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Mistaken for a driver and called a "tourist," look back at how a young Stephen Roche earned the respect of his legendary Peugeot team manager in 1981.

In 1987, Stephen Roche achieved what only Eddy Merckx had done before - winning the Giro d’Italia, Tour de France, and World Championship in the same year. In Villach, Austria, on a wet and rolling circuit, Roche broke clear in the final kilometre to claim the rainbow jersey and complete cycling’s rarest treble.