One,Stephen Roche
stephen roche http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_de_France Stephen Roche of Ireland was the rider other than Eddy Merckx
they were different.. Stephen Roche accomplished what only Eddy Merckx has done before or since..the tripple crown...winning the Tour de France, the Giro d'italia, and the world championship all in the same year. Sean Kelly was a V famous and highly regarded classics rider, and won many of the famous classics races such as the Paris Roubaix which he dominated for years. He also won the green (sprinters/[points) jersey in the tour de France for 5 or 6 years..maybe more.
Sean Kelly never won the TdF ... Stephan Roche is the only Irishman to have won (along with a win in the Giro and World Championship in the same year)
Le tour de France
One cyclist wins the Tour de France every year.
The first Tour de France took place in 1903.
1969
Once every year.
yes, last year in sta de France on 360 tour, and again this year on same tour.
Apart from during the world wars, it's been held every year since 1903. This year, 2013, was the 100th time the Tour de France was held.
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