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Celebrating cycling glory from the Sixties

Lars BevangerJuly 24, 2014

As the Tour de France approaches the finishing line this weekend, Yorkshire in the north of England is still reeling from the excitement of hosting the Grand Depart of the famous race in early July. But as Lars Bevanger reports, this male-only race has finally brought a measure of recognition to one of Britain's finest ever athletes, a Yorkshire housewife who beat her male colleagues in the1960s.

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