"I always knew it was going to be a really difficult stage but with the way the last three weeks have been ridden I just thought that a lot of guys would be tired today, especially GC guys who have gone to the limit every day. I knew that if I stayed with them and did everything right in the last week, I'd have a chance to maybe get the stage win today.
I knew if I just kept pacing myself and kept riding at threshold, if someone was going to come across it was going to take a big effort, so I paced myself really well. It wasn't until about 200 metres to go that I thought I could probably hold them off, when I looked back and saw a bit of daylight there. I was just enjoying that last 50 metres."
-Eddie Dunbar
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Raymond Poulidor: 1964 Vuelta a Espana champion
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