I'm becoming a huge fan of the work of Irish cycling historian Cillian Kelly. His website is here: Website and you can find him on Twitter here: Twitter.
Cillian co-hosts a weekly podcast through Velocast (it is a subscription service) available here: Velocast. The podcast is called 'This Week in Cycling History' and it is well worth a listen.
Given it is classics season, I wanted to share a highlight from the show I heard, regarding French rider Jacky Durand, who won the Tour of Flanders in 1992 after a near race-long breakaway with German rider Thomas Wegmuller. When interviewed about his victory, Durand had the following to say (Durand attacked late and won solo):
Just then the commisaire's car drove up next to me and Eddy Merckx himself stuck his head out the window. He said to me 'hey kid, you're gonna win the Tour of Flanders'. I thought to myself 'if god himself believes it, then he is probably right'.
The video is in French but here is Durand soloing to victory in 1992:
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