Federico Bahamontes, cyclist whose peerless climbing skills made him Spain’s first Tour de France champion – obituary
‘I had only one tactic,’ he said, ‘and that was attack, attack and attack again. From start to finish’
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‘I had only one tactic,’ he said, ‘and that was attack, attack and attack again. From start to finish’
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