FROM THE CW ARCHIVES: THE 1987 GIRO D'ITALIA

CW Classic from the archive

Mark Cavendish became the first British rider to win a stage of the Giro d?Italia since Scotland?s finest climber, Robert Millar, in 1987.

This edition of Cycling Weekly Classic, a series that looks back through the archives of Britain?s longest-running cycling magazine, looks back at that epic Giro.

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