It's been pretty busy on this site over the last few weeks, so we haven't had the luxury of trawling the never ending delights of YouTube. But the boss is out of the office today, so we've been wasting our time, sorry, doing research, on the internet.

And we've found an absolute belter for you; the 1989 world championships in Chambery. This was one of the toughest courses ever used for a world championship road race, and the pouring rain made it even tougher.

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