yup. And came third in the green jersey in 1974

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which is the only time anyone British has ever made the top 3

Go Cav (altho he is a bit of an arrogant so-and-so I think - have you seen the stuff in the French press about him?)

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on July 16th 2009 at 12:44:30

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Cavendish takes the 1st intermediate sprint ahead of Hushovd (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 16, 12:30:47
- how many KMs left? (n/m) (Other Sports) - shoddy, Jul 16, 12:36:12
  - 165 (n/m) (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 16, 12:38:07
- cool. (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 16, 12:34:54
  - Rober Millar in 84 i think? (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 16, 12:37:51
    - *Robert* (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 16, 12:39:49
    - Oh yeah, I'd forgotten about him (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 16, 12:39:38
      - Barry Hoburn - never won it, though he holds the record for the most number of tour (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 16, 12:42:56
        
        yup. And came third in the green jersey in 1974 (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 16, 12:44:30
        
        i haven't seen exactly what the French press have seen, just his denial (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 16, 12:51:56
        
        They said he was racist, because he's anti-French. (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 16, 13:04:07
      - oh. "the first time a Briton had won a major Tour classification" (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 16, 12:41:19
- They try to escape? Blimey, must be gruelling (n/m) (Other Sports) - DNB41, Jul 16, 12:34:22

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