Barry Hoban recounts his fight to place third in the 1972 Paris-Roubaix

In this extract from British cycling legend Barry Hoban's autobiography, he describes his experience during the 1972 Paris-Roubaix that could have ended in disaster, but instead ended on the podium

Barry Hoban

Barry Hoban won eight stages in the Tour de France, and is second to Mark Cavendish in the all-time British stage winner list.

Hoban was also the first British rider to win a mountain stage of the Tour de France. He won the classic single-day race Ghent-Wevelgem, the only British racer to have done that.

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