a cycling magazine at his local newsagents each week as there was no proper coverage of the sport