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Word: vuelta (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Over the Hill? Anquetil can afford to be rude. He is the only cyclist ever to win all three of Europe's top marathon races-the Tour de France, the Giro d'ltalia and the Vuelta a España. He once set a world record by covering 46,159 km. (about 29 miles) in one hour and he has won the Grand Prix des Nations, a kind of World Series of bike racing, seven times. The sport pays him $150,000 a year, and he lives in champagne luxury-beautiful blonde wife, country house near Rouen, Mercedes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bicycling: Another for the Accountant | 7/26/1963 | See Source »

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