The Irishman who led the Olympics after some audacious gate-crashing
In September 1972, an Irishman took the lead in the Olympic cycling road race in Munich. Only he wasn’t supposed to be there. And so goes the tale in what documentary-makers refer to as the ‘bitter civil war’ in Irish Cycling. Back in 1972, a rogue cycling body that sought to encompass all 32 counties […]
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