Culture & life
In 1987 an Irish cyclist won the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia and the World Championship road race in the same year. Who was he?
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✓ Stephen Roche
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B Sean Kelly
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C Dan Martin
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✕ Martin Earley Your answer
Not quite.
Stephen Roche from Dublin won cycling's 'Triple Crown' in 1987. Only one rider before him, the Belgian Eddy Merckx, had done it. Sean Kelly was another great Irish cyclist of that era but did not win the Tour.
Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Stephen Roche; Sport Ireland / Irish Cycling history